Joseph H. Lee is counsel in the Orange County office where his practice focuses on patent litigation.
Joseph represents a wide range of technology companies, including those involved in the Internet, semiconductor, networking, telecommunications and software industries. Joseph has managed all phases of patent litigation, including:
Case strategy
Discovery, including taking and defending depositions
Trial
Motion practice, including drafting and arguing summary judgment and other motions
Claim construction, including drafting, briefing and arguing Markman hearings
Prior to becoming an attorney, Joseph acquired broad experience in the science and technology industries, which has included the following:
Developed and supported both new internet technology applications and custom database applications
Designed, developed and tested communication satellite systems
He is licensed to practice in the State of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Federal District Court for the Central District of California, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California, and the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Experience
Joseph's experience includes advising:
CertusView v. USIC (ED Va.): represents defendants in patent infringement and breach of contract action
Intellectual Ventures v. Capital One (ED Va.): represents defendant in five-patent infringement action
TransPerfect v. MotionPoint (ND Cal.): represents TransPerfect in multi-patent infringement action involving website translation technology
InCom v. The Walt Disney Co. (CD Cal.): represent defendant in multi-patent infringement action involving RFID devices
Convolve v. Hitachi (ND Cal.): represent defendant in patent infringement action involving hard disk drive acoustics management technology*
Micron v. Rambus (ND Cal.): represented plaintiff in patent infringement, fraud, and equitable estoppel proceedings involving memory interface technology*
Scientific-Atlanta v. Personalized Media Communications (ND Ga.): represented defendant in patent infringement and licensing action involving networking, encryption, and content-delivery systems in the cable industry*
Database Structures, Inc. v. Oracle (SD Cal.): represented defendant in patent infringement action involving compression technology in database systems*
Sorensen v. Lexar (ND Cal.): represented defendant in patent infringement action involving manufacture of USB memory devices*
Riparius v. Cisco (ND Ill.): represented defendant in patent infringement suit involving internet telephony devices*
Catch Curve v. Callwave (CD Cal.): represented defendant in patent infringement suit involving internet telephony services*
*Represents experience from a previous law firm
During law school, Joseph served as an extern for the Honorable Gerald E. Lynch, United States District Court, Southern District of New York and for the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York.
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
California
Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 2005
BSE in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1998 Highest Honors
Latham honored for a huge trade secrets win for LG Energy Solution at the US International Trade Commission, a significant patent trial victory for Astellas, and the strength of the firm's global Private Equity Practice.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted summary judgment to our client Meta Platforms in a patent infringement case claiming Facebook’s “typeahead” function for suggesting how to complete user queries violated four patents held by MasterObjects Inc. Weston.
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