Mr. Healey has been litigating complex cases in Federal and State Courts for twenty-five years, and has been focused on patent litigation and related antitrust and tort claims since 1994. Mr. Healey has tried cases in the Federal Courts, International Trade Commission, International Chamber of Commerce (Arbitration), American Arbitration Association, NASD Arbitration Forum, and private arbitration. He has argued appeals in the Federal Circuit, Fifth Circuit and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals, as well as the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Intermediate Courts of Appeals. Mr. Healey has been actively involved in planning and executing multi-jurisdictional strategies involving courts in the U.S. and Europe, and administrative agencies (including re-examination in the US PTO, invalidity and declaratory judgment actions in Europe, and state regulatory matters). Mr. Healey has worked on patent and antitrust issues with the Federal Trade Commission, and has represented clients patent related competition matters before the Federal Trade Commission as well as the European Union.
Mr. Healey has put substantial effort recently into ways to better manage patent litigation to reduce costs and the internal burden on clients. He has successfully developed strategies for dealing with non-practicing entities to defend patent claims quickly and cheaply.
Mr. Healey has been involved in negotiating patent licenses in the semiconductor and software industries, he has represented clients in dealing with obligations and licensing in standard-setting organizations, and he has litigated the substantive and anticompetitive effects of licenses in court, in arbitration, and in administrative agencies.
Mr. Healey has also been a frequent speaker on patent and antitrust matters, and has been fortunate enough to have been recognized by industry polls and publications for his work. Additionally, he is the author of Patent Math, a blog that regularly discusses patent business and legal strategies; he can be followed at www.patentmath.com.
Mr. Healey graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1985 with honors, and Brown University in 1982. Mr. Healey served as law clerk to the Honorable James DeAnda, United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas, from 1985-1987.
Mr. Healey has been active in the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Committee, the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, and community projects where he lives in the Houston area. Prior to opening Fish & Richardson’s Houston Office, Mr. Healey was a partner in the patent litigation section of an international law firm, and previously was a partner in his own patent litigation boutique firm, as well as a national patent litigation boutique firm in Houston, Texas.
Recent Rankings
Recognized as a 2013 Top Rated - AV® PreeminentTM Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law.
Listed in "The World's Leading Patent Litigators 2011", by Intellectual Asset Management.
AV Rated Pre-Eminent by Martindale-Hubbell, highest rating for skill and ethics.
Chambers Global, tier one for intellectual property, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Best Lawyers in America, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Texas Lawyer, 2002 and 2007 surveys, one of top five “Go To” Intellectual Property Lawyers in Texas (the only lawyers so ranked in both surveys).
Texas Super Lawyers, 2002-2009, 2008, 2009, and 2010 top 100 lawyers in all fields in Houston area.
Recent Presentations and Publications since joining Fish & Richardson
Speaker, February 17, 2012, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal Symposium, University of Texas Law School, "Patent Value"
Co-panelist with Steve Susman and Chad Everingham, Impact of America Invents Act on Multi-Defendant Litigation, Intellectual Property Owners Webinair Series, November 8, 2011.
2011 Federal Circuit Bar Association-Eastern District of Texas Joint Bench Bar Conference, planning committee member and presented on Antitrust and Patents.
2011 University of Texas Advanced Patent Law Seminar, planning committee member and panelist on Patent Damages
2011 University of Houston-Houston Intellectual Property Law 27th Institute on Patent Law, Patent Damages presentation
Quoted in "The Roles of Lead and Local Counsel", Texas Lawyer, October 24, 2011.
Quoted in "The time is now to begin adapting TTO operations under America Invents Act", Technology Transfer Tactics, Vol. 5, No. 10, p. 149, October 28 2011.
2011, "Patent Reform:Plan now or pay later — patent law changes that impact your business," Houston Business Journal, August 5, 2011
Seminar Presenation and Paper, International Patenting and Enforcement: What Your Company Should Be Doing Now!, State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Seminar, July 15, 2011
2011 University of Texas Technology Law Conference, Maximizing Patent Value – Minimizing Cost: EU & IP & U, May 26, 2011
2011, Industry Standards in Patent Licensing and Litigation, BD Academy Webinar, April 15
2011, "Beware of 'Guillotine Licenses' for Patents with U.S. Companies," China Intellectual Property, March-April, Issue 42
2011, "Are Reasonable Royalties An Equitable Remedy?" Texas Intellectual Property Journal 2011 Annual Symposium, February 18
2010, "Patent Math: Making Sure Your Strategies Add Up," China IP Magazine, with Marc Stone, August 20 issue
Article, "Q&A: Often Abandoned, Patents Should Be Viewed as Assets," Houston Business Journal, August 8, 2010
2010, "A Broken Spoke?," The National Law Journal, May 31 issue
2010, "DO the Math: Overspending + Failing to Realize Patents' Value = YOU Losing Money," Corporate Counsel, with Marc Stone, May 20 issue
2010, "A New Checklist for Patent Damages,"Law360, April 19 issue
2010, “The UK's Fast Lane For IP Enforcement” IP Law360, December 20 issue
Blog on Patent Business and Legal Strategies, www.patentmath.com, since July 2010
2010, Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Plano, Texas, Conference Planning Committee, & Moderator-Panelist on Improving Efficiency in Patent Litigation
2010, University of Texas Advanced Patent Law Seminar, Austin, Texas, Conference Planning Committee, Speaker on Patent Pools and Standard-Setting: In re Princo.
2010, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, Conference Planning Committee
2009, University of Texas Advanced Patent Law Seminar, Austin, Texas, Panelist on damages and presented paper on Lucent v Gateway, Planning Committee member
2009, Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, Frisco, Texas, Moderator for Panel on Eastern District Practice with Judges Ward and Clark, Attorney participant panel with Eastern District Bench, Planning Committee member
2009, "The Texas Four Step," Initial Disclosures in the Eastern District of Texas, IP Litigator magazine, September Issue
2009, AIPLA Spring Meeting, San Diego, California, Panelist with Chief Judge Michel of the Federal Circuit; initial disclosures
2009, AIPLA, Winter Meeting, Miami Florida, Panelist on Litigation Management
2009, Fish & Richardson, Houston, Texas, Panel on Litigation and IP Management and Trends
2008, Counsel Café, Palo Alto, California, Panelist on Global Patent Litigation
2008, University of Texas Advanced Patent Law Seminar, Austin, Texas, Presentation on Antitrust and Patent Law Recent Developments, Planning Committee member
Prior to joining Fish & Richardson, Mr. Healey has spoken, participated as a panelist, and presented papers at multiple conferences each year since 1996, including for example, participating as a panelist on standard-setting and antitrust at the ABA Antitrust Section’s Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., presenting on litigation of trade secret and patent claims at the University of California-Berkeley Advanced Patent Law Seminar in San Jose, California, on re-examination strategy in litigation at the George Mason University-University of Texas Advanced Patent Law Seminar at the USPTO, and on patent pools, standards, and unfair competition and antitrust, at State Bar of Texas Seminars. He has also done private seminars on patent damages and standard-setting for international corporations.