Joseph D. Hodler

Patent and Trade Secret Litigation

Mr. Joseph Hodler is a registered patent attorney working equally in litigation and transactional matters. For over a decade he has engaged in dozens of patent suits in federal courts and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Cases involve various fields: open-source software, operating systems, financial models, cellular communications protocols, microchips, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and aseptic processing.

In transactional matters, he helps clients develop and protect purposeful ideas by securing intellectual property registrations and shaping collaborative relationships. He has represented start-ups, multinational companies, industrial designers, artists, and academics, in building, managing, and licensing their portfolios. He primarily prosecutes patents in the fields of software, interactive design, and industrial design.

Education

University of Minnesota Law, (J.D.)
Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Admissions

Admitted in NY and USPTO only; practice is limited to matters and proceedings before federal courts and agencies
New York
Southern District of New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office