David Wille has a broad intellectual property and technology practice. While the majority of his practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and appellate work (including patent, trade secret, copyright and trademark litigation, as well as patent reexaminations and reviews), he has substantial experience in licensing relating to patents, trade secrets, software, trademarks and copyrights. He also handles secured transactions and mergers and acquisitions involving intellectual property.
Mr. Wille prepares and prosecutes patents involving a range of technologies and regularly provides legal advice on validity and infringement questions involving patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. He helps clients develop policies and procedures relating to the Internet, including website usage agreements, and he has handled a variety of Internet issues for several Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Wille works with clients on matters involving a broad range of technologies, such as computer software, medical devices, business methods, microprocessors, food service equipment, consumer products, cranes, RFID Technology, encryption, antenna technology, vehicle surveillance systems, analog and digital optical communications, telephony, cellular telephony, data communications, cable television, television, liquid crystals, semiconductor fabrication and structures, semiconductor packaging, semiconductor fabrication equipment, semiconductor testing, thermoelectric materials structure and fabrication, analog and digital integrated circuits, image processing, digital signal processing, photoscanners, ink jet printers, computer architecture, food processing, train cars and subsystems, CAD/CAM applications, computer storage and video conferencing.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Wille served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerry Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Wille is currently an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Law, where he has taught Patent Law, Licensing and an Advanced Patent Law Seminar since 2000. Mr. Wille is the named inventor on four U.S. patents.
