Patrick Curran is a founder and managing partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Boston office. His practice focuses on complex business litigation, including representing startups, established companies, and investors in intellectual property disputes, licensing disputes, business torts, trade secret and employment disputes, sports and media litigation, and financial litigation.
Patrick represents clients in a variety of complex commercial disputes involving breach of contract, fiduciary duties, financial fraud, partnership disputes, government contracting disputes, and other high-stakes litigation. He has extensive experience arbitrating in a variety of domestic and international forums and in industry-specific forums, including AAA, JAMS, and ICDR arbitration, as well as major league sports arbitration systems. Patrick frequently litigates and advises companies on trade secret and employee movement issues, including litigation regarding restrictive covenants, non-disclosure obligations, and non-compete agreements.
Patrick represents both plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving a variety of technologies and industries, including machine learning, artificial intelligence, optical networks, genetic sequencing, additive manufacturing, operating systems, and monoclonal antibodies.
Patrick is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago, where he currently teaches patent litigation.
Patrick has successfully litigated cases in jurisdictions throughout the country. He has tried cases to victory in Massachusetts, New York, California, Texas, Delaware, and the International Trade Commission.
Patrick has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by multiple legal publications. He was named a nationwide “Rising Star” by Law360 in the Intellectual Property field, and was named a New York “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine.
- AVEO Oncology
- HTC
- Markforged
- Motorola
- Pfizer
- Qualcomm
- Samsung
- Sony
- Takeda Pharmaceutical
- Washington Nationals
- Verizon
- Vizgen
- Obtained a jury verdict of noninfringement on behalf of startup company accused of patent infringement following a three-week jury trial in the District of Massachusetts.
- Obtained a jury verdict of noninfringement on behalf of a major technology company following a one-week jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas, in a patent case involving push messaging technologies.
- On behalf of a major technology company, successfully obtained a writ of mandamus from the Federal Circuit ordering the stay of a non-practicing entity’s claims pending in the Eastern District of Texas, in favor of a declaratory judgment suit involving those same patents pending in the Northern District of California.
- On behalf of a major consumer electronics company, obtained summary judgment of invalidity on Section 101 grounds for patent asserted against a popular software distribution platform.
- Obtained a jury verdict of noninfringement on behalf of a major technology company following a four-week jury trial in the Northern District of California in patent litigation involving search technology and data synchronization technologies.
- Represented a major technology company in multiple International Trade Commission investigations involving intellectual property in mobile telephones. Obtained complete defense victory in first investigation with respect to all patents handled by Quinn Emanuel. Secured ITC Staff recommendation for complete defense victory in second investigation before cases settled favorably.
- Obtained a jury verdict of noninfringement and invalidity on behalf of major technology company following a one-week jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas in a patent case involving internet advertising technologies.
- Following successful claim construction ruling, obtained stipulated dismissal of patent infringement claims in Eastern District of New York on behalf of major technology company in a dispute related to web server technologies.
- Obtained dismissal of patent infringement claims with prejudice, and denial of preliminary injunction, in Southern District of New York on behalf of major technology company in a dispute related to internet advertising technologies.
- Represented a global telecommunications company in state and federal litigation and international arbitration involving intellectual property in mobile telephones.
- Defeated motion for preliminary injunction and obtained dismissal with prejudice of all claims in New York Supreme Court on behalf of European bank in litigation filed by New York hedge fund regarding contractual dispute over credit facility.
- Obtained favorable settlements from strategic investor, management, outside counsel, auditor and others in connection with representation of litigation trust and private actions trust succeeding the bankruptcy estate of large financial services company.
- Antitrust & Competition
- Appellate Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Energy Sector Disputes
- Entertainment & Media Litigation
- Government Contracts Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Sports Litigation
- Structured Finance & Derivatives Litigation
- Patent Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Trade Secret Litigation
- University of Chicago Law School
(J.D., with high honors, 2004)- University of Chicago Law Review:
- Executive Topics & Comments Editor
- Executive Topics & Comments Editor
- University of Chicago Law Review:
- Harvard University
(A.B., magna cum laude, 2001)
- The State Bar of New York
- The State Bar of California
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals:
- Second Circuit
- Federal Circuit
- United States District Court:
- District of Massachusetts
- Northern District of California
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York
- Northern District of New York
- Eastern District of Texas
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Guido Calabresi:
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2004-2005
- Selected as a "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property (Law360)
- Selected as a “Rising Star” in New York (Super Lawyers Magazine)
- Brand Names Education Foundation (BNEF) Ladas Memorial Award, 2003 (nation’s best trademark-related publication)
- Comment, "Diluting the Commercial Speech Doctrine: 'Noncommercial Use' Under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act," 71 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1077 (2004)
- Comment, "Standard-Setting Organizations: Patents, Price-Fixing, and Per Se Legality,"
70 U. Chi. L. Rev. 983 (2003)