Partner·Admitted 1996
Joseph R. Meaney
Patents · Trademarks · Copyrights
Overview
B.S. Civil Engineering, Tufts University. Emphasizes long-term client relationships and tailored strategic solutions for patents and trademarks. Four years of engineering practice before law school.
In Their Own Words
I can work with your company from its infancy and serve as or assist your general counsel.
There are no cookie cutter situations with patents and trademarks. I craft strategic solutions that work for you.
I distill invention information for USPTO presentation to maximize the value of your patent.
Practicing law is a service industry. I will go the extra mile to make sure you understand what's going on.
Recent Speaking & Media
Making a Living: Patent, Sell, Scale
Phoenix Forge · May 2026
Background
Education
- Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, 1996 (American Jurisprudence Award — Torts; American Jurisprudence Award — Criminal Law)
- Tufts University, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Cum Laude, 1989
Bar Admissions
- Arizona
- U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Practice Areas
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Copyrights
- Litigation
- IP Licensing
Publications & Speaking
- Don't Jeopardize Your Patent by Sharing Too Much
- Power and data port interface for electronic devices operating in extreme environments (patent)
- Method of sample preparation for epidermal nerve fiber density testing (patent)
- System and method for selling customer-specific data subsets on a third-party website using a web widget (patent)
Off the Record
Three things you may
not know.
№01
Practiced civil engineering for four years prior to law school.
№02
Played Division III college baseball (pitcher).
№03
Can ride a unicycle.
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