AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
- Counseling
- Licensing & Transactions
- Litigation
- Appellate
- Federal District Court
- Patent Interferences
- Patent Prosecution
- Electrical & Computers
- Mechanical
- Software, E-Commerce, & Business Methods
- Patent Reexamination
EDUCATION
- The University of Iowa College of Law, Juris Doctor (with distinction), 1992
- Iowa State University, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, 1970
ADMISSIONS, COURTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Illinois
- District of Columbia
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Intellectual Property Owners Association
PUBLICATIONS
- “In re Bilski: The Federal Circuit Affirms the Patent Office’s Rejection of Business Method Patent Claims”
- “The Granting of U.S. Business Methods Patents,” International Legal Strategy, Vol. IX, No. 1 (January 2000)
- “The Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990: A Solution to the Problem of Pirating Computer Software, or an Exercise in Futility?,” The Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 16, No. 4 (1992)
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WILLIAM N. HUGHET
Of Counsel
Bill Hughet is involved in all phases of Federal Intellectual Property Law, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications; patent interference practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; and client counseling on patentability, patent validity, patent licensing, and patent infringement.
Mr. Hughet is a former patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with responsibility for applications directed to computer software, networks, electronic commerce and business methods.
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