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William A. Birdwell

Partner
 
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Suite 2300, 1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon  97201-5682
(Clackamas, Multnomah & Washington Cos.)

Telephone: 503-241-2300
Fax: 503-778-5299
http://www.dwt.com


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Practice AreasAlternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Technology Licensing
 
EducationUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, J.D., 1973, Oregon State University, B.S.E.E., 1969; University of Arizona, M.S., 2003
 
Admitted1973, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1991, California; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1999, Arizona; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 
MembershipsMultnomah County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); Oregon Patent Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Member, Lasers and Electro-Optics Society).
 
BiographySigma Tau. Member, Board of Editors, University of Colorado Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: "Exhaustion of Rights and Patent Licensing Market Restrictions," 60 Journal of the Patent Office Society 203, 1978; "Business Names," Advising Oregon Businesses, 1985. Co-Editor, Contract Law in Oregon, 1991. Co-Author, Chapters on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Advising Small Business, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1994.
 
Reported CasesKockums Industries Ltd. v. Salem Equipment, Inc., 561 F. Supp 168 (D. Or. 1983 ); Sun Studs, Inc. v. Applied Theory Associates, Inc., 772 F. 2d 1557 (Fed. Cir, 1985); Sun Studs, Inc. v. ATA Equipment Leasing, Inc. 655 F. Supp. 1013 (D.Or. 1987); inj. dissolved, 710 F. Supp. 1297; aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 8 72 F. 2d 987 (Fed. Cir. 1989); reh'g den., sug. for reh'g en banc accepted, 882 F. 2d 1583 (Fed. Cir. 1989); reh'g declined, opin. reinstated, 892 F. 2d 73 (Fed. Cir. 1989); John P. Jaqua v. Nike, Inc., 125 Or. App 294 (1993).
 
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Appeals Court Upholds Novelty of Patented Internet Credit Card Processing System
William A. Birdwell, Timothy R. Volpert, October 4, 2009
In a case that is important to the online shopping industry, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the novelty of a patented Internet credit card processing system.

Patent Appeals Court Adopts Tough "Definitive Test" for Patents on Processes
William A. Birdwell, October 4, 2009
On Oct. 30, 2008, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision, In re Bilski et al., that is likely to have considerable impact on many existing patents and how patent claims for methods are drafted.


 

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