Daniel Patrick Flaherty
Associate
Daniel Patrick Flaherty is an associate and intellectual property litigator with Foley & Lardner LLP. Daniel represents businesses in diverse industries and technology areas in matters ranging from high-stakes disputes against competitors to litigation against nonpracticing entities.
Daniel practices in U.S. district court, before the Federal Circuit, and at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Daniel’s patent litigation experience includes technologies such as biopharmaceuticals, genetic testing, cosmetics, polyesters, pyrolysis, plastic packaging and recycling, building and home automation, video surveillance, mobile applications, wireless networks, combustion engines, fitness equipment, and orthotics. Equipped with a broad background in the natural sciences and experience across many technology sectors, Daniel excels at mastering technological and industry details and applying keen legal analysis to provide high-quality outcomes for clients.
Before joining Foley, Daniel led quality assurance teams for Epic Systems and oversaw company-wide root cause analysis procedures as part of Epic’s quality management system.
Representative Experience
- Represented bottled water manufacturer against assertions of patent infringement in U.S. district court relating to bottled water products.
- Represented a large retailer against assertions of patent infringement in a U.S. district court relating to kinesiology tape products.
- Represented manufacturer of retail and building control systems in patent assertion against a competitor in U.S. district court.
Awards and Recognition
- Recipient, Antoinette Dames Prize for Outstanding Paper in a Graduate Level Course in Political Science