Richard J. Basile

Mr. Basile’s practice focuses primarily on patent litigation, prosecution and counseling. He has an extensive patent litigation practice with an emphasis on counseling and representing generic drug companies in Hatch-Waxman Paragraph IV 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 also litigated patent cases in a variety of other technical fields in courts throughout the United States. The technical fields include medical imaging devices, radiation based paper making sensors, computer cooling fans, heavy vehicle braking systems, bicycle suspension systems, and fiber optic amplifiers and multiplexers. Mr. Basile lectures frequently on attorney-client privilege in patent cases, patent opinion letters, and Paragraph IV notice letters. During law school Mr. Basile 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. He serves on the Board of Governors and is a past President of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association.

Education

J.D., IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law 1994
B.S.M.E., Union College, Mechanical Engineering 1985

Honors/Awards

Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society
Bishop Feehan High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Court admissions

State of Connecticut
State of New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Associations

Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Generic Pharmaceutical Association

Publications

Presentations

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