Background
Scafetta, Joseph was born on May 10, 1947 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Giuseppe and Mary (Koslosky) Scafetta.
Scafetta, Joseph was born on May 10, 1947 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Giuseppe and Mary (Koslosky) Scafetta.
Pennsylvania State University (Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical. East., 1969); University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1972). Georgetown University (M.Pat.L., 1973).
George Washington University (Master of Business Administration, Administration, of Sri., Technology
& Innov., 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma. Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, "An Intellectual Property Law Primer," Chapter
2-Patents, Kintner & Lahr, 1975.
Worked at Young & Thompson (Arlington, Virginia) specializing in United States. and International Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law and Related Licensing and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Pennsylvania. 1974-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1977, United States. Claims Court. 1978, District of Columbia.
1979, Virginia (Admission Limited to Patent, Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition Causes). 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent & Trademark Office District of Columbia Virginia). Recipient: 1975 Robert C. Watson Award for best student article on a subject of primary importance to the patent system.
Author: "Nonexclusive Patent Licensees: The Lack of Right to Sue for Patent Infringement", 45 Georgia
Washington L. Review 1, November, 1987. Company-Author: "Patents on Microorganisms," 21 the International Development & Education Award - J. Law & Technology
1, 1980. (Admission Limited to Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Causes only).
Young & Thompson was founded in 1903 by Emil Bönnelycke following his emigration to the United States from his native Denmark. The firm is one of the first United States. patent practices to specialize in international patent law.
Today, the practice of the firm remains international in scope, with much of our patent prosecution, opinion and enforcement work being done on behalf of overseas patent firms and companies.
Member Consumer Affairs Commission, Alexandria, Virginia, 1985-1987. Charter member Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Committee, 1990-1993. Chair Virginia chapter Common for Social Justice, 1987-1993.
Member Fairfax County Democratic Committee, Falls Church, 1987-1989. Parliamentarian City Democratic Committee, Alexandria,1985-1987. Member American Bar Association, American Arbitration Association (member commercial panel), Virginia Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association (member awards committee since 1983), District of Columbia BarAssn., Patent and Trademark Office Society, Avanti Italiani (president Alexandria chapter 1981-1983), Sons of Italy, Grand Lodge Virginia (state president 1993-1995).
Married Teresa M. Talierco, July 4, 1986.