Profile: Patrick J Flinn

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Patrick Flinn is a partner in Alston & Bird's intellectual property litigation group. He focuses his practice on the resolution of technology-based disputes, particularly patent, trade secret and copyright litigation.

Mr Flinn has led trial teams in disputes raising a variety of technical disciplines, including electronics, cryptography, fluid mechanics, medical devices, optics, computer software and telecommunications. Clients he has represented include Scientific-Atlanta, Nokia, T-Mobile, Time Warner Cable, AOL, Sabre and Diamond Power International.

Mr Flinn is also an active writer and lecturer on subjects of law and technology. He is the author of Handbook of Intellectual Property Claims and Remedies (Aspen Law & Business); and he speaks regularly in national CLE presentations on patent law, electronic discovery, and computer law by organisations such as BNA and PLI. He has also published articles in Corporate Counsel Magazine, the National Law Journal, the Legal Times of Washington and the Electronic Banking and Commerce Report.

Mr Flinn obtained his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1978 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1982. He is a past chair of the Law Alumni Board of the Georgetown University Law Centre and is a member of the California and Georgia Bars, as well as the Ninth and Federal Circuit Bars, and the United States Supreme Court Bar.