Joseph Davidson Calhoun

Joe Calhoun, a registered patent attorney also licensed in Arkansas and California, has over twenty-five years of legal and related business experience in commercial litigation and client counseling, especially in the intellectual property fields. His primary practice areas include the creation or registration of intellectual property rights, the guiding of clients’ commercialization of those rights, the assignment or licensing of such rights to or from others, and the enforcement of (or defense against) infringement claims.

After earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University (Biology and Psychology), and graduating from law school at the University of San Francisco, he subsequently returned home to Little Rock, Arkansas as a law clerk at the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Joe then entered private practice with a well known Little Rock business law firm, departing as a partner on the eve of 2000 to better concentrate his practice in the areas of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and business competition.

Currently a mentor at The Venture Center and actively supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem, Joe has long been involved in business start-up and expansion. In the 1990’s he represented the Technical Enterprise Center, Arkansas’ first business incubator, in assisting tenants organizing business operations and entering the market. He also formed a number of community development corporations to develop and implement plans to revitalize commercial districts and nearby housing. Mr. Calhoun also organized the first company to emerge from Arkansas BioVentures, the technology development incubator at UAMS. He currently represents a number of drug development companies.

• Copyrights
• Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Free Consultation

Arkansas

Arkansas Judiciary

ID Number: 85021

Since 1985

California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 114248

Since 1984

U.S. Patent Office

ID Number: 40,293

Since 1996

Founder

Calhoun & Haase

2000 - 2003

associate, then partner

Gill Law Firm

1986 - 1999

Departed as a partner on the eve of 2000, to better concentrate on intellectual property and business law.

Law Clerk

Arkansas Court of Appeals

1985 - 1986

Associate

Tarkington, Cary, O'Connor & O'Neal

1984 - 1985

Tulane University

B.S. | Biology & Psychology

University of San Francisco School of Law

Law Degree | Business & Intellectual Property Law

Arkansas Bar Association  # 85021

member

1985 - Current

Activities: Chair of Intellectual Property Law Section, 2006/2007 and 2016/2017

California State Bar  # 114248

Member

1984 - Current