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Joseph P. Lavelle
1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20004
+1 202.383.6888
+1 202.383.6610 (Fax)
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Partner
Joseph Lavelle is a Partner in the Intellectual Property practice group and the Antitrust group. His practice is primarily in patent litigation and patent/antitrust counseling and litigation. He also has substantial experience in various aspects of the firm's intellectual property practice, including counseling, appellate advocacy and antitrust/IP matters.
He is very active in matters in which intellectual property and antitrust law intersect. He has handled several Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission, the US Court of Federal Claims and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Lavelle was recognized as a top IP lawyer by Chambers in 2007 and 2008. Legal 500 noted in 2007 that clients consider him “excellent... very organized, very hard working and very diligent.”
He has served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught courses on patent/antitrust and patent misuse law.
Mr. Lavelle is a regular speaker on intellectual property and antitrust/IP interface issues.
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1982
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law (JD, 1982), summa cum laude, Order of the Coif. University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Managing Editor (1981 to 1982)
- Wilkes College (BS, Physics, 1979)
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