Joseph R. Robinson is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s New York office. As a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, Joseph focuses his practice on patent litigation, counseling and procurement for biotechnical, pharmaceutical, chemical and mechanical technologies. His practice also encompasses trademark procurement, counseling and litigation.
Joseph has extensive experience litigating patent matters and counseling in areas such as agriculture, recombinant molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, enzyme technology, electrochemistry, food chemistry, organic chemistry, plastics, power plants, textiles, complex paper handling machinery and Hatch-Waxman issues. He has procured patents covering inventions in a wide range of fields such as drugs and treatments for autoimmune and infectious diseases; drug delivery systems; vaccines; genetically engineered plants; microorganisms and animals; argo-, inorganic, organic, physical and polymer chemistry; prosthetics; and textile processing.
Joseph also has experience negotiating and drafting license agreements and mergers and acquisitions in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and brand licensing areas and has worked on interference, reissue and reexamination proceedings.
Joseph frequently speaks to audiences in Europe and Japan on the international effects of recent developments in U.S. intellectual property law. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the top lawyers in New York. He is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, and before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Joseph is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Representative Experience
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Represented a leading biological solutions company in patent litigation involving industrial enzymes
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Represented a diabetes care company in patent litigation related to human growth hormone and insulin
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Represented a leading R&D company in patent litigation involving clutches and dual mass flywheels
- Represented a consumer electronics company in patent litigation related to information transmission systems and display drivers
Education
- Pace University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1988
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1973
