Joshua A. Friedman

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Joshua A. Friedman — Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio)

Focus areas. Friedman's practice is hardware-centric rather than pharma or standards-based. He holds a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering, and his firm bio describes patent prosecution and litigation experience in the electrical, software, mechanical, and medical device arts, with the firm's 2023 partner announcement also citing pharmaceutical and life science work. His tracked patent matters involve LED / solid-state lighting — specifically the "off-state white appearance" filament-LED technology of U.S. Patent No. 8,604,678. His prosecution docket (per USPTO-affiliated data) skews optical/display and consumer electronics (BOE Technology, BYD, Roborock), mechanical and flow-control (Swagelok, Moen), and consumer products (GOJO, Abbott). I found no indication of Wi-Fi/SEP, FRAND, or standard-essential-patent work.

Side preference. He is exclusively on the defense/challenger side in the tracked set: 0 plaintiff-side and 2 defendant-side appearances, both for Savant Technologies LLC d/b/a GE Lighting (the operating-company defendant). That is consistent with a practice built around defending manufacturers and challenging asserted patents at the PTAB, alongside a separate prosecution and portfolio-management practice. No NPE/PAE plaintiff-side enforcement work appears in the record.

Firm context. Friedman is a partner in Calfee's Intellectual Property group, joined the firm in 2014 and was elected partner in January 2023; he is based in Calfee's Columbus office. Before Calfee he served as a judicial extern at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. No prior law-firm history is disclosed. (Note: he is distinct from Joshua M. Friedman of McCarter & English and from Joshua Adam Friedman in California/Massachusetts.)

Notable matters / outcomes. In Feit Electric Co. v. Savant Technologies LLC d/b/a GE Lighting, No. 1:24-cv-00473-BMB (N.D. Ohio, filed March 2024), Feit asserted the '678 patent against Savant; Friedman appeared on the Calfee team (with Jonathan Auerbach and Ronald M. McMillan) for Savant, including on Markman filings. The district case was stayed in April 2025 pending the parallel USPTO proceedings and was statistically closed in August 2025. The related consolidated IPRs (IPR2024-01357 and IPR2025-00260) produced a decisive petitioner-side win: the PTAB's August 28, 2026 final written decision held all challenged claims of the '678 patent unpatentable and denied Feit's contingent motion to amend. That result is not yet final — Feit faced a September 28, 2026 Director Review deadline and may appeal to the Federal Circuit, and trade coverage notes the petitioners' PTAB team was led by another firm.

PTAB / IPR experience. His firm bio states he has served as global IP lead counsel for an Asia-based manufacturer in district court and Federal Circuit matters plus six inter partes reviews before the PTAB, and he is licensed to practice before the USPTO; the Feit matter adds a further, publicly documented IPR engagement on the petitioner side.

Bar / education. Admitted in Ohio and before the USPTO; also admitted to the N.D. Ohio and the Federal Circuit. J.D., cum laude, Case Western Reserve University (2013); B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University (2004).