William T. Ellis

Background

Ellis, William T. was born on March 13, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1971). Catholic University of America (Juris Doctor, 1975).

Career

Worked at Foley & Lardner (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Patents, Computer Law, Contracts, Licensing, International Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Virginia. 1979, District of Columbia.

1987, New New York

Author: "The Chip Protection Acting," in Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation (Matthew Bender, 1988).

Papers: "East.U. Failure to Protect Computer Programs by Patent," Intellectual Property Rights in the Framework of the Joint European Union-United States Action Plan, Rome, Italy, May 28-29, 1996. "The Role of Patents in the Development of the Software Industry," Intellectual Property Conference of the Americas, Los Angeles, California, July 14-17, 1996.

"Patent and Copyright Protection for Software in the Post TRIPs World," Council on Foreign Relations (1996). "The Global Treatment of Statutory Subject Matter in the Year 2000," AIPLA (1996).

"New World of Software Patents," American Bar Association (1995).

"Survey of European Union Intellectual Property Legislation" (1994) and "North American Free Trade Agreement" (1993), Pacific Intellectual Property Association. "Standards and Intellectual Property," Harvard/The National Institute of Standards and Technology (1994). "Copyright Protection for Computer Programs," International Copyright Institute (1993).

"Software Protection in Eastern Europe and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics" and "Copyright Protection for Computer Software," Prentice-Hall Law and Business (1990).

Seminar: "Intellectual Property Protection," Beijing, China (1993). Member, Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Standards for Trade Policy Matters (The International Federation of Automatic Control-2 Government Trade Advisory Committee), 1994.

Member, Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights for Trade Policy Matters (The International Federation of Automatic Control-3 Government Trade Advisory Committee), 1995-1996. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Computer Programs Committee, 1992-1994.

Chair, Information Retrieval Committee, 1994-1995.

Chair, Division 7-Information, 1995-1996). American Intellectual Property Law Association. Computer Law Association.

Achievements

• William T. Ellis has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Standards for Trade Policy Matters (The International Federation of Automatic Control-2 Government Trade Advisory Committee), 1994. Member, Industry Functional Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights for Trade Policy Matters (The International Federation of Automatic Control-3 Government Trade Advisory Committee), 1995-1996. Member: American Bar Association (Chair, Computer Programs Committee, 1992-1994.

Chair, Information Retrieval Committee, 1994-1995.

Chair, Division 7-Information, 1995-1996). American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Computer Law Association.