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Joshua E. Ney, Ph.D.

Practice Summary

Dr. Ney focuses his intellectual property law practice on patent prosecution, litigation, and licensing, with a particular emphasis in the areas of chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He also practices in the areas of copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation and licensing.

Honors/Distinctions
  • Article Editor, Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
  • American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, University of Michigan
  • Pfizer Graduate Fellowship in Organic Synthesis, University of Michigan
Representative Matters
  • Merck & Co. v. Sandoz Inc., Nos. 10-cv-1625, 10-cv-2308 (D.N.J., filed 2010). Litigating patents under Hatch-Waxman related to caspofungin sold by Merck as Cancidas®.
Publications
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  • "Lessons from Stanford," co-author, Law360, August 23, 2011
  • "Licensing: Choice of Law and Venue," co-author, Landslide, May/June 2011
  • “The Bilski Effect: Not Just Business Methods,” Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. Blog, Sept. 14, 2009
  • "Use of Aryl Chlorides as Electrophiles in Pd-Catalyzed Alkene Difunctionalization Reactions," co-author, J. Org. Chem., 75, 2756-2759, 2010
  • “Synthesis and Reactivity of Azapalladacyclobutanes,” co-author, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 15415–15422, 2006 
  • “Nonsteroidal Benzophenone-Containing Analogues of Cholesterol,” co-author, J. Org. Chem., 71, 5864–5869, 2006
  • “Synthesis of N-Aryl-2-allyl Pyrrolidines via Palladium-catalyzed Carboamination Reactions of (N-Arylamino) alkenes with Vinyl Bromides,” co-author, Adv. Synth. Catal., 347, 1614–1620, 2005
  • “Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem N-Arylation/Carboamination Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of N-Aryl-2-Benzyl Pyrrolidines,” co-author, Org. Lett., 7, 2575–2578, 2005
  • “Selective Synthesis of 5- or 6-Aryl Octahydrocyclopenta[b]pyrroles from a Common Precursor Through Control of Competing Pathways in a Pd-Catalyzed Reaction,” co-author, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,127, 8644–8651, 2005
  • “Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Aryl Pyrrolidines from (N-Arylamino) Alkenes: Evidence for Chemoselective Alkene Insertion into Pd—N Bonds,” co-author, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43, 3605–3608, 2004
  • “A New, Mild Synthesis of N-Sulfonyl Ketimines via the Palladium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Aziridines,” co-author, Org. Lett., 5, 4607–4610, 2003
Legal Experience

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Associate, September 2010–Present
Summer Associate, May 2009–August 2009

Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
Law Clerk, June 2008–August 2008