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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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July 31, 2023 Congress and Patents

Analysis of Comments Shows Strong Public Opposition to ANPRM, PREVAIL Proposals

Recent Patent Progress posts have focused on the harmful and overlapping policy proposals contained in the USPTO’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and the PREVAIL Act. As it turns out,...

July 28, 2023 Congress and Patents

Helping NPEs PREVAIL Over Innovators

Last month, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (PREVAIL) Act. Under the guise of promoting...

July 21, 2023 Post Grant Review

Proposed Multiple Petition Reforms Far Exceed the Problem’s Scope

When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) related to America Invents Act trial proceedings in April, the agency noted that it is “c...

June 23, 2023 Post Grant Review

USPTO Should Conduct Expedited Reviews for Discretionarily Denied PTAB Petitions

The USPTO's invalidation of both patents involved in the ongoing legal battle between Intel and VLSI is the most recent development in a long and contentious debate among those who watch Patent Trial ...

June 8, 2023 Post Grant Review

ANPRM’s Ex Parte Reexamination Proposals are Deeply Flawed

The U.S Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) has spurred a range of commentary and criticism—mostly the latter—from current and former members of C...

May 25, 2023 Congress and Patents

Reintroduction of Advancing America’s Interests Act is a Welcome Development for Innovators

Last week, Representative David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Don Beyer (VA-08) introduced the Advancing America’s Interests Act (AAIA). If passed, this legislation would help prevent the U.S. Internationa...

May 12, 2023 Post Grant Review

USPTO Invalidates VLSI Patent—So Why Didn’t They Review It The First Time?

Earlier today, the USPTO issued its final written decision in IPR2021-01064. The final written decision found that all challenged claims in VLSI's patent were in fact invalid. So what makes t...

May 3, 2023 Post Grant Review

New Report Reaffirms Danger Patent Trolls Pose to Manufacturers, Small Businesses

People whose business models are threatened by strong post-grant review and improved patent quality continue to assert that non-practicing entities (NPEs) and the patent troll narrative is a myth or a...

April 18, 2023 Patent Litigation

Judge Connolly Continues to Push on Funding Transparency

Following an April 2022 standing order that mandated parties appearing in his court adhere to third-party funding disclosure requirements and an eye-popping November 2022 memorandum detailing “poten...