Joshua D. Curry is a partner in the Atlanta office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Josh has served as lead counsel in patent, intellectual property, and technology litigation cases and is a registered patent attorney.
An experienced litigator with a science degree and considerable technical expertise, Josh helps clients effectively achieve their business goals when enforcing and defending their IP rights.
He has experience in all phases of IP litigation and has represented both large and small clients from a variety of industries in cases and matters across a wide range of technologies in courts and proceedings throughout the United States.
Josh’s national practice covers all aspects of IP litigation and counseling, with a particular emphasis on technology-related matters involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
He has litigated cases in federal courts across the country from New York to California including multi-district litigation (MDL) matters, and cases before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), International Trade Commission (ITC), and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Josh is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also litigates cybersecurity and data privacy cases, including under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Stored Communications Act (SCA), and other statutory regimes.
Recognized in the area of IP litigation by Georgia Super Lawyers in 2016, 2017, and 2018 as a “Rising Star” and by Georgia Trend as one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite” in 2017 and 2018, Josh is regularly published and invited to speak on IP topics. He is active in business, industry and community groups, and he dedicates a portion of his practice to pro bono matters.
Before entering private practice, Josh was a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Elizabeth M. Timothy of the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida and, during law school, he interned for Justice Harry Lee Anstead of the Supreme Court of Florida and in the State Attorney’s Office for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Education :
- University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, Order of the Coif (top 10%), 2006
- Certificate in Intellectual Property Law
- University of Florida Law Review
- University of Florida Moot Court Team
- Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Government, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2003
Admissions :
- State Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Georgia
- United States Courts of Appeals & Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
- United States District Courts
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Other Admissions
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- United States International Trade Commission
Associations :
- American Bar Association
- Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Section of Litigation
- State Bar of Georgia
- Intellectual Property Section
- Privacy & Technology Section
- The Florida Bar
- The Atlanta Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
Representative Matters :
- LovePop, Inc. v. PaperPopCards, Inc. (D. Mass.): Defending pop-up greeting card company in copyright case concerning 3D pop-up greeting cards.
- StrikeForce Technologies v. [Client] (D. Mass.): Defending international data security and encryption company in a competitor-vs.-competitor patent case involving multifactor/two-factor authentication products. Opposing counsel Ropes and Gray.
- St. Luke Technologies v. [Client] (E.D. Tex.): Defending international data security and encryption company in patent case involving enterprise encryption key management and secure content delivery systems. Case resolved favorably based on early motion practice.
- Covered business method review (CBM) for BBVA Compass Bank (PTAB): Representing bank in three CBMs challenging validity of patents for encrypting mobile financial transactions. Proceedings resolved favorably.
- Mission Abstract Data v. Cumulus (D. Del.): Representing radio company against claims of patent infringement claims relating to radio automation technology. Case resolved favorably after successful Patent Office reexamination petitions.
- Inter partes review (IPR) for TD Bank (PTAB): Representing bank in four IPRs challenging patents relating to web system architecture and web session technology. Proceedings resolved favorably.
Cost
Rate : $$$