Joseph Farco

Joseph Farco

ATTORNEYS & STAFF

Joseph Farco

Joseph Farco

Attorney

Phone: 212-506-6143
Email: jfarco@bochner.law

Biography

Joseph Farco is a licensed intellectual property (IP) attorney with extensive experience in patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. With a multidisciplinary background as an engineer with mechanical and electrical expertise, a pharmaceutical chemist with a specialization in drug science, and a CAD specialist, Joe brings a comprehensive and practical perspective to IP law. He is also a patent-pending toy company owner. 

Joe provides end-to-end support for patent matters, including:

  • Drafting and illustrating inventions for U.S. and international patent filings, using SolidWorks CAD and Visio;
  • Prosecuting patents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO);
  • Representing clients in patent litigation at trial, on appeal, and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), including inter partes reviews (IPRs), reexaminations, and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings;
  • Securing injunctions against infringing foreign entities through the International Trade Commission and enforcement on platforms such as Amazon; and,
  • Strengthening and correcting issued patents.

In addition to patent work, Joe supports individuals and companies across a wide range of IP-related needs:

  • Preparing patent opinions, including for ANDA filings and R&D planning;
  • Conducting trademark searches and handling trademark registrations;
  • Registering copyrights for creative works; and,
  • Advising on licenses, acquisitions, and mergers involving intellectual property.

Joe has been peer-reviewed by Super Lawyers. He has been recognized since 2012 as a New York Super Lawyer (2020-Present) and a Rising Star (2012-2019) in Intellectual Property Litigation. 

Technical Experience Includes:

Consumer products (toys, product packaging, manufacturing methods, tools, and hardware); pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; biomechanical devices (medical instruments, prosthetics, artificial limbs); and automated mechanical and electronic devices (generators, turbines, automotive parts, digital cameras, wireless devices, mobile phones, and web-based media applications).

Practice Areas

Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions

Intellectual Property

  • IP Post-Grant Protection & Review
  • Patent Litigation
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Technology Licensing and Transactions
  • Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Litigation

Litigation

  • Patent Litigation
  • Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Litigation

Education

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, New York, New York

  • Juris Doctor 2008, Patent Law Certificate, 2007 Giles Sutherland IP Moot Court Competitor
  • Co-author, “Inventor Notebooks in Patent Proceedings,” Patent Strategy and Management, Vol. 6, No. 16 (September 2006)

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Hoboken, New Jersey

  • B.E. Mechanical Engineering, High Honors, Highest Average, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma
  • M. Eng. Engineering Management, Project Management Certificate

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida (online with on-campus comprehensive written and oral final exam) M.Sc. Medicinal Chemistry

  • Farco J. and Grundmann O., Menthol – Pharmacology of an Important Naturally Medicinal “Cool”, MINI-REV IN MED CHEM; 13:124-131 (published January 2013)

Awards and Recognitions

  • Super Lawyers – New York Metro Rising Star, Intellectual Property Litigation (2012-2019)
  • Super Lawyers – New York Metro, Intellectual Property Litigation (2012-Present)