
Josh is an experienced patent attorney who focuses on patent prosecution and strategic portfolio counseling.
Josh has extensive experience with U.S. and international design patents related to consumer and industrial products and packaging, medical devices, sports equipment, and graphical user interfaces and icons. He regularly advises clients on building their design patent portfolios and strategically obtaining global protection for their designs.
Josh drafts and prosecutes patent applications, provides patentability, infringement, and validity opinions, and implements offensive and defensive enforcement strategies for clients in a variety of technical fields, including consumer products, mechanical and automotive assemblies, medical devices, electronic and software systems, action sports, machine learning and artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, e-commerce, and manufacturing. His work also includes participating in inter partes review proceedings and supporting district court and ITC litigation.
Prior to joining Mintz, Josh was an associate in the San Diego office of a large intellectual property and technology law firm. During law school, Josh served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Cathy L. Waldor, Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and was president of the Seton Hall Intellectual Property Law Association.
viewpoints
AI in Biotech and Synthetic Biology: What Can Be Protected? What Should Be Kept Secret?
August 11, 2021 | Blog | By Joshua Berk, Lily Zhang, Terri Shieh-Newton
Failing to Adequately Support a Means-Plus-Function Claim Term Renders a Claim Invalid
June 3, 2021 | Blog | By Pedro Suarez, Joshua Berk
Design Patent Registrations after Brexit and Updates to Design Rights in China
February 25, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Van Loy, Joshua Berk
Are Design Patents Missing From Your IP Portfolio?
June 23, 2020 | Blog | By Michael Van Loy, Joshua Berk
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Recognition & Awards
- Best Lawyers of America: Ones to Watch – Patent Law (2023)
- ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law, 2015