Patrick Basinski

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Patrick Basinski — Perkins Coie (Seattle / Austin)

Focus areas. Basinski's published practice is technology and IP transactions rather than patent litigation per se: cloud and as-a-service agreements, software, AI/ML and data-use terms, IoT, clean tech, semiconductor, and strategic inbound/outbound IP licensing, plus M&A and IP counseling for technology companies. The one tracked litigation-side matter fits that profile only partly — the Microsoft v. InterDigital Patent Holdings dispute concerns short-range wireless technology (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi proximity detection, device discovery, and device-to-device file sharing, i.e., the "Nearby Sharing"/AirDrop-type functionality at issue in U.S. Patent Nos. 8,737,933 and 9,173,054), so the technology area there is consumer-device wireless/software rather than pharma or mechanical arts.

Side preference. The tracked data show a single appearance, on the plaintiff/petitioner side, as Counsel, with no defendant-side appearances. That is too thin a record to establish a preference. The stronger signal is his employment history: he spent 2012–2017 in-house at Microsoft and 2009–2012 at Dell, so his practice has been oriented toward technology suppliers and operating companies rather than NPE/PAE assertion work.

Firm context. Basinski is currently at Perkins Coie (Seattle and Austin offices). Before that: Davis Wright Tremaine (2017–2021), Microsoft (in-house, 2012–2017), Dell (in-house, 2009–2012), and Baker Botts in Austin (2001–2009). He is not a career-long patent litigator, and his firm bio does not describe him as one.

Notable matter and PTAB. The tracked case corresponds to Microsoft's December 2023 IPR petitions against InterDigital (e.g., IPR2024-00305 and IPR2024-00306, plus related filings such as IPR2024-00538), with Perkins Coie on the petitioner-side team. A third-party PTAB tracker records the IPR2024-00538 final written decision (June 23, 2025) as upholding the challenged claims as patentable; the consolidated Federal Circuit appeals (Nos. 25-2049 and 25-2050) were dismissed on November 6, 2025 on the parties' stipulation under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b), consistent with settlement. I could not independently confirm Basinski's signature on specific PTAB or appellate filings from the sources reviewed, so his participation rests on the docket appearance rather than a verified filing. He does appear in PTAB proceedings as counsel, but there is no evidence he maintains a regular IPR/PGR practice, and firm materials do not identify him as a registered patent practitioner.

Bar and education. Admitted in Texas (2001) and Washington (2014); J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2001 (with honors, Texas Law Review); M.P.A., LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1994; B.A., UT Austin, 1989. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Technology Law (2024–2027) and Information Technology Law (2027).

Disambiguation note: directory and USPTO-prosecution records also surface an "Erwin Basinski" in Austin patent prosecution work (Conley Rose) from the late 1990s–2000s. That listing could not be reliably tied to this profile and is not treated here as the same person.