Joseph M. Barich
Adjunct Professor
Professor Barich is a licensed patent attorney who specializes in developing powerful patent portfolios for clients and then using the patent portfolios to extract value from competitors. He has been involved in prosecuting more than 700 patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and in countries around the world. Additionally, based on patent portfolios that he helped create, he has been involved in numerous successful licensing/settlement efforts yielding millions of dollars to clients. Professor Barich also evaluates the intellectual property of competitors and potential investments, acquisitions, or licensees, as well as performing pre-market patent product clearances.
Professor Barich earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before earning his J.D. at Boston College Law School. He then returned to the Midwest to practice at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., an intellectual property specialty firm based in Chicago, where he is currently a Shareholder.
