Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Partner

Joseph M. Reisman is a partner in our San Diego office.

Dr. Reisman's practice involves patent prosecution and strategic counseling, chiefly for clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology, industries, as well as patent litigation and appellate work involving various technologies.  His practice allows him to utilize the technical training he received while earning a Ph.D. in Chemistry. His litigation experience is varied, and includes numerous complex patent infringement actions brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act, in which represented both defendants and plaintiffs. He has also authored numerous appeal briefs, and conducted oral argument on appeal at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Dr. Reisman often represents manufacturers of generic and follow-on products, and has been a team leader in successfully earning early market entry of generic equivalents of many well-known products, including Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Valcyte (valganciclovir). Dr. Reisman regularly counsels his clients as they prepare their Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) and provides strategic advice with an eye toward successful patent litigation strategies, including settlement, always keyed to successful business outcomes.

Dr. Reisman also has extensive experience obtaining and enforcing complex patent portfolios, trade secret rights and other forms of intellectual property for his clients. He has extensive experience developing patent portfolios relating to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, specialty chemical, and water treatment technologies.