Timothy P. Heaton

Overview

Timothy’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property litigation and counseling. He has extensive experience preparing for and conducting trials in district courts nationwide, both asserting and defending against allegations of patent infringement for over 20 years and is also experienced in copyright and trademark litigation, Federal Circuit appeals, inter partes reviews of patents under the America Invents Act and alternative dispute resolution. He counsels corporate and individual clients on all aspects of IP law, including IP strategy, freedom-to-operate analysis, IP licensing, protection of innovations, and the intricacies of Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical disputes.

In addition, Tim has represented clients in a wide variety of industries including computer software and hardware, computer vision, pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals, consumer products, mechanical devices, semiconductors and semiconductor manufacture, confectionery flavoring agents, internet analytics and graphics processing.

Tim is admitted to the New York and USPTO Patent Bars. He currently serves as a member of the Patents Committee of the New York City Bar Association and its amicus briefs subcommittee, and previously served as the Committee’s Vice Chair. He has prepared and filed numerous amicus briefs on patent law topics in both the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on behalf of the New York City Bar Association through its Patents Committee.

Tim’s technical background includes a degree in physics, and he has served as a research assistant at Cornell University’s Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory, a high-energy particle physics facility. Tim also has an ongoing interest in serving the underprivileged, which he has pursued through pro bono representation of immigrant children facing removal proceedings.