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Josh Landau

Joshua Landau is the Patent Counsel at the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), where he represents and advises the association regarding patent issues. Mr. Landau joined CCIA from WilmerHale in 2017, where he represented clients in patent litigation, counseling, and prosecution, including trials in both district courts and before the PTAB.

Prior to his time at WilmerHale, Mr. Landau was a Legal Fellow on Senator Al Franken’s Judiciary staff, focusing on privacy and technology issues. Mr. Landau received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.S.E.E. from the University of Michigan. Before law school, he spent several years as an automotive engineer, during which time he co-invented technology leading to U.S. Patent No. 6,934,140.

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August 27, 2025 Post Grant Review

PTO Moves to Limit Use of General Knowledge in IPRs

On July 31, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a memorandum that, while framed as a clarification of existing rules, carries significant implications for inter partes review (IPR) proce...

July 31, 2025 Patent Examination and Operations

Repackaging the Same Flawed Ideas on Patent Quality

This month, the IP Policy Institute at the University of Akron School of Law released a policy brief, “Measuring Patent Quality and Reducing the Backlog at the USPTO,” presenting it as new empiric...

July 29, 2025 Uncategorized

Patent Troll Fumbles Cases Against NFL Teams

Earlier this month, a particularly aggressive non-practicing entity (NPE) – TicketMatrix LLC – quietly dropped a pair of patent infringement lawsuits against two National Football League teams, th...

July 18, 2025 Patent Litigation

DOJ Misses the Mark on Injunctions

On July 11, 2025, the non-practicing entity (NPE) Radian Memory Systems LLC dropped a request for injunctive relief against Samsung after the defendant provided new evidence that undercut the immediat...

July 1, 2025 Post Grant Review

Don’t Get it Twisted: New Discretionary Denials Process Hurts American Inventors

Following March’s announcement of a new interim, bifurcated review process for America Invents Act (AIA) petitions, the USPTO Acting Director has given herself largely unchecked authority to discret...

July 1, 2025 Post Grant Review

No, IPRs and PGRs Aren’t Interchangeable

In his recent responses to Questions for the Record (QFRs) following his Senate confirmation hearing, USPTO Director-nominee John Squires reaffirmed the value of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTA...

May 30, 2025 Patent Examination and Operations

Squires Emphasizes Patent Quality at Senate Confirmation Hearing

On May 21st, USPTO Director-nominee John Squires appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing, alongside three other nominees to serve in the Trump administration. While m...

May 26, 2025 Post Grant Review

Federal Judges Admit Lack of Technical Expertise, Making the Case for an Accessible PTAB

At the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section spring conference at the start of May, a group of federal judges overseeing complex patent lawsuits admitted they are not experts ...

May 22, 2025 Post Grant Review

Acting Director Stewart Issues a One Page Decision Denying Institution

In the MediaTek v. Daedalus IPRs, there's been some developments. In one IPR, the PTAB instituted the challenge over a request from the patent owner for discretionary denial. The APJs carefully went...