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Joshua James

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Energetic and committed, Joshua James helps clients strengthen and enforce their intellectual property rights. Josh’s practice focuses on patent litigation, particularly Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical litigation in federal courts and inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Josh’s strong background in biomedical and chemical engineering helps him hit the ground running, especially in cases involving highly complex chemical compounds. He easily meets technical experts on their terms and uses that knowledge to take a key role on joint defense groups. Josh is able to use his experience to help clients evaluate strategies that involve both federal courts and the PTAB.

Josh has been involved in multiple bench trials; arguing motions before judges in both federal courts and the PTAB; taking and defending depositions, including in several Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical litigations; drafting appellate briefs; drafting IPR and reexamination briefs; drafting pleadings on invalidity, noninfringement, and claim construction issues; reviewing and producing documents; and leading coordination and strategy sessions among members of joint defense groups. For one of the IPR petitions, he invalidated 19 of 34 claims and drafted a request that instituted reexamination of the remaining claims.

Career & Education

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    • Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2010–August 2011
      Inter-Professional Research Opportunity (IPRO), January 2011–May 2011
      Biomedical Engineering Senior Design, August 2009–May 2010
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2009–August 2009
    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2008–August 2008
    • Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2010–August 2011
      Inter-Professional Research Opportunity (IPRO), January 2011–May 2011
      Biomedical Engineering Senior Design, August 2009–May 2010
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2009–August 2009
    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
      Research Experience for Undergraduates, June 2008–August 2008

    • Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., Summa cum Laude, chemical engineering, 2011
    • Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., Summa cum Laude, biomedical engineering, 2011
    • Indiana University - Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, J.D., cum Laude, 2014
    • Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., Summa cum Laude, chemical engineering, 2011
    • Illinois Institute of Technology, B.S., Summa cum Laude, biomedical engineering, 2011
    • Indiana University - Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, J.D., cum Laude, 2014

    • Illinois
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • Supreme Court of the United States
    • Illinois
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
    • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • Supreme Court of the United States

  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • PTAB Bar Association, 2016–present
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2011–present
    • Chicago Bar Association, 2015–present
    • Indiana Law Journal, Board Member, 2013–2014
    • Intellectual Property Association, 2011–2014
    • Phi Alpha Delta, Clerk, 2013

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • PTAB Bar Association, 2016–present
    • American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2011–present
    • Chicago Bar Association, 2015–present
    • Indiana Law Journal, Board Member, 2013–2014
    • Intellectual Property Association, 2011–2014
    • Phi Alpha Delta, Clerk, 2013

Joshua 's Insights

Webinar | 12.05.23

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago : One at a Time: Fintiv Discretionary Denials & Motions to Stay

Ever since the AIA was enacted, patent disputes have often involved proceedings in both the PTAB and district courts. Because of this, parties are often looking to stop or pause one of the proceedings, so they can focus on the proceeding that they believe is more advantageous to them. Please join a panel featuring Michelle Aspen (Senior Patent Counsel at Unified Patents), Hersh Mehta (Senior IP Litigation Counsel at Hewlett Packard), and Ray Ricordati (Special Counsel at Marshall Gerstein), and moderated by Joshua James (Counsel at Crowell & Moring), for a discussion regarding best practices for dealing with discretionary denials at the PTAB and motions to stay in district courts.

 

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Recognition

  • Illinois Institute of Technology: Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Undergraduate Alumnus, 2017
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law: Dean’s Honors, Fall 2011, Spring/Fall 2013
  • Illinois Institute of Technology: Camras Scholarship, Dean’s List, and Tau Beta Pi, 2007–2011

Joshua 's Insights

Webinar | 12.05.23

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago : One at a Time: Fintiv Discretionary Denials & Motions to Stay

Ever since the AIA was enacted, patent disputes have often involved proceedings in both the PTAB and district courts. Because of this, parties are often looking to stop or pause one of the proceedings, so they can focus on the proceeding that they believe is more advantageous to them. Please join a panel featuring Michelle Aspen (Senior Patent Counsel at Unified Patents), Hersh Mehta (Senior IP Litigation Counsel at Hewlett Packard), and Ray Ricordati (Special Counsel at Marshall Gerstein), and moderated by Joshua James (Counsel at Crowell & Moring), for a discussion regarding best practices for dealing with discretionary denials at the PTAB and motions to stay in district courts.

 

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Practices

Joshua 's Insights

Webinar | 12.05.23

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago : One at a Time: Fintiv Discretionary Denials & Motions to Stay

Ever since the AIA was enacted, patent disputes have often involved proceedings in both the PTAB and district courts. Because of this, parties are often looking to stop or pause one of the proceedings, so they can focus on the proceeding that they believe is more advantageous to them. Please join a panel featuring Michelle Aspen (Senior Patent Counsel at Unified Patents), Hersh Mehta (Senior IP Litigation Counsel at Hewlett Packard), and Ray Ricordati (Special Counsel at Marshall Gerstein), and moderated by Joshua James (Counsel at Crowell & Moring), for a discussion regarding best practices for dealing with discretionary denials at the PTAB and motions to stay in district courts.

 

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