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Joseph C. Masullo

he/him

Of Counsel

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JC is a standout patent litigator whose practice centers on high-stakes Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission, particularly those involving cutting-edge and rapidly evolving technologies.

Key Matters

JC’s representative litigation matters include:

- Represented a major semiconductor company in an ITC investigation brought by a competitor, achieving complete invalidation of all asserted claims at the ITC, as well as institution of the same claims at the PTAB.
- Represented a major medical device company as complainant in an ITC investigation related to MRI technology against a competitor company; secured a favorable settlement on the final day of trial.
- Secured a favorable resolution for a telecommunications company in an ITC investigation involving Wi‑Fi calling technology.
- Successfully defended a major cable company in an ITC investigation relating to DVR and advanced buffering functionality; complainant dropped its asserted patent prior to trial.
- Represented a Taiwanese semiconductor company in multiple cross‑border ITC disputes involving complaints and counter‑complaints; the matters settled on favorable terms.
- Defended a global networking company in district court litigation, obtaining voluntary dismissal of asserted patent claims.
- Successfully defended a major internet content provider against claims of patent infringement related to digital voice messaging technology.
- Successfully represented a major telecommunications company against claims of patent infringement related to authentication and authorization systems.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to power management, common bus, and mappable I/O technology.
- Successfully represented a major telecommunications company against claims of patent infringement related to electronic access control devices utilizing integrated circuits.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to multi-rate speech codecs.

Recent Experience

ITC ALJ Issues Win for AMD

Winston Secures Favorable Settlement for Virtualization Company in 10-Patent Case

Capabilities

Antitrust/Competition

Patent Litigation

IP Licensing & Due Diligence

International Arbitration

ITC – Section 337

Public Companies

Medical Devices

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Digital Infrastructure

Key Matters

JC’s representative litigation matters include:

- Represented a major semiconductor company in an ITC investigation brought by a competitor, achieving complete invalidation of all asserted claims at the ITC, as well as institution of the same claims at the PTAB.
- Represented a major medical device company as complainant in an ITC investigation related to MRI technology against a competitor company; secured a favorable settlement on the final day of trial.
- Secured a favorable resolution for a telecommunications company in an ITC investigation involving Wi‑Fi calling technology.
- Successfully defended a major cable company in an ITC investigation relating to DVR and advanced buffering functionality; complainant dropped its asserted patent prior to trial.
- Represented a Taiwanese semiconductor company in multiple cross‑border ITC disputes involving complaints and counter‑complaints; the matters settled on favorable terms.
- Defended a global networking company in district court litigation, obtaining voluntary dismissal of asserted patent claims.
- Successfully defended a major internet content provider against claims of patent infringement related to digital voice messaging technology.
- Successfully represented a major telecommunications company against claims of patent infringement related to authentication and authorization systems.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to power management, common bus, and mappable I/O technology.
- Successfully represented a major telecommunications company against claims of patent infringement related to electronic access control devices utilizing integrated circuits.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology.
- Successfully represented a major phone manufacturer against claims of patent infringement related to multi-rate speech codecs.