JOSHUA B. GOLDBERG
JOSHUA B. GOLDBERG is a Partner who manages the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Department of The Nath Law GroupMr. Goldberg’s practice involves portfolio management and analysis, including the preparation, prosecution, and acquisition of U.S. and foreign patents across a wide range of technology areas, the preparation of patentability, freedom to operate, non-infringement, and validity opinions, pre-litigation analysis and client counseling, patent portfolio valuation, conducting licensing negotiations, and the preparation of opposition filings before the European Patent Office.
Mr. Goldberg’s practice is primarily focused on various chemical and biotech technologies, particularly in the pharmaceutical, delivery system, food chemistry, heavy organic chemistry, and polymer areas.  Mr. Goldberg has extensive experience in handling matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including patent prosecution and conducting Examiner interviews, in these and other areas.  Mr. Goldberg has also undertaken and directed a multitude of international and global filing strategies, and is involved in maintaining intimate contact and close relations with many associates around the world.

Mr. Goldberg is also very active in conducting due diligence analyses, particularly to aid in the acquisition or divestiture of technology portfolios, and in overseeing and directing licensing negotiations.  Mr. Goldberg also regularly conducts patent clearance analyses for the development and launch of new products.


Mr. Goldberg has published extensively, co-authoring more than five articles covering various aspects of intellectual property law.   Mr. Goldberg also lectures extensively before various scientific and legal groups on all aspects of intellectual property law.
Mr. Goldberg graduated with a J.D. degree from The George Washington University in 1999.  He was awarded a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering from Washington University in May 1996.  While at Washington University, Mr. Goldberg conducted research and development in the area of drug delivery design for Particle and Coating Technologies, Inc.  Mr. Goldberg also received a Certificate of Completion in the fields of Molecular Biology and Immunology from Rider University in June 2005.

Mr. Goldberg is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the Chemical Practice Subcommittee of AIPLA, the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW).


Mr. Goldberg is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to practice before the Bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia.  Mr. Goldberg is also admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the Superior and Inferior Courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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