Clients also rely on Josh to help them develop worldwide patent portfolios. He brings a unique, litigation-informed perspective when crafting patent procurement strategies and offers sage portfolio management advice regarding excluding competitors, pursuing enforcement, and monetizing IP assets through licensing deals.
With a practice that spans the lifecycle of intellectual property, Josh helps clients understand and navigate the IP landscape as they bring new products to market, build strong patent portfolios, and divest low-value assets. When companies and IP change hands, Josh applies his extensive experience in technology assignment and licensing agreements to help his clients transform their aspirations into reality.
Josh brings firsthand experience in mechanical engineering as a former engineer who designed subsea oilfield completions and robotics. He has extraordinarily broad and deep experience in mechanical, electrical, and software innovations, including:
Oilfield drilling, completion, and production equipment and techniques
Electrical control systems
Wireless telemetry
Sensor-based controls
Semiconductor manufacturing
Enterprise software for managing business operations
Product and service point of sale and sales aggregation software
Optical character recognition
Energy trading
Although many of his clients are large companies, Josh enjoys working with midmarket and startup companies. He has developed a program that helps burgeoning technology companies implement systems to capture developing IP assets for patent protection and position themselves for investment and acquisition.
He is a critical member of the Fish team that designs and presents the firm’s internal training programs on patent prosecution, due diligence, licensing and agreements, and IP disputes.
