Joseph M Manak, patent attorney
Joseph M. Manak, Esq.

PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Biography
PORZIO BROMBERG & NEWMAN P.C.
156 WEST 56th St. NY, NY, 10019
firm (212) 265-6888
direct (646) 348-6745
fax (212) 957-3983
jmmanak@pbnlaw.com
www.pbnlaw.com





AFFILIATIONS
2006 - Present OSTROLENK, FABER, GERB, & SOFFEN LLP
New York, New York
Of Counsel
2000 - 2006 GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
New York, New York
Shareholder
1997 - 2000 GRAHAM & JAMES LLP
New York, New York
Partner
1988 - 1997
KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYS & HANDLER
New York, New York
Associate - Litigation Department Technology / Patent Group
1986 - 1988 MORGAN & FINNEGAN
New York, New York
Litigation Associate, 1986-1988

EDUCATION
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL
New York, New York
Juris Doctor, cum laude, June, 1986
Class Rank: Top 15% G.P.A.: 3.25
Honors: Journal of International and Comparative Law
MANHATTAN COLLEGE
Riverdale, New York
Bachelor of Science, 1983
Major: Chemistry G.P.A.: 3.2
Honors: Dean's List, 1981 and 1982;
American Chemical Society Certification; New York State Regent's Scholarship

LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS
  "The Law of Written Description in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Patents," 23 Biotechnology Law Report 30, Number 1 (February 2004)
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“Toward Consistency and Clarity in Patent Claim Construction: Markman, Hilton Davis, Southwall, and Vitronics” Amer. Bar Ass’n IPL Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2 Winter 1997.

“Decisions Key to Safe Licensing,” Les Nouvelles, J.Lic. Exec. Soc. Vol. XXXI No. 1, March 1996.

“Confusion in the Law of Patent Infringement: The Federal Circuit’s Decisions in Markman and Hilton Davis,” BIOTECH Patent News, vol. 9 No. 10, October 1995.

"Federal Circuit Telectronics and Chartex Decisions Clarify Infringement Exemption For FDA Uses," BIOTECH Patent News, vol. 7, no. 9, September 1993.

Licensing Executives Society 1992 Annual Meeting -- Boca Raton, Florida Workshop Leader: Licensing and the Law of Tie-ins

Columbia University School of Law 1989-1990 Korean Legal Studies Program In International Trade, Lecturer

BAR ADMISSIONS
  New York State, March 1987

United States District Courts:
    Southern District of New York
    Eastern District of New York

United States Patent and Trademark Office, June 1988 (Registration No. 33,013)

BAR ASSOCIATIONS
  AIPPI - 1998

Association of the Bar of the City of New York
1993 Computer Law Committee
1994 Software Protection Subcommittee

Controlled Release Society
1998 to present

Licensing Executives Society
2004 Membership Committee
1991 Work Shop Committee
1990 Legal Affairs Committee


New York Intellectual Property Law Association
1994 Judge's Dinner Committee
1993 Antitrust and Misuse Committee
1990 Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

LANGUAGES
  French

COMPUTER SKILLS
JAVA, FORTRAN, BASIC, COBOL, PASCAL, LEXIS-NEXIS and WESTLAW
 
 
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