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Bill Naifeh

Founding Attorney

With over 20 years of legal experience, Bill Naifeh is the founding member of the firm.

Patent portfolio development, international patent strategies, and trademarks make up his primary areas of concentration. Currently, he assists small to mid-size companies in the development of their intellectual property (“IP”) portfolios and often functions as a “part time” in-house IP counsel.

Bill served as a vice president of intellectual property for a medical device company in the Boston area and has assisted St. Jude Medical with overflow patent work and in-house patent procedures and standards. J.C. Penney's patent litigation is another matter he assists with.

When Ericsson brought in-house a patent portfolio of several thousand patent applications, Bill also assisted and consulted on a long-term basis. Prior to opening his own practice in 2003, Bill worked for the Texas-based law firms of HaynesBoone and Winstead.

He has authored numerous articles and blogs relating to intellectual property. Available on Amazon, his books can be found here.

Bill holds a B.S. in General Engineering with Special Distinction from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctorate from The University of Texas School of Law. As a licensed Professional Engineer (“P.E.”), he is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also admitted to practice law in Texas, Oklahoma, and in numerous federal courts.