Bill Hulsey

Mr. Hulsey has practiced Patent and Trademark Law for 35 years and serves inventors and entrepreneurs in the Southeast United States, focusing principally in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

He has prosecuted and obtained patents and trademarks for this region’s most aspiring and amazing inventors, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who are dedicated to making the world a better place. He is committed to manifesting a perpetual virtuous cycle of innovation and entrepreneurial growth spurring intellectual property growth, which in turn encourages fair, reasonable, collaborative commercialization and to further yet more regional innovation, entrepreneurial growth, and prosperity.

Over the years, Bill has achieved the following:
--Interviewed, written, and prosecuted over 2,000 U.S. and international patent in all technology areas, including technologies supporting the industries of energy, electronics, drones, robotics, artificial intelligence, consumer products, medical devices, chemical, and financial/block chain technologies.
--Obtained over 1,500 trademarks for entrepreneurs and innovator in a wide variety and companies and products.
--Represented Apollo Program Astronaut in multi-functional air- and space-craft design patents.
--Served Mr. Gordon Matthews, inventor of voicemail and a wide variety of voice-based communication technologies.
--Wrote patents deemed critical to the Lockheed Aerospace successful competition for the $200 Billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter U.S. Department of Defense Contract.
--Established the initial 100 patents for a silicon crystal solar cell fabrication technology deemed by the U.S. Patent Office as the “Holy Grail” in silicon fabrication technologies.
--Originated the U.S. Patent Office Pro Bono Inventor Assistance Program for qualified inventors in the State of Texas, in service to the USPTO Office of Innovation Development.

University of Texas - Austin

Senior Research Fellow (1998) | Regional Economic Development and Technology Commercialization

University of Virginia

M.A. (1988) | Regional Economic Development and Technology Commercialization

Vanderbilt University

J.D. (1987) | Business Law as Applicable to Early Stage Business Enterprises

Honors: Senior Managing Editor Vanderbilt Law Review; Order of The Coif; Founder Nashville Business Incubator; Student Editor for Dr. Larry Soderquist (Corporations) and Dr. Paul Hartman (State & Local Taxation)

U.S. Navy Submarine Nuclear Engineering Program

M.S. equivalent in Technical Education & Practice (1981) | Nuclear Propulsion Engineering for US Navy Submarine

Rhodes College

B.S. (1977) | Theoretical Mathematics with Specialization in Modeling Nuclear Power Plant Fluid Dynamics

Founder & Principal

HULSEY PC

Current

2003-Current

Lawyer/Economist - Founder

EconoVention RED (A New Association with HULSEY PC)

2018 - Current

Senior Partner

Hughes & Luce, LLP

2000 - 2003

Senior Partner

Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, LLP

1997 - 2000

Partner

Baker Botts LLP

1990 - 1997

Associate

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

1985 - 1990

GS-13 Physical Science Intelligence Analyst

U.S. Army Intelligence

1982 - 1985

U.S. Military Scientific and Technical Intelligence Analysis

Lieutenant Commander - Submarines & Engineering Duty

U.S. Navy Submarine Service

1977 - 1981

Pre-Commissioning and Sea Trials Crew USS JACKSONVILLE( SSN699) Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine; Commanding Officer, U.S.Navy Engineering Duty Reserve Unit for Submarine Base Pearl Harbor

Creating, Managing, And Licensing Intellectual Property Assets

Stanford University’s Graduate School for Electronics Engineering and SemiZone

Method and system for collecting, and globally communicating and evaluating, digital still and video images of sports and event spectators, including augmented reality images from entertainment and gathering venues

US Patent & Trademark Office

2019

Method and system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing flow of products delivered to customers via containers that flow in a distribution network

US Patent & Trademark Office

2018

Patent Reform Five Years On: A Review of the America Invents Act, USPTO Texas Regional Office & Austin Chamber of Commerce

2016

Entrepreneurship: Essential Elements In Starting And Growing A Successful New Venture, McCoy Graduate School of Business, Texas State University

2013

Advanced Patent Claim Drafting Workshop, USPTO Texas Regional Inventors Conference, Austin, TX

2012

$1B to Apple for Samsung Patent Infringement—Practical Lessons for Emerging Growth Technology Companies, IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin

2012

The Jobs Act & The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Of 2011, IC2 Institute of The University of Texas at Austin

2012

Certified Economic Developer

International Economic Development Council

Certified Business Economist (in progress)

National Association of Business Economists

Certified Licensing Professional (in progress)

Licensing Executives Society

Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB)

Government Services Exchange

American Nuclear Society

Professional Engineer in Nuclear Engineering

Best Lawyers in America

The Best Lawyers in America

2023

2016-2023; for Austin, TX; Memphis, TN; Bentonville, AR; Tulsa, OK; Birmingham, AL; Jackson, MS; New Orleans & Shreveport, LA

Top 1% Most Honored Professionals

American Registry

2023

2016-2023

AV Preeminent Peer Rating

Martindale Hubbell

2023

2014-2023

AV Preeminent Attorney - Judicial Edition

Martindale Hubbell

2023

2017-2023

Three Best Rated Patent Attorneys in Austin

Three Best Rated

2023

2018

IC2 Institute, University of Texas

Global Fellow

Current

International Economic Development Council

Member

Current

Rhodes College Alumni

Executive Board Member

Current

Texas Bar Foundation, State Bar of Texas

Fellow

Current

Innovation, Creativity & Capital Institute, University of Texas, Austin

Fellow

Current

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

Since 2011

Tennessee

Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee

ID Number: 12672

Since 1987

Texas

State Bar of Texas

Since 1991

United States Patent & Trademark Office

ID Number: 33,402

Since 1989

U.S. District Court, Northern & Western Districts of Texas

Since 1990

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1990

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Q. Can I trademark a name that may be used by another company on a different industry?

May 3, 2023

A: Yes, you can. Trademarks are registered according to the description of goods and services and respective classification for the mark.

Q. I have an idea that I would like to check if it is already patented. How do I find out? Do I have to pay anyways?

April 18, 2023

A: I would like to respond, but it is against JUSTIA policy for me to do so.

Sorry.

Q. Good day! I would like to ask if my idea is something that needs to be patented. I have made a flashcard of the alphabet

August 1, 2021

A: This may be a proper subject for a design patent.

Please watch the following YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZREm0_THVg

This may help.

Bill Hulsey