Joseph Guiliano

New Jersey

New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Current

Current

Joe has extensive experience representing clients in connection with patent prosecution, intellectual property transactions, patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation litigation, and opinion matters. He has developed particular expertise in counseling clients on intellectual property asset development and management strategies. He advises clients concerning competitive patents, including conducting product clearances and rendering written opinions of noninfringement and invalidity. Joe's broad range of experience in intellectual property-related transactions includes negotiating exclusive and nonexclusive licenses, joint development agreements, software development agreements (including website development agreements) and IP asset purchase agreements. He also frequently conducts IP due diligence investigations in connection with mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and strategic investments. Joe maintains an active litigation practice that focuses on complex patent and trade secret misappropriation proceedings in federal courts throughout the country. He has developed particular expertise at formulating innovative business solutions that lead to favorable settlements of disputes. Joe joined Ropes Gray on January 1, 2005 as part ofits combination with Fish Neave, the firm he has been with since starting his career in patent law in 1991. Prior to going into practice, Joe was employed by one of the world's largest pharmaceutical and consumer products companies, where he designed and developed systems to automate laboratory processes and to support preclinical and clinical testing of pharmaceuticals.

Rutgers School of Law at Newark

J.D.

1993

The State University of New Jersey

B.A.

1988

Biological Sciences, Rutgers

School of Engineering

B.S.

1988

Electrical Engineering, with Honors, Certificate in Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers