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).
โMethod and Apparatus for an Interchangeable Wireless Media Streaming Deviceโ
U.S. Pat. No. 10,021,157
โMethod and Apparatus for Real Time Automated Intelligent Self-Schedulingโ
U.S. Pat. No. 9,679,265
โPersonalized Memory Compilation for Members ofย a Group and Collaborative Method to Build a Memory Compilationโ
U.S. Pat. No. 9,286,643
โAutomated System for Assisting the Architectural Processโ
U.S. Pat. No. 9,110,870
โActive Computer System Defenseโ
U.S. Pat. No. 8,763,122โณ
โIntegrated Simulation Technologyโ
U.S. Pat. No. 8,731,722
โIntelligent Tutoring Systemโ
U.S. Pat. No. 8,684,747
โMobile Device Management Solutionโ
U.S. Pat. No. 8,660,536
โSerialization for Delta Encodingโ
U.S. Pat. No. 8,595,187
โSystem and Method for Closed Loop Decision-making in an Automated Care Systemโ
U.S. Pat. No. 7,599,861
โSystem and Method for a Functional Extensibility Frameworkโ
U.S. Pat. No. 7,590,980
โSystem and Method for Document and Data Validationโ
U.S. Pat. No. 7,451,394
โAutomated Brain MRI and CT Prescriptions in Talairach Spaceโ
U.S. Pat. No. 7,450,983
โMethod and Apparatus for Detecting Unsafe Conditionsโ
U.S. Pat. No. 7,439,512
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005,ย magna cum laude
Order of the Coif
ABA/BNA IP Award
University of Southern California, B.S., 2002, Computer Science, magna cum laude
U.P.E. (Computer Science Honor Society)
USPTO, 2007
Southern District of Ohio, 2008
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
Selected for inclusion inย Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Starsยฎ, 2013, 2018
Inventor of โError and Manipulation Resistant Search Technologyโ U.S. Pat. No. 10,706,092
Co-inventor of โOpen Source License Managementโย 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
Ohio State Bar, 2005
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2007
Presenter: Easter Eggs vs. Rotten Eggs in the MPEP, IP Toolworks, April 6, 2023
Presenter: Janke v. Vidal: Patenting a Mathematical Model at the USPTO?, IP Toolworks, February 8, 2023
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 โEverythingโs obvious with hindsightโย
Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 3 โThe 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 โPromoting progress in the useful art of BBQโย
Presenter:ย IANYA Chat Ep. 1 โYou lost me at no patentโ
Speaker:ย ย Accounting for Everything but Alice while Patenting Tomorrowโs Data Security Technology,ย University of Daytonโs 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
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