Joe Meckes helps his clients resolve the most complex business and technology disputes both in and out of court. Joe has particular expertise in intellectual property (IP) litigation, antitrust, international commercial dispute resolution and class action defense. Joe has been lead counsel in numerous state and federal courts and administrative bodies throughout the US in all aspects of civil litigation as well as in international and US-based arbitrations. Joe is the exclusive recipient of the 2015 Client Choice Award from the International Law Office (ILO) for the “Arbitration” category in California. Benchmark: Litigation has repeatedly listed Joe among its ranks of rising California trial lawyers.
Joe’s experience spans a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, semiconductor packaging and fabrication, automotive, fiber optics, software, heavy industries, mining and agriculture. Joe is a member of our technology steering committees and has chaired the firm’s Knowledge Management core group. He frequently speaks and writes about civil procedure, knowledge management, electronic discovery and emerging intellectual property issues.
Joe has successfully prosecuted and defended numerous commercial disputes, patent, copyright and trademark cases, allegations of trade secret theft and high technology disputes from inception through trial in state and federal courts, in arbitral tribunals and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Joe routinely advises clients on dispute avoidance in the context of sales, licensing, confidentiality and other commercial transactions.
In the late 1980s, Joe served as a US Army scout in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fulda, Germany and the Second Infantry Division in Camp Casey, Korea.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Joseph A. Meckes
- Did the Supreme Court Rule that the Copyright Act Bars Damages for Old Infringement – Or Was It Just Sloppy Drafting? - (Posted On Wednesday, October 04, 2023)
- Ninth Circuit Holds that Registration of a Single Photography Database Supports Award of Statutory Damages for Each Individual Photo in the Database - (Posted On Tuesday, June 13, 2023)
- No First Amendment Right to Confuse Consumers, High Court Holds - (Posted On Thursday, June 08, 2023)
- Supreme Court Holds Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Not Transformative, Not Fair Use - (Posted On Friday, June 02, 2023)
- Federal Circuit Holds that Software Plaintiff Bears Evidentiary Burden of Copyrightability Where Defendant’s Evidence Shows Some Elements Not Copyrightable - (Posted On Friday, May 19, 2023)
- District Court Rules Internet Archive’s Open Library Project is Not Fair Use - (Posted On Tuesday, March 28, 2023)
- Ninth Circuit: Under the “Asserted Truth Doctrine” (f/k/a “Copyright Estoppel”) Authors of Nonfiction Cannot Later Claim a Work is Fictional to Pursue a Copyright Case - (Posted On Wednesday, September 09, 2020)
- Willful Copyright Infringement Requires Proof of Intent in the Ninth Circuit - (Posted On Sunday, April 21, 2019)
- Supreme Court Clarifies That, Yes, You Have to Register Your Copyright, and No, You Cannot Recover Your Expert Witness Fees in Copyright Cases - (Posted On Tuesday, March 05, 2019)
- Supreme Court Confirms PTAB Claims Construction Rules: Standard Remains the Same - (Posted On Tuesday, June 21, 2016)