Joseph M. Manak / Patent Attorney / Biography

The protection of intellectual property rights is at the forefront of virtually every business today.

Joe Manak, counsel to the firm, is an intellectual property, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registered patent attorney and trial lawyer who adds real value and provides the best business solutions to our clients’ patent and IP issues. For example, when representing a client with a patent matter, whether the client is the patent owner or potential infringer, Joe first seeks out and explores the client’s business goals, potential exposure and financial resources in an attempt to resolve the issue prior to litigation or early on in a case that has already been filed. If an early resolution cannot be reached and litigation commences, Joe first works very closely with the client to assess the merits of the case, develop a full case strategy, estimate the costs to be incurred and arrive at a budget that takes into account the size and complexity of the case and the client’s financial position. While companies have been greatly impressed by Joe’s skill and handling of their matters, they have been equally impressed by his personal and enthusiastic caring about the client, its business future and employees.

Joe’s intellectual property experience runs virtually the full spectrum of IP services, for example: providing advice and opinions on the full range of patent and IP issues; drafting patent and trademark applications and prosecuting them in the U.S. Patent Office and internationally; litigating and trying large and highly complex patent, trade secret and other IP cases in the federal courts, including drug and biotechnology cases; litigating and counseling pharmaceutical clients on Hatch-Waxman issues; instructing and advising counsel on foreign patent litigations involving his clients; conducting patent interference proceedings, in which he has a particular expertise; drafting and negotiating license, joint venture, joint research, acquisition, merger and other IP focused agreements; conducting IP due diligence in the full range of corporate transactions and handling antitrust and unfair competition issues involving the enforcement of patents, such as Walker Process, Noerr Pennington and Brulotte issues.

Some examples of matters that Joe has handled include litigating a massive and highly complex case involving a key patent for a major pharmaceutical company that originated in the U.S. Patent Office and evolved into a federal court litigation as well as litigations and other arcane proceedings in about 12 different countries around the world. After many years of litigation, Joe helped the client achieve a very favorable settlement which included the upholding of the client’s patent. Joe has also litigated and tried pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent cases, including under the Hatch-Waxman Act, on behalf of branded pharmaceutical companies. Joe has also tried a highly complex case involving a revolutionary biotechnology process that is used all over the world. Recently, Joe tried and won a trade secret case resulting in an award to the client of both compensatory and punitive damages. In addition to his pharmaceutical and biotech expertise, Joe has litigated patent, trade secret, trademark, trade dress and copyright cases involving electronics, software, high strength fibers, medical devices, contact lenses, circuit interrupters, food science, product designs and books.