Goutam Patnaik

Specialty / focus areas. Goutam "Gooch" Patnaik is a patent litigator whose practice centers on Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission — he leads Desmarais LLP's ITC practice — alongside district court work in venues such as the Western District of Texas, Delaware, and the Court of Federal Claims (firm bio via desmaraisllp.com; Chambers Global 2026 ranks him Band 4 for International Trade: IP (Section 337)). Technology areas he has handled span intraoral digital scanners, digital audio/imaging processing, integrated circuit design, sucralose manufacturing, wireless technology, online medical monitoring, and warehouse robotics automation (AIPLA speaker bio; Desmarais "Notches Another Win Before the ITC").

Side preference. The tracked case data shows a single plaintiff-side appearance as lead counsel (1 plaintiff, 0 defendant), in a matter corresponding to OPEX Corporation v. Invata, LLC (E.D. Pa.), part of OPEX's enforcement campaign against HC Robotics/Invata. Web-sourced practice history shows he represents both complainants and respondents at the ITC — e.g., OPEX (complainant/patent owner) and 3Shape A/S (respondent) — so he is not confined to one side, though his tracked docket skews plaintiff-side.

Firm context & notable cases. Patnaik is a partner in Desmarais LLP's Washington, D.C. office, which he joined in March 2021 with partners Tuhin Ganguly and David Shaw from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders (formerly Pepper Hamilton), where he was co-chair of the IP Litigation Practice Group (Law.com/NYLJ, "Desmarais Expands to Washington, Beefs Up ITC Practice"); he earlier practiced at Bingham (Justia profile). His flagship result is the OPEX ITC matter (Inv. No. 337-TA-1293): after a November 2022 evidentiary hearing, Chief ALJ Clark Cheney found HC Robotics' and Invata's Omnisort systems infringed U.S. Patent Nos. 8,622,194 and 10,576,505, and the full Commission affirmed in July 2023, issuing a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist orders (Desmarais press releases; Law360, April 3, 2023). He also appeared on the brief in Flashpoint Technology v. ITC before the Federal Circuit (2013).

PTAB / IPR experience. Patnaik appears in IPRs on an as-needed basis as patent-owner counsel — e.g., he sought pro hac vice admission in Exotec v. OPEX, IPR2024-00850 (Jan. 2025 PTAB filing) — but his reputation and reported docket are built on ITC Section 337 work rather than routine PTAB practice.

Bar / education. B.S., University of Virginia (1994); J.D. with honors, George Mason University School of Law (1998); admitted New York (1999) and D.C. (2006) (Justia, lawyerdb.org, Super Lawyers). He has taught ITC Policy and Procedure as an adjunct professor at George Mason's Scalia Law School since 2013 and is a former president (2019–2020) of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association (AIPLA; The Sedona Conference bios).