Joseph Mohr is an intellectual property attorney whose practice involves obtaining, licensing, protecting, and enforcing IP rights for his clients. In addition to drafting and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, Joey provides patentability, right-to-manufacture, and patent validity analysis as well as trademark clearance and registerability searches. Joey also helps his clients enforce and protect patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret rights through negotiation and litigation.
Technical Expertise and Professional Background
Joey grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. While pursuing his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, Joey completed internships with 3M and Monsanto Chemical Company. After graduating, Joey accepted a pharmaceutical process engineer position with Abbott Laboratories in Chicago, Illinois.
As an engineer at Abbott, he served as a technical expert for the bulk manufacturing of drugs used in applications ranging from anesthesia to the treatment of HIV-AIDS. In 2002, Joey was awarded Abbott Laboratories’ President Award for a process design improvement. The improvement significantly reduced the cost and cycle time of a Clindamycin HCl manufacturing process.
Joey teaches copyright law as an Adjunct Professor at the Willamette University College of Law and engineering courses as an Adjunct Professor at the Oregon Institute of Technology. His courses at OIT include Heat Transfer Theory and Applications and Engineering Mechanics: Statics. The courses are part of a unique curriculum focusing on renewable energy.
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Marquette
University Law School, 2005;
Editor, The Marquette Law Review - B.S., with distinction, The University of Iowa College of Engineering, 2000
Bar and Court Admissions
- State of Oregon
- State of Wisconsin
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Professional Associations
- Oregon State Bar Intellectual Property Section
- Oregon State Bar Computer and Internet Section
- Board of Directors, Arbor Ridge Home Owners’ Association
Selected Publications
- Unshackle Academia and Allow It to Exemplify the Purpose of Patent Law: ‘To Promote the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts,’ published in the Marquette Law Journal in 2004
- Glaxo Wellcome, Inc. v. Andrx Pharmaceutical, Inc., published in the Wisconsin State Bar Intellectual Property Newsletter in 2004
Outside Interests
In his free time, Joey enjoys playing sports including basketball, tennis, and golf. He also likes to play chess and go hiking whenever possible.