Anthony Fitzpatrick

Key details

  • Job title: Partner
  • Organisation:Duane Morris

Anthony Fitzpatrick is a partner and chair of the patent litigation division within the IP Practice Group at Duane Morris, where he focuses on patent, trade secret, and technology-related disputes.

He serves as lead counsel in complex litigation matters in both federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings.

He has experience handling cases across a wide range of technologies, with particular depth in the life sciences sector, including pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, and diagnostics.

His practice frequently involves disputes over patent inventorship, ownership, and licensing, as well as resolving high-stakes conflicts under frameworks such as the Hatch-Waxman Act.

Fitzpatrick has argued multiple times before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and has appeared before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition to litigation, he is active in negotiating and drafting agreements designed to resolve IP disputes, including settlement structures in pharmaceutical patent cases.