Dr. Joe Liebeschuetz is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Patents Group in the Menlo Park office. For the last two decades, Dr. Liebeschuetz has represented biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in patent matters. He has prosecuted several patents on platform technologies, including humanized antibodies, DNA arrays and transgenic animals, some of which have been widely licensed. He has particular experience in antibodies, having worked with several leading entities in this field. He has been selected by clients to patent their most important assets including biologics that are now either marketed or in late stage clinical trials. Dr. Liebeschuetz has a large opposition practice mainly in Europe. Several of the U.S. patents he has obtained for clients have been litigated, many resulting in favorable settlements. He has repeatedly taken clients from an early stage through to obtaining comprehensive patent portfolios. His practice is pragmatic and hands-on, designed to build long-term relationships with clients.
Dr. Liebeschuetz earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law in 1992, and a Ph.D. in genetics from Liverpool University in 1986. He received a B.A. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University in 1982.
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Joe Liebeschuetz, partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group in the Silicon Valley office, was quoted in a Law360 article discussing the importance of the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. et al., in which an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto’s patents on herbicide-resistant soybean plants by replanting seeds, striking down the farmer’s argument that Monsanto had exhausted its control of the genetically modified seed.
May 13, 2013
In the Press
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Joe Liebeschuetz, partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group, was named Top Portfolio Manager in the Daily Journal. The award is made to the 25 leading intellectual property attorneys in this field in California and is included in the Daily Journal's “Intellectual Property 2013” feature, which contains interviews with the attorneys receiving the awards.
April 17, 2013
In the Press
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One hundred and forty-seven Alston & Bird attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The publication is universally regarded as among the few definitive guides to legal excellence, and its rankings are based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.
September 18, 2012
In the Press
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April 18, 2012
In the Press
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November 2, 2010
In the Press
- Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association