Joel Weiss

Joel Weiss is a highly experienced patent litigator and managing partner at Weiss & Arons LLP, where he focuses on developing intellectual property protection and enforcement strategies for technology-driven companies. His practice encompasses a broad range of technologies, notably medical devices, analog and digital circuitry, and semiconductor processing. The firm's work, and Mr. Weiss's personal patent applications, indicate a particular emphasis on wound healing technologies, including wound dressings and sub-dressing analysis and therapy systems.

In his litigation practice, Mr. Weiss demonstrates proficiency on both the plaintiff and defendant sides, serving as lead counsel in all tracked appearances. His caseload includes two plaintiff-side representations and one defendant-side representation in the closely related matters of Solventum Corporation v. Wound Healing Technologies, LLC and Wound Healing Technologies Corp. v. Solventum Corporation, all concerning wound healing patents. He is recognized for his adeptness in both procuring and defending critical patent rights, suggesting a balanced approach to patent enforcement and defense.

Mr. Weiss is actively engaged with inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, as evidenced by an IPR filing in Solventum Corporation v. Wound Healing Technologies, LLC, which challenges a patent related to wound dressings. He has also publicly expressed his views on the impact of post-grant proceedings, noting his belief that they have diminished the value and importance of patents.

Mr. Weiss earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1997. He is admitted to practice in New York, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.