Patrick J. McKeever

Patrick J. McKeever — Patent Litigation Profile

Specialty / focus. McKeever is a computer-science-trained patent litigator whose practice centers on software- and electronics-related disputes: operating systems, mobile apps and payments, streaming video, networking, e-commerce, mapping software, smartphones, digital photography, and mechanical/consumer devices (e.g., LED flameless candles). He handles complex district-court patent cases nationwide, Section 337 investigations at the ITC through trial, and PTAB post-grant proceedings. His firm bio notes he has litigated more than 20 IPR and CBM proceedings. (Sources: Perkins Coie and Ashurst Perkins Coie bios.)

Side preference. His public practice is overwhelmingly defense-side: he has represented operating companies and technology providers — Microsoft, HTC, Hulu, Netflix, Roku, Starbucks, Liown, ATEN, and most recently Snap Inc. — against NPEs/PAEs and competitors, while also serving as petitioner in IPR/CBMs challenging those patents. The tracked case list shows two lead-counsel appearances (one plaintiff-side, one defendant-side, both at Perkins Coie); the underlying case names were not provided, so they cannot be cited here.

Firm context. McKeever is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in San Diego and currently serves as the firm's San Diego office managing partner; he helped launch that office in 2010 (Law360). Before law school he worked as a software developer/technical analyst at Johnson & Johnson and LifeScan (2002–2006), and he summered at Fish & Richardson and Hogan & Hartson. (Sources: Perkins Coie bio; Law360; Perkins Coie 2026 press release.)

Notable matters. He won a complete ITC trial victory for HTC in Certain Electronic Imaging Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-726), affirmed on review and summarily affirmed at the Federal Circuit, and obtained a non-infringement final determination for HTC in Inv. No. 337-TA-850. In Luminara Worldwide v. Liown (D. Minn.), he represented Liown in a six-patent LED-candle case that settled after IPR wins invalidating claims, later affirmed by the Federal Circuit in Luminara Worldwide, LLC v. Iancu. He also secured PTAB invalidation of Ameranth menu-patent claims for Starbucks (affirmed on appeal), favorable settlements for Microsoft in Bradium Technologies v. Microsoft following IPR wins, and early claim-construction victories for Hulu/Netflix in TransVideo cases. (Sources: firm bio; JD Supra/Federal Circuit summary; PTAB filings.)

PTAB / IPR. Yes — IPR/CBM work is a core part of his practice; Perkins Coie named him among its six attorneys ranked in Patexia's 2020 IPR Intelligence Report, and he remains active as lead/back-up counsel in IPRs (e.g., IPR2024-00380; Snap Inc. IPRs against Nokia in 2025).

Bar / education. California bar (2010); USPTO Reg. No. 66,019; B.S. Computer Science, University of Notre Dame (2002); J.D., UCLA School of Law (2009, Order of the Coif). (Identifiers: CA Bar No. 268763.)