Richard J. Basile

Richard Basile is a Partner in the Business and Finance Department and the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group.

While Richard represents clients in all areas of intellectual property law, the center of his practice is patent litigation and patent prosecution. He has extensive first-chair patent litigation experience with an emphasis on counseling and representing generic drug companies in Hatch-Waxman proceedings. He has successfully represented generic drug companies at both the trial and appellate levels and has been involved in preparing numerous patent opinions and Paragraph IV notice letters. He has litigated patent cases in a variety of technical fields in district courts throughout the United States, before the USPTO in post grant proceedings, and at the International Trade Commission.

In addition to pharmaceuticals, Richard has experience in other technical fields, including ultrasonic water meters, GPS business and method patents, medical imaging devices, radiation based paper making sensors, computer cooling fans, heavy vehicle braking systems, bicycle suspension systems, and fiber optic amplifiers and multiplexers.

Richard presents frequently both in the U.S. and abroad on patent litigation, attorney-client privilege in patent cases, patent opinion letters, and Paragraph IV notice letters.

During law school, Richard was a judicial extern to both Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge John A. Nordberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In addition, Rich has served on the Board of Governors and is a past President of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association.