Josh Glucoft is a patent litigation partner and trial lawyer in the Los Angeles office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Companies such as Immortals Gaming Club and International Medical Devices have turned to Josh for help with the hardest cases, including theft of core intellectual property.
Josh lives and breathes patents. Every morning, Josh reads all of the major patent newsletters (e.g., Law360, PatentlyO, Docket Navigator, IAM) in order to stay on top of the fast-changing body of law. Josh also embraces his role as a manager, coordinating the blocking and tackling needed to support the highest-quality lawyering in the most efficient manner.
Josh has experience in District Courts across the country, including in all of the major patent litigation venues, as well as in the ITC. Josh is also registered to practice before the United States Patent And Trademark Office and has extensive experience with post-grant proceedings before the Office, including serving as lead counsel in multiple inter partes review proceedings.
Josh has litigated and performed due diligence on patents covering a variety of technologies within the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, including: computer software such as antivirus software; medical devices such as cardiac defibrillators; entertainment technology such as virtual reality and special effects; networking technology such as routers and switches; and microprocessor architecture, fabrication, and packaging.
