Joel T Beres

Practice Areas

Copyrights

Entrepreneurial Services

Intellectual Property & Technology

Intellectual Property Litigation

Licensing

Media / First Amendment Law

Trademarks

Career

Joel Beres is a Member of Stites & Harbison. With more than 25 years of Intellectual Property experience, Joel actively tries cases in both state and federal courts. A founding member and former co-chair of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Service Group, he manages all aspects of infringement litigation for both federal and state courts, including trial and appellate practice. He has also prepared and prosecuted trademark and copyright applications, prosecuted and defended trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings, negotiated and prepared trademark and copyright assignment and license agreements, and negotiated and prepared software licensing and consulting agreements.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

International Trademark Association, Board of Directors (2010-12); Chair, Membership Services Committee (2008-09)

Louisville Bar Association

Federal Circuit Bar Association

Kentucky Bar Association

State Bar of California

Publications

"The Twelve Days of I.P. Christmas," with Jeffrey A. Haeberlin, James Hayne, Thomas J. Mihill (TJ), Mari-Elise Paul, B. Aaron Schulman, Gary N. Stewart (Nick), and Patrick M. Torre, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, December 14, 2022

"Amazon Unveils Its Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation Procedure," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, May 13, 2019

Personal

University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1986

Stanford University, A.B., Economics and Public Policy, 1983

Expert in these Jurisdictions

California

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Supreme Court