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Patnaik, Goutam

Desmarais LLP | Partner

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Gooch partners with innovators to resolve their most challenging intellectual property and commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on patent and trademark disputes.

He has particularly deep experience with Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and litigation in key patent venues such as the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He has litigated matters involving a variety of industries and technologies, including intraoral digital scanner technology, digital audio processing, integrated circuit design, sucralose manufacturing, online medical monitoring systems, interactive online lottery products, and wireless technology.

Gooch also handles transactional IP work, negotiating and drafting licensing agreements for the development, use, and maintenance of software applications in the banking and insurance industries, as well as patent licenses and other IP-related agreements.

He has taught ITC Policy and Procedure as an adjunct professor at Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University every Fall since 2013 and is a member of the executive committee of the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, including serving as its President for the 2019-2020 term.

His pro bono activities include drafting a Supreme Court briefing on behalf of a disabled Oregon child and his family who sought reimbursement for private special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. He has also represented a death row inmate in Texas in federal habeas proceedings.