Joseph Murphy Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Teach Courses including: Introduction to Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law; Administrative Law, History of Fashion Law

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Joseph F. Murphy is a patent attorney who assists clients in numerous areas, including not only the electrical, optical, and mechanical arts, but also fashion, wearable technology, and 3D printing. To protect client Intellectual Property (IP), Joe writes and files patent, trademark, and copyright applications. He also advises clients on patent strategy and on how to avoid infringing (trespassing) on the IP rights of others.Joseph F. Murphy is a US registered patent attorney with degrees in electrical engineering and law.Joe taught "Valuation of Intellectual Property" as an Adjunct Professor for NYU, and he regularly lectures on patent law at venues including the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the Fashion Law Committee at the New York City Bar Association.Joe's practice experience includes both in-house and outside counsel work. He welcomes inquiries from parties seeking his services.

Northville, Mi, Us

•Advised on issues including patentability, infringement, and validity.•Provided strategic IP and general business counseling.•Managed outside counsel performing patent preparation, prosecution, and litigation.•Negotiated comprehensive IP licenses and agreements with large corporations, including Bausch & Lomb, Carrier Corporation, and Hyundai Motors of America, resulting in significant increases in revenue.

Everett, Washington, Us

INTERMEC INC.,(now Honeywell) Everett, WA $850M developer of supply chain management technologies including RFID and barcode equipmentStrengthened company’s intellectual property to support new business, strengthen brand, and minimize risk. Clients included U.S. Post Office, Walmart and UPS. Cultivated relationships and elicited invention disclosures from engineers worldwide. Retained and supervised law firms worldwide. Refined write-ups of employee submitted creations / inventions, suggested extensions or modifications to the definition of the creation / invention. Oversaw writing of patent applications, and supervised outside patent counsel’s continued prosecution of patent applications. Leveraged optics and electronics expertise to improve quantity and quality of company’s inventions and patents within 3 months of hire. Educated engineers on patentability and replaced outmoded practices.  Selected to represent IP department on cross-functional committee charged with launching / relaunching company through technology products critical to its future, such as optical barcode readers and RFID. Disproved legal opponent’s claim of company patent infringement by designing and conducting a practical scientific experiment, and documenting it in legal papers presented to legal opponent.

LAW OFFICE OF J.F. MURPHY / EPSTEIN, DRANGEL, BAZERMAN, AND JAMES LLP, New York, NYMerged own highly successful law firm with international law firm specializing in IP legal servicesOffered cost-effective expert advice to Internet dot-com startups and other businesses on a full range of legal matters in tech areas, such as web services, digital media, search and e-commerce. Educated corporate clients on strategies to establish and grow in-house IP departments. Wrote and prosecuted patents for electrical, mechanical, and optical inventions. Wrote legal memos and opinions on infringement, patentability, invalidity, and right-to-use issues. Analyzed products to determine patent infringement. Performed IP portfolio analyses of companies and industries using advanced mapping techniques; formulated IP strategy to support business goals. Managed entire patent portfolio of eMagin Corporation, a public electro-optics company. Revived pending and abandoned patent cases after a period of inactivity, renewed work on cases, resulting in new capital investment infusion.  Worked with eMagin technical staff on wafers and more at (IBM’s) Hudson Valley Research Park.

Lippo Di Calderara Di Reno, Bologna, It

•Founding the Legal Dept. and Intellectual Property program of a public company growing from $15M/yr to $200M+/yr. (Named as one of the fastest-growing companies by Businessweek).•Managing the Global Intellectual Property Portfolio of a fast-growing public company.•Selecting, retaining and managing outside counsel worldwide.•Managing outside counsel performing patent, trademark, and other legal work.•Working with company inventors on invention disclosures and patent mining.•Analyzing and mapping competitors’ patent portfolios; fighting giants in industry.•Assisting R&D personnel in designing around problematic patents.•Providing patent & trademark clearance opinions.•Briefing and Counseling management on how legal matters affected business options.•Writing, and managing the prosecution of, US and foreign patent and trademark applications.•Studying competitor’s products to detect infringement of company patents.•Negotiating and drafting licenses and agreements. •Handling FDA, Export & other regulatory compliance, incl. product labeling & consumer warnings.•Performing due diligence investigations of acquisition targets; facilitating antitrust compliance.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law, Intellectual Property Law

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical Engineering And Physics

High School, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical And Electronics Engineering