Background
Potenza, Joseph M. was born on June 27, 1947 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
Potenza, Joseph M. was born on June 27, 1947 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
Rochester Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, 1970). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. (Washington, DC) specializing in Federal Trial and Appellate Practice in Intellectual Property Law. Patent, Trademark, Copyright, International Trade, Unfair Competition, Trade Secret and Antitrust Causes before Federal and State Courts and Administrative Agencies.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, Virginia. 1976, District of Columbia. 1976-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Tau Beta Pi. United States.
Patent Office Examiner, 1970-1975. Law Clerk to the Honorable Harry Phillips, Chief Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1975-1976.
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1985. Member: Executive Committee, and Master, Giles S. Rich, American Inns of Court. Executive Board, Foundation for a Creative America.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Virginia and American (Member and Chair of Federal Practice and Procedure Committee Sections of Intellectual Property Law. Antitrust Law; Litigation.
Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee of Young Lawyers Division, 1977. Liaison, American Bar Association Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee and Young Lawyers Division, 1978. Member, House of Delegates, 1983.
Chair, Science and Technology Section. Technology Committee Section Officers Conference) Bar Associations. National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Chair, Patent Trial Institute, 1995).
American Intellectual Property Law Association. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Patent Lawyers Club of Washington (President, 1988-1989).
Giles S. Rich American Inns of Court (Officer, 1996). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Ltd.
(founded in 1920) and Banner, Birch, McKie & Becket (founded in 1960). The firm, which has offices in Washington, Chicago and Boston, is dedicated to the practice of intellectual property law. The firm provides legal representation in obtaining, commercializing and litigating intellectual property rights in the United States and abroad.
The practice includes counseling on the availability, validity and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Patent interference proceedings. Trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.
Domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution. Custom seizures of infringing products. And litigating patent, trademark and copyright infringement cases.
Firm members have experience in both jury and bench trials in the Federal Courts, in proceedings before the International Trade Commission, and practice in all technologies, including the electrical, mechanical and chemical arts as well as computer hardware and software and biotechnology.
Member: Executive Committee, and Master, Giles S. Rich, American Inns of Court. Executive Board, Foundation for a Creative America. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Virginia and American (Member and Chair of Federal Practice and Procedure Committee Sections of Intellectual Property Law. Antitrust Law; Litigation. Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee of Young Lawyers Division, 1977.
Liaison, American Bar Association Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee and Young Lawyers Division, 1978. Member, House of Delegates, 1983. Chair, Science and Technology Section.
Technology Committee Section Officers Conference) Bar Associations. National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Chair, Patent Trial Institute, 1995). American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Patent Lawyers Club of Washington (President, 1988-1989). Giles S. Rich American Inns of Court (Officer, 1996).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.