Joseph Kromholz | Brookfield Intellectual Property Lawyer

Joseph A. Kromholz is one of the founding shareholders of Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.C., located in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The firm, which traces its roots back to 1873, was formed in 1998 and practices in all areas of intellectual property law including patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law and related litigation. In addition to being a registered patent attorney, Joe is in charge of the firm’s litigation department. Over the course of his career, he has, on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, actively litigated cases in jurisdictions across the United States, including, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Florida, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (before the International Trade Commission as well as reexamination proceedings in the United States Patent & Trademark Office).

Joe is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Wisconsin Association for Justice, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association. Joe is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Seventh Circuits. Joe received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Carroll College and a law degree from Marquette University.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Founding Partner	Ryan Kromholz & Manion SC	Brookfield, WI	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Marquette University Law School	J.D.	Law School	1989
Carroll College	Bachelors	Chemistry	1984

State / Court	Date
Wisconsin	1989

• State Bar of Wisconsin | Intellectual Property Law Section | Board of Directors (Past Chairperson)
  Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association | Past President
  American Bar Association | Member
  American Association for Justice | Member
  Wisconsin Association for Justice | Member
  Waukesha County Bar Association | Member
  Wisconsin Association for Justice | Member
  American Trial Lawyers Association | Member
  Marquette University Law School | Adjunct Professor | 1993-1994

• Honored by Super Lawyers® - Wisconsin | 2006-2008
  Honored by Best Lawyers® since 2010
  Best Lawyers® - Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent | 2017
  Best Lawyers® - Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent | Patent Law | 2019-2020
  Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year | 2019-2020

• Brassica Prot. Prods. LLC v. Sunrise Farms, (In Re Cruciferous Sprout Litigation) 301 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2002), reh'g denied by, reh'g, en banc, denied by In re Cruciferous Sprout Litig. v. Sunrise Farms, 2002 U.S. App LEXIS 22195 (Fed. Cir. 2002), cert. denied, Brassica Prot. Prods. LLC v. Sunrise Farms, 538 U.S. 907, 2003 U.S. LEXIS 2004 (U.S. 2003) - represented prevailing sprout farmers against claims of patent infringement; case resulted in claims of the patent in suit being invalidated by both the trial court, and affirmed by the Federal Circuit. Wayne Pigment Corporation v. Halox Hammond Group Inc., 220 F.Supp.2d 931 (E.D. Wis. 2002). WIREdata Inc. v. Village of Sussex, 751 N.W.2d 736, 2008 WI 69 (Wis. 2008). Rubber Stamp Mgmt. v. Kalmbach Publ'g Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33367, 2007 WL 1367718 (D. Wash. 2007). Panduit Corp. v. HellermannTyton Corp., 451 F.3d 819 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

• Intellectual Property Law Practice and Procedure | Marquette University Law School | 1992

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