Joel focuses his litigation practice on the defense of patent infringement claims and challenges to patent validity as well as disputes over trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property. A registered patent attorney, he has deep experience in post-grant practice before the Patent Office, particularly contested review conducted in parallel with patent infringement litigation. Joel works closely with trial teams preparing patent portfolios for assertive litigation through rigorous “pre-examination” claim validity review and owner-directed re-examination and correction. He has also represented clients in copyright matters and related questions involving the rights surrounding various methods of copying, storing, reproducing and streaming digital media.
Joel litigates and advises candidates, election officials and members of the public on election law, including ballot access and integrity provisions of federal law. He has extensive experience in voter roll integrity and language minority ballot access provisions of federal election statutes. Joel has investigated and enforced statewide violations of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, and implemented election day polling place observers in primary and general elections in numerous jurisdictions.
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 2000
- B.A., St. John’s College, 1995
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Takings Law in Washington State
Puget Sound Lawyers Chapter
University of Washington School of Law, Room 1384293 Memorial Way Northeast
Seattle, WA 98195
Patent Venue: Fallout from TC Heartland v. Kraft Food
Intellectual Property Teleforum
Teleforum
Originalism: Contrasting the Textualism of Justices Scalia and Thomas
Swing Wine Bar 825 Columbia St. SWOlympia, Washington 98501
Litigating State Constitutional Issues
2017 Annual Western Chapters Conference
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Federalism and Religious Liberty
2016 Annual Western Chapters Conference
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
State Court Docket Watch: 2018 Edition
State Court Docket Watch
Download PDF Alabama Ex parte Jessie Livell Phillips by Allen P. Mendenhall – pg.20 Alaska State of...
Docket Watch: Black v. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
This lawsuit, now pending appeal to Washington’s intermediate appellate court, seeks to enforce a constitutional...
Docket Watch: Eyman v. Wyman; Ball and Gottlieb v. Wyman
The Washington Supreme Court issued decisions in two cases addressing procedural mandates of the state...
Patent Venue: Fallout from TC Heartland v. Kraft Food
Intellectual Property Teleforum
On May 22, 2017, in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Food Group Brands LLC, the...
Litigating State Constitutional Issues
2017 Annual Western Chapters Conference
The past forty years have seen a surge in efforts to litigate under state constitutional provisions...