Tony Downs, a retired partner and the former chair of Goodwin’s IP Litigation practice, is a member of the firm’s Life Sciences Disputes group and has more than 30 years of litigation experience. He joined Goodwin in 1988 after clerking for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the U.S. Supreme Court. His practice is focused on intellectual property litigation, with specialization in patent matters. He also has experience in trade secret cases, antitrust and competition law, securities and other complex commercial litigation. Mr. Downs has been repeatedly listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, and other publications, where clients have lauded him for being “outstanding at trial,” “greatly skilled in making complex technical arguments understandable,” “an excellent writer,” and thought of “highly” as a “strategist.” IAM Patent 1000 describes him as “a shrewd medical devices maestro.”
Mr. Downs has been lead trial counsel in federal courts throughout the country, including jury trials in the District of Massachusetts, the District of Delaware, the Eastern District of Texas, the District of New Jersey, and the Northern District of Alabama. He has also advised clients on trans-border disputes in cases across Asia and Europe. And he has appeared as lead counsel before the International Trade Commission and has participated in IPR proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In addition to his extensive trial experience, Mr. Downs has briefed and argued many appellate cases, including multiple cases in the Federal Circuit, the First, Second, Ninth and D.C. Circuits, and in the appellate courts in Massachusetts. He also regularly uses arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution procedures.
In the area of patent litigation, Mr. Downs has represented clients as lead counsel in a wide range of patent disputes involving many different technologies, including telecommunications, computer software, Internet telephony, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and financial services. His cases include:
Mr. Downs is a member of the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations. He is also a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
On pro bono matters, Mr. Downs recently represented a transgender inmate in a male prison in Massachusetts in a challenge under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) to improve living conditions for transgender inmates and to enable inmates to be transferred to women’s facilities.
Mr. Downs has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers for his work in Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent 2022-2023.
Benchmark Litigation recognizes Mr. Downs as a 2021 Litigation Star in Massachusetts for his work in Intellectual Property. Mr. Downs has, for many years, been listed as peer-rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized in publications such as Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, U.S. News Best Lawyers, IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Litigators, Managing Intellectual Property, Benchmark Litigation Stars, Who’s Who in American Law and Massachusetts Superlawyers.
(cum laude, Order of the Coif), Executive Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review
(magna cum laude)
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