Josh Pond co-leads Crowell & Moring's Chambers-listed and Legal 500-recognized ITC 337 Litigation Practice. He counsels clients on IP challenges and opportunities, particularly as to alleged IP-infringing and otherwise unfair U.S. imports.
Josh is a global and U.S.Chambers-ranked Section 337 advocate before the ITC. Josh is also a D.C. Super Lawyer in IP Litigation, and a Patexia “most-active” and "best performing" ITC practitioner across the six years of 2016 to 2022, based on docket data from 370 investigations, 367 law firms, and 4,628 attorneys before the Commission under Section 337 during that period.
Josh’s practice is centered on blocking and defending such imports before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). He regularly serves as lead ITC counsel for both domestic and international companies – particularly those from Asia and Europe – facing Section 337 investigations. Over the past decade, Josh has been to ITC trial for a dozen Fortune Global 500 companies. He focuses on matters involving brand protection, patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, international trade secret theft, and unfair competition claims.
In addition to the ITC, Josh is active before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. District Courts, and the Federal Circuit. Recent patent validity challenge highlights at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board include a complete five-patent defense victory, as well as a two-patent invalidating win, affirmed at the Federal Circuit. China has featured prominently among recent global forums for Josh’s matters, as well as Canada and Germany.
With his trial perspective, Josh advises startups and corporations on IP portfolio strategy to bolster them for upcoming enforcement challenges. His clients span a wide range of technologies, including electronics, consumer products, telecommunications, mechanical and medical devices, and biochemicals.
He is a founding member of the Advisory Council to Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law & Policy. Josh has been a Fellow in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s IP Law Institute and is a founding editor of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association’s 337 Reporter Round-Up.
Josh currently serves as a Lawyer Serving Warriors with the National Veterans Legal Services Program, advocating for veterans with disability issues. He previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a field artillery captain. He was deployed to the Persian Gulf and awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
Prior to joining the firm, Josh co-chaired a global law firm’s ITC Section 337 practice and was instrumental in its establishment.
Education
- Stanford University, B.S. mechanical engineering (1994)
- Stanford University, B.A. political science (1994)
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (2004) cum laude
Affiliations
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Georgetown Law School, Institute for Technology Law & Policy Advisory Board, Founding Member (2019-Present)
- George Washington Law School, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Board of Advisors, Member (2016-2019)
- International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (ITCTLA), Member (2008-Present) / Founding Editor, ITCTLA 337 Reporter Round-Up (2018-Present)
- PTAB Bar Association, Trials Committee Member (2016-Present)
- Graduate, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Deposition Program (San Diego 2006), Expert Deposition Program (San Diego, 2006), and Trial Skills Program (New Orleans, 2008)
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Standing Committee on the International Trade Commission, Member (2012-2014)
- HNBA/Microsoft Intellectual Property Law Institute (IPLI) Fellow
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