Background
Wells, Junior, William K. was born on October 9, 1943 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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William K. Wells Jr.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Bachelor of Science, 1966). Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Career
Worked at Kenyon & Kenyon (New York, NY) specializing in Intellectual Property Practice. Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Computer Law, Licensing and related Trade Regulation, Antitrust and International Trade Matters, Sports Marketing, Entertainment Law. Trials, Appeals and Arbitration.
Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York. 1977, District of Columbia. 1985, Virginia; 1989, Maryland.
Author: "How to Protect New Products, Works and Ideas from Competition," Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, 1984. "Are Registered Marks Open to Attack by Subsequent Users?" Journal of the Patent Office Society, 1990. Member, United States.
Chamber Task Force on Intellectual Property, 1987. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association (Contributing Author, Antitrust Law Developments (Second), Prepared by Section of Antitrust and Law, 1984.
Member, Task Force to Study and Comment on European Economic Community Licensing Guidelines, 1978). Licensing Executive Society. American Intellectual Property Association (Chairman, Industrial Design Committee, 1993-1994).
ITC Trial Lawyers Association. International Intellectual Property Association. The Computer Law Association.
(Resident, Washington, D.C. Office). Kenyon & Kenyon, founded in 1879, specializes in the practice of law relating to intellectual property. Our practice includes the procurement and enforcement of legal rights relating to patents, trademarks and copyrights.
This involves counseling clients on intellectual property matters, negotiating and drafting agreements, trial and appellate litigation in the Federal and State Courts in all areas of the country and before the International Trade Commission, as well as preparing applications to obtain patents, trademark registrations, and copyright registrations, and guiding these applications through the appropriate administrative bodies in Washington, D.C. The firm also renders advice and representation in closely allied fields, such as antitrust, trade protection, franchising, entertainment, computer law and product advertising and marketing.
Membership
Member, United States. Chamber Task Force on Intellectual Property, 1987. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association (Contributing Author, Antitrust Law Developments (Second), Prepared by Section of Antitrust and Law, 1984. Member, Task Force to Study and Comment on European Economic Community Licensing Guidelines, 1978). Licensing Executive Society.
American Intellectual Property Association (Chairman, Industrial Design Committee, 1993-1994). ITC Trial Lawyers Association. International Intellectual Property Association.
The Computer Law Association. (Resident, Washington, D.C. Office).
