Joshua Mertzlufft
Helping deep tech startups disrupt fearlessly with patents | Patent Attorney & Founder at Stake 🇺🇸
About
Patent attorney and founder of Stake IP, combining expertise in applied physics, mechanical engineering, and entrepreneurship to guide startups through the world of intellectual property.
Practice areas
- Intellectual Property > Business Patents
- Intellectual Property > Mechanical Patents
- Intellectual Property > Patent Litigation
- Intellectual Property > Patents
- Intellectual Property > Software Patents
- Intellectual Property > Trademarks
- Intellectual Property > Utility Patents
Services
Patents
Startups use patents every day to protect inventions project strength. Our patent experience includes procurement, transactions, licensing, PTAB post-grant practice, and district court litigation.
Trademarks
Trademarks are essential to protecting your brand, including your name and logo. Our trademark experience includes procurement, transactions, and TTAB oppositions and cancellations.
Strategy & More
Strategy is infused everywhere at Stake. We have experience building out holistic and flexible IP strategies for startups. We also assist with everything IP in M&A, copyrights, trade secrets, and more.
Experience
Founder & Patent Attorney
Josh Mertzlufft @ Stake
Feb 2021 – Present
Patent Attorney
Hodgson Russ LLP
May 2017 – Jan 2021
Editor-in-Chief
Buffalo Law Review
May 2017 – May 2018
J.D.
University at Buffalo School of Law
2018
B.S., Applied Physics
Houghton College
2013