Professionals
Practice Areas
- Anti-Counterfeiting
- Copyright Litigation
- Design Patents Practice
- Expedited Patent Examination
- Foreign & PCT Patent Filing
- General Litigation
- International
- Invalidity Opinions
- Life Sciences Practice
- Litigation
- Non-infringement Opinions
- Opinions
- Patent Landscaping and Risk Analysis
- Patent Litigation
- Patentability Opinions
- Patents
- Pharmaceutical Patent Services
- Pharmaceutical Practice
- Product Clearance
- Right to Practice Opinions
- Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management
- Trade Secrets
- Trademark and Copyright Litigation
- Trademark Litigation
- Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO
Technologies
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Pharmaceuticals & Pharmaceutical Formulation
Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2017
- State of Connecticut, 2016
- District Court for the District of Connecticut, 2019
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2021
Education
University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2015
Utah State University, Ph.D. in Plant Science, 2008
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, M.S. in Biotechnology, 2004
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in Biotechnology, 2001
Joe Romagnano is possessed of extensive global patent prosecution experience in bioreactors, medical imaging technology, avionics, data display, power transformers, power plants, locomotives, and gas turbines. His particular focus is on biotechnology, plant patents, and small molecule pharmaceuticals. His further experience includes assistance counsel in litigation with topics including matters involving design rights and questions of inventorship. His prior legal experience includes the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Global Patent Operations center of General Electric.
Joe holds dual Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Humanities and Arts from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. While an undergraduate, he also studied elemental analysis of sediment cores at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. As a Master’s student in Biotechnology, also at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his thesis focused on comparing the effects of different modes of nutrient delivery systems on root hypoxia as a part of the NASA led Advanced Life Support System Initiative. Joe received a Ph.D. in plant physiology with a concentration in crop science as a member of the Crop Physiology Laboratory at Utah State University and was a Fellow of the NASA Graduate Student Research Program. Joe has taught classes in Crop Physiology, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Instrumentation, Plant Physiology, Fermentation, Animal Cell Culture, Photomicroscopy, Electron Microscopy, and Bioprocessing.
Experience Highlights
- Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2023-present
- Associate, Grogan, Tuccillo & Vanderleedeen, LLP, 2017-2023
- Patent Fellow, Global Patent Operations, General Electric, 2015-2016
- Legal Intern, State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 2014-2015
Representative Matters
- Patents
U.S. Pat. App. No: 16/920,089
U.S. Pat. App. No: 17/108,183 - Litigation
Bruce Kirby, Inc., et al. vs. LaserPerformance(Europe) Limited, et al. Case No: 3:13-CV-00297, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Wagner v. Ashline, Case No: 2021-1715, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Publications
Light level does not alter ethylene sensitivity in radish or pea, Plant Growth Regulation,71, 67-75 12 April 2013, Joseph Romagnano
Farming the Stars, Antarctic Volume 27, p 46-48 January 2009, Joseph Romagnano
Events
- December 11, 2023
BioCT's 10th Annual Holiday Party is on December 11 in New Haven. BioCT supports the needs and serves as the unified voice of the bioscience community in our state.
Professional Affiliations
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
- Connecticut Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (CIPLA), Vice President
- American Society of Plant Biologists
- Crop Science Society of America
- International Astronautical Federation
