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Josh Glucoft

Partner

Los Angeles

Josh Glucoft is a partner in Orrick’s Intellectual Property Group and an experienced trial lawyer focusing on high-stakes patent infringement, trade secret, and technology disputes. He represents companies in complex, multi-forum matters across U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Josh has litigated and advised on patents and technology disputes covering a wide range of fields, including: computer software and cybersecurity; networking and telecommunications technologies such as routers, switches, and VoIP; electronic devices such as power converters; AR/VR and media technologies; processor architecture, fabrication, and packaging; logistics and robotics systems; transportation and trucking technology; and medical devices such as glucose monitors and cardiac defibrillators.

He has extensive experience managing coordinated district court, ITC, and PTAB proceedings. Josh has put and crossed both expert and fact witnesses and delivered closing at trials, and has also served as lead counsel through Final Written Decision in multiple inter partes reviews. Josh is known for his strategic approach to bet-the-company litigation and for building efficient, collaborative case teams.

Before joining Orrick, Josh was an IP litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and an IP litigation attorney at Irell & Manella LLP.

  • Josh regularly publishes and speaks on patent litigation and emerging technology issues, including artificial intelligence and patent litigation strategy. His work has appeared in Law360, Bloomberg Law, and the Stanford Technology Law Review, where his article received a Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing

    • Obtained a complete defense verdict (no infringement, all asserted claims invalid) for a networking equipment provider in bet-the-company patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
    • Achieved favorable resolutions defending a social networking company in patent litigations involving VoIP, AR/VR, and video compression technologies, including by successfully transferring venue from the Western District of Texas and pursuing multiple IPRs through oral argument.
    • Defended an electronics manufacturer in an ITC investigation against a major competitor, resulting in a favorable Commission Opinion.
    • Represented a logistics technology company as complainant in an ITC trial and as plaintiff in a related arbitration trial.
    • Represented a medical device company as respondent in an ITC investigation against a primary competitor, resolving the matter favorably following trial.
    • Obtained summary judgment and attorneys’ fees defending a consumer products company in patent litigation.
    • Obtained a complete defense verdict for a networking technology company in a dispute over computer security patents, recognized by The Daily Journal as a Top Defense Verdict of 2018.
    • Represented patent owners in disputes related to computer processor architecture, semiconductor packaging, and media technologies.
    • Defended companies in patent disputes involving wireless SEPs, computer processor architecture, robotics systems, and networking technology.
    • Represented plaintiffs in trade secret matters covering healthcare technologies, including pharmacy management software and continuous glucose monitors.
    • Represented plaintiffs and defendants in multiple patent licensing disputes.