Principal &
Registered Patent Attorney
Bar Admissions
✓ New York State
✓ U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
✓ Western District of New York (Federal)
Education
✓ J.D., University at Buffalo
✓ B.S., Houghton University, Applied Physics
About Joshua
Joshua Mertzlufft is a patent attorney with a background in applied physics and entrepreneurship. He has experience working with clients innovating in space, tech, and energy, ranging from pre-seed startups to stock exchange-listed corporations. Joshua left big law and founded Stake in 2021 as an intellectual property and technology law firm with a mission to make tech law easy for startups staking out their next stage of growth.
Joshua is able to with companies in a variety of fields including:
- Space (Propulsion & Systems)
- Software
- AI & Machine Learning
- Electronics
- Optics & Photonics
- Nuclear Energy
In law school, Joshua was the Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Law Review, ranked internationally in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court, and received awards in trial technique and intellectual property law. Prior to founding Stake, Joshua was a patent attorney with an AmLaw 200 firm, built two startups, and was a mechanical engineer in the energy industry.