William R. Everding

Experience

In response to a patent infringement suit filed against a client, Bill filed three inter partes review (IPR) petitions, served as lead counsel in the IPRs, and successfully argued the three IPRs in front of the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate all challenged claims of the three patents, ending the litigation.

In defending a patent infringement lawsuit, where a preliminary injunction was entered against the client, Bill led a team to win a reversal of the preliminary injunction and subsequent dismissal of the case to permit the client to resume selling products important to its growth strategy.

Bill helped a client file provisional patent applications during product development, and ultimately obtained multiple U.S. and foreign patents for a product which now has a deep customer following and is nationally awarded for its inventive features.

When a client acquired a company having a long-pending patent application directed to the company's flagship product, Bill created and implemented a new strategy for claiming the inventive features, and obtained and enforced patent protection against a competitor to fortify market position.

In conducting a clearance analysis for a client's new product, Bill identified a blocking patent and facilitated the client's purchase of the patent, using a straw man strategy to avoid revealing the client's identity to the patent owner.

He represented American Outdoor Brands in obtaining five patents covering features of AOB's Frankford Arsenal® Intellidropper® electronic powder measure, and in enforcing the five patents in litigation, resulting in an amicable settlement.

When a client’s product was copied by several competitors, Bill implemented a patent enforcement campaign and prepared settlement agreements to obtain hundreds of thousands in infringement damages, and to remove the competitors' products from the market to protect the client's market share.

Bill has helped numerous clients enter new product categories through patent infringement avoidance strategies.

Bill has guided several clients in developing effective patent litigation strategies, involving infringement, validity, and subject matter eligibility, that resulted in favorable settlements for the clients.

He assisted a client in evaluating the potential scope of protection of several pending patent applications in due diligence for a licensing deal worth tens of millions of dollars.

Bill prepared a joint development agreement for a client to obtain assistance from a development firm in expanding product development outside the client's core experience.

Bill has patent experience in technologies, including medical devices (e.g., catheters, vascular compression devices, enteral feeding products), medical implants, commercial food preparation appliances, pipeline rehabilitation systems, firearm tools and accessories, hunting equipment, construction tools, graphic user interfaces, product inventory and management systems, sports equipment, electric utility service tools, electronic enclosures, industrial lubrication systems, mine ventilation equipment, automotive fluid handling devices, heating and cooling equipment, and numerous other technologies.

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