Biography
Will is an intellectual property attorney that focuses on helping clients protect their important ideas. His practice includes assisting clients of all sizes, from start-ups, to mid-size companies, to large companies, identify, develop, secure, and monetize their inventions and creations. Before attending law school, Will spent four years as an engineer working with radar systems and aerospace vehicles.
Will has refined his legal craft for more than 20 years. He actively works with clients to identify and evaluate the merits of prospective ideas and ways to enhance them. As part of this, Will conducts freedom-to-operate studies and design-around analyses. If worthy of protection, Will has extensive experience helping clients seek protection using patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret regimes. Will also assists clients in monetizing their ideas through licensing and enforcement programs.
Education
B.S. Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Bar Admissions
Texas, 1998
USPTO, 1999
Georgia, 2009
Court Admissions
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Will has prepared over 300 and prosecuted over 450 patent applications in varying fields:
- Electronics
- Oil field tools
- Computer networking
- Telecom
- Industrial automation
- Software
- Business methods
- Mechanical systems
- Medical devices
- Optics
Will’s experience also includes:
- Preparing and prosecuting trademark applications, both domestically and internationally
- Conducting freedom-to-operate studies
- Software icensing
- Conducting infringement and validity studies and drafting associated opinions
- Preparing patent re-examinations
- Negotiating and drafting licensing agreements and non-disclosure agreements
- Developing foreign filing programs
- Participating in patent litigations, including liability analysis, strategy, briefing and resolving disputes in the non-litigation context
- “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2017-2020
- Information Technology
- Intellectual Property