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Biography

William’s practice focuses particularly on the law as it relates to software and other technology. Since joining the firm, William has represented inventors seeking to obtain protection for software implemented inventions before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; has represented businesses and individuals in patent infringement litigation, both in defending against allegations of infringement, and in enforcing patents against accused infringers, and has assisted clients in business transactions which include software, both in negotiating and drafting contracts, and in performing due diligence review of agreements in the context of potential acquisitions, including the review for a $335 million acquisition.

Williamย performs pro-bono legal services through Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor. He is an expert chess player andย a black belt inย Aikido (a Japanese martial art).

Other Info About William

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

โ€œMethod and Apparatus for an Interchangeable Wireless Media Streaming Deviceโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 10,021,157

โ€œMethod and Apparatus for Real Time Automated Intelligent Self-Schedulingโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 9,679,265

โ€œPersonalized Memory Compilation for Members ofย a Group and Collaborative Method to Build a Memory Compilationโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 9,286,643

โ€œMethod and Apparatus for Real Time Automated Intelligent Self-Schedulingโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 9,280,754

โ€œAutomated System for Assisting the Architectural Processโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 9,110,870

โ€œActive Computer System Defenseโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 8,763,122โ€ณ

โ€œIntegrated Simulation Technologyโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 8,731,722

โ€œIntelligent Tutoring Systemโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 8,684,747

โ€œMobile Device Management Solutionโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 8,660,536

โ€œSerialization for Delta Encodingโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 8,595,187

โ€œSystem and Method for Closed Loop Decision-making in an Automated Care Systemโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 7,599,861

โ€œSystem and Method for a Functional Extensibility Frameworkโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 7,590,980

โ€œSystem and Method for Document and Data Validationโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 7,451,394

โ€œAutomated Brain MRI and CT Prescriptions in Talairach Spaceโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 7,450,983

โ€œMethod and Apparatus for Detecting Unsafe Conditionsโ€
U.S. Pat. No. 7,439,512

Education

Law School

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005,ย magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
ABA/BNA IP Award

Undergraduate School

University of Southern California, B.S., 2002, Computer Science, magna cum laude
U.P.E. (Computer Science Honor Society)

Bar Memberships

William is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Ohio, 2005

Courts

William is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

USPTO, 2007

Southern District of Ohio, 2008

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Selected for inclusion inย Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Starsยฎ, 2013, 2018.

Co-inventor of โ€œOpen Source License Managementโ€ย U.S. Pat. No. 8,589,306

Co-founder ofย IP Toolworks

Certified OneTrust Privacy Management Professional, 2019

Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), International Association of Privacy Professionals, 2019

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Ohio State Bar, 2005

United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2007

Presentations

William was invited to speak at the following events:

Speaker:ย Recent Developments in Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, 28thย Annual University of Dayton Program in Law and Technology Seminar, June 2018

Speaker:ย Bankers & Bitcoins: What You Need to Know, Bankers & Bagels presented by Frost Brown Todd & BKD CPAs and Advisors, May 2018

Speaker:ย Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin: Models, opportunities, threats and risk management, 10thย Annual NKU Cybersecurity Symposium, October 2017

Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 4 โ€œEverythingโ€™s obvious with hindsightโ€ย 

Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 3 โ€œThe first half million goes to patent protectionโ€

Speaker:ย Intellectual property and open source licensing basics, The Perl Conference, June 2017

Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 2 โ€œPromoting progress in the useful art of BBQโ€ย 

Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 1 โ€œYou lost me at no patentโ€

Speaker:ย ย Accounting for Everything but Alice while Patenting Tomorrowโ€™s Data Security Technology,ย University of Daytonโ€™s 25th Annual Program in Law and Technology Seminar, June 2015

Panelist:ย ย Limitations of Intellectual Property Based Assets, ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference and Annual Meeting, May 2015

Major Publications

William is an author or contributor to the following publications:

Author:ย ย Surviving and Thriving in a New World of Patent Eligible Subject Matter, ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference Paperย (2015)

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