Patrick King is a Litigation Partner in the Firm's Palo Alto office. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, complex commercial litigation, and international arbitration.

Mr. King has represented companies such as Verizon, Intel, Cisco, Seagate, Elpida, JPMorgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs in litigations and arbitrations across the country.  Mr. King's patent litigation practice has covered a wide range of technologies, including microprocessor architecture, circuitry, and manufacturing processes; wireless routing; interactive video content delivery systems; numerous data transfer protocols; and e-commerce. Mr. King’s commercial litigation and arbitration practice focuses on complex contractual disputes and claims arising under ERISA, RICO, and the federal securities laws.

Mr. King joined Simpson Thacher in 1994 and has practiced in the Firm’s Palo Alto, Hong Kong, and New York offices.  He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. 

Publications

•	The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
•	The Confluence of European Activism and American Minimalism: “Patentable Subject Matter” After Bilski
•	"KSR v. Teleflex: A New Flexible Regime for Obviousness," in Nonobviousness and Patents: Issues and Implications
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	Prospective Relief for Patent Infringement in a Post-eBay World
•	"Breaking State Street Bank: Redefining the Scope of Patentable Subject Matter for the 21st Century"
•	In re Seagate: A New Standard for Willful Patent Infringement
•	eBay: The Final Word?
•	The Changing Landscape of Patent Remedies after eBay
•	KSR v. Teleflex: A New Flexible Regime for Obviousness
•	Microsoft v. AT&T: Limiting the Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Law

Speaking Engagements

•	Patrick King Speaks at Business Software Alliance High-Tech General Counsel Forum April 5, 2011
•	Patrick King Speaks at ITechLaw’s Annual Conference on October 29, 2010 in Berlin October 5, 2010

Admissions

•	New York 1995
•	California 2000

Education

•	Columbia Law School, 1994 J.D. Stone Scholar
•	Dartmouth College, 1981 B.A., Bachelor of Arts