Practice Areas
Concentrations
Patent law, focusing primarily on software implemented inventions.
Bar memberships
- Ohio, 2005
Courts
- USPTO, 2007
- Southern District of Ohio, 2008
- Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005, Magna Cum Laude
- Order of the Coif
- ABA/BNA IP Award
William S. Morriss
William is a senior associate patent attorney of Frost Brown Todd LLC practicing in the Firm’s Cincinnati office. His practice focuses particularly on the law and computer software. 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 computer 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.
William performs pro-bono legal services through Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor. He is an expert chess player and practices Aikido (a Japanese martial art).
Experience
Representative patents:
"Method and Apparatus for Detecting Unsafe Conditions"U.S. Pat. No. 7,439,512
"Automated Brain MRI and CT Prescriptions in Talairach Space"
U.S. Pat. No. 7,450,983
"System and Method for Document and Data Validation"
U.S. Pat. No. 7,451,394
"System and Method for a Functional Extensibility Framework"
U.S. Pat. No. 7,590,980
"System and Method for Closed Loop Decisionmaking in an Automated Care System"
U.S. Pat. No. 7,599,861
Memberships & Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar, 2005
- United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2007
Publications
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
Published Articles & Seminars
Panelist: Privacy Considerations for Business Use of Social Networking/Behavioral Adversiting, SWA-ACC (Southwest Ohio Association of Corporate Counsel) CLE Seminar
Speaker: Information Technology Legal Issues, Information Systems Security Association, June 2010
Speaker: Proposed Local Patent Rules for the Southern District of Ohio
Moderated Panel Discussion presented by CincyIP, January, 2009
Speaker: Can you Secure the Infrastructure Around the Data You Must Save
Electronic Discovery Webinar Presented with Ecora Software, April, 2008
Speaker: Snapshot of Current Data Security/Breach Requirements - Judicial Responses
Privacy and Information Security Group Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Louisville, Kentucky 2007
Speaker: Preparing for Data Breaches
Privacy and Information Security Breakfast Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio 2007
Speaker: Conically shaped can be equivalent to "spherically shaped." DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., Cincinnati Bar Association Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Cincinnati, Ohio 2007
Author: "Bilski v. Kappos: Supreme Court Refuses to Prohibit Software, Business Method, and Medical Diagnostic Method Patents" Client Advisory, June 2010
Author: "In re Bilski: The Federal Circuit Narrows the Patentability of Software and Business Methods" Client Advisory, October 2008.
Author: "The Supreme Court revises the standard for obviousness. KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc." Client Advisory, May 2007.
Author: "Use of the Accused Device in Patent Claim Construction." 23 Intell. Prop. L. Newsl. 18 (2004).
