Timothy Keegan

Tim Keegan is a senior associate in Goodwin’s IP Litigation group.

He has experience in intellectual property litigation and counseling, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, false advertising, and unfair competition matters. Tim has represented clients in numerous intellectual property and commercial disputes in federal courts nationwide, including significant victories after trial and on appeal.

Tim graduated Cum Laude from New York University School of Law where was a Robert McKay Scholar and a Jacobson Leadership Scholar. He also received the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award, awarded to the student who demonstrated the highest excellence in the field of entertainment and intellectual property law, and served as an Executive Editor for the Journal of Law & Business.

• Insulet v. EOFlow. Secured a landmark jury verdict for plaintiff Insulet Corporation in a trade secret case after a five-week jury trial featured 27 live witnesses and over 330 exhibits and several experts on key disputed issues. The jury awarded Insulet $452 million in compensatory and punitive damages—one of the top trade secret verdicts in the last five years—and the Court entered a permanent injunction
• Signet v. LG Electronics. Representing LG Electronics in ongoing trade secret misappropriation matter
• Brave Software v. News Corp. Filed landmark copyright infringement declaratory judgment complaint for Brave Software concerning its search engine and AI chatbot use of the search engine
• TrackMan v. GSPro. Representing TrackMan in ongoing copyright infringement matter concerning alleged infringement of source code
• TrackMan v. Wyoming IP Holdings.  Obtained successful Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal under § 101 for TrackMan in patent infringement lawsuit
• Groq Inc. v. Groq Health.  Representing Groq Health and its CEO Dr. Florence Comite in trademark infringement litigation
• Psychometrics v. BeiGene.  Represented BeiGene in breach of contract and defamation case, successfully negotiating settlement
• Represented Pfizer in litigation against Merck concerning alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential business information in the development of multi-conjugate pneumococcal vaccines*
• Represented LG Electronics in a complex commercial litigation brought on an emergency basis regarding SEP/FRAND, IP licensing, and competition law disputes, rapidly resulting in a settlement on favorable terms for our client*
• Represented market research firm Nielsen Consumer LLC (“NielsenIQ”) in trade secret litigation concerning data collection and analytics and a related, successful appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit*
• Represented Abiomed in a patent infringement dispute regarding the company’s core product, the Impella® line of heart pumps. After a favorable Markman ruling, the Court granted summary judgment of non-infringement, giving Abiomed a complete victory and clearing the way for the company’s $16.6 billion acquisition by Johnson & Johnson*
• Represented India-based vehicle manufacturer in appeal of ITC’s Section 337 trade dress infringement determinations. The Federal Circuit ruled that Mahindra’s redesigned vehicle did not infringe the claimant’s claimed trade dress in “jeep” vehicles, giving the client a significant win and allowing it to continue importing its products into the U.S.*
• Client secondment to Pinterest, Inc. as IP & Content Counsel, focusing on copyright and trademark issues and platform liability

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

White & Case LLP, Associate 2019-2023

Pinterest, Inc., Secondee – IP & Content Counsel

New York County Lawyers’ Association Pro Bono Award – 2021