William Lenz

About the Author

William Lenz

William J. Lenz is a partner at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP and represents clients in a wide variety of intellectual property matters, with an emphasis on patent, copyright and trademark litigation, strategic planning and clearance, patent prosecution and portfolio management, technology transfer and licensing, and corporate IP transactions. He represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries and technologies, including financial, information technology/data, healthcare, telecommunications, heavy machinery, consumer and industrial electronics, consumer products, and food packaging. He can be reached at wlenz@ngelaw.com.

• IP: In Preston v. Marathon Oil, Federal Circuit helps clarify who owns a patent

  By William Lenz, Jessica Rissman Cohen  |  November 6, 2012

  It is a common misconception that an employer automatically owns all rights to the patents invented by its employees.

• IP: Is software patentable? A different perspective

  By William Lenz  |  October 23, 2012

  Patentability under section 101 of the Patent Act has received a lot of attention in the past several years, particularly in the areas of business methods and biotechnology.

• IP: Patent in suit doomed by simple transfer of ownership

  By William Lenz  |  October 9, 2012

  Any business with a patent portfolio is likely used to the assignment and reassignment of patents and patent applications on a regular basis.

• IP: A boon for patent trolls

  By William Lenz, Greg Leighton  |  September 25, 2012

  A Federal Circuit decision in late August has given patent trolls a new, potentially devastating weapon to extract license fees, This weapon that will likely be aimed squarely at companies with a heavy Internet and software-technology focus.

• IP: The who, what and how of indemnification provisions

  By William Lenz  |  September 11, 2012

  In many corporate and technology transfer agreements, relatively little attention is paid to indemnification provisions that directly address IP.

• IP: Phase 2 implementation of the America Invents Act provides new “patent attack” tools

  By William Lenz  |  August 28, 2012

  The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) represents one of the most significant overhauls of U.S. patent law since 1952.