Christopher M. 'Chris' Joe

Christopher M. ‘Chris’ Joe: Patent Litigation Summary

Christopher M. Joe is a founding member of the Dallas-based intellectual property and commercial litigation boutique Buether Joe & Counselors, LLC. His practice focuses on patent infringement and other complex business litigation. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property disputes. Based on his single tracked appearance as lead counsel for the plaintiff, his recent work has involved representing patent holders.

A significant outcome in Mr. Joe's career includes being a member of the trial team that secured a major patent infringement verdict for Halliburton. While at his prior firm, Godwin Gruber, LLP, he helped win a $24 million jury verdict against Smith International, where the jury found willful infringement of three patents related to drill bit design methods used in the oil and gas industry. His practice areas are listed as including intellectual property, technology, and commercial business litigation.

Prior to co-founding his current firm in 2007, Mr. Joe was an attorney at the litigation firm McKool Smith and, before that, at Godwin Gruber, LLP. There is no publicly available record of Mr. Joe appearing in inter partes review (IPR) or other post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Mr. Joe earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1993 and his A.B. from Duke University in 1990. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of New York, and multiple federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has been selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers for intellectual property litigation from 2013 to 2026.