Joseph M. Myles

Joseph is experienced in pre-litigation strategy, discovery, and motions practice, advising clients through the formation of patent-specific litigation positions, including infringement, validity, claim construction, and unenforceability. He drafts and oversees Patent Office challenges for petitioners and patent owners, including inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, and ex parte reexaminations. Joseph counsels clients through the patent application process before the USPTO, including designing patent protection plans, managing large portfolios, and overseeing office action responses and examiner interviews.

Joseph drafts motions and claim construction briefing, investigates infringement and validity positions, and coordinates district court and PTAB trial strategy. He is well versed in using the 28 U.S.C. § 1782 discovery procedure to seek important litigation materials from U.S. parties for use in foreign patent infringement proceedings. He has written extensively on the uses of § 1782 discovery and participated in the formation of § 1782 practical guidance through The Sedona Conference. Joseph also assists clients with pre-litigation strategy, including drafting noninfringement opinions and investigating potential patent infringement.

Joseph oversees patent portfolios for both front end and back-end features of mobile apps, including applications of object-oriented design, HTML5 architecture, BIAN, and the Angular, Apache Kafka, and MICRON frameworks. He has secured patent protection for electronic product and service recommendation systems and bank account management systems.

Joseph is an active member of the VLSI Amicus Briefing ad hoc working group of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) PTAB Trial committee, and he is well-published in the area of international discovery.