William F. Swiggart is a Boston based attorney who incorporates and grows start-ups, and facilitates transactions such as debt and equity investments, IP licenses, and mergers & acquisitions. He registers and defends trademarks and copyrights, and also helps resolve business conflicts, both on and off the Internet. He has served as General Counsel to Bitstream Inc., and to ON Technology Corporation. Mr. Swiggart has thrice been named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, most recently in 2009.
Mr. Swiggart is a frequent lecturer on topics of licensing, technology, & start-up issues to groups such as the New England Corporate Counsel's Association, the Mass. Bar Association, and the MIT Enterprise Forum. He helped found, and served as first President of the Princeton Entrepreneurs’ Network, Inc., a 501(c)(3) qualified organization that promotes entrepreneurship via national and regional events. He is a founding member of the AIGC. In his spare time, Mr. Swiggart manages Beacon Angels, LLC, an angel group that invests in early stage companies.
Practice areas
Merger & Acquisitions, start-ups, incorporations, private equity & financings
38 years, 563 cases
Domain Name Disputes; Protection of Copyright of Web site content; Terms of Use and Privacy Policies; Purchase and Sale of Web Site companies
24 years, 38 cases
Registration of Trademarks and Copyrights; Trademark and Copyright disputes; Protection of Trade Secrets; Licensing of Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets
33 years, 78 cases
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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MA | Active | 1982 | 12/02/2020 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 1 |
Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
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New England | Super Lawyers | 2009 |
Member | Connecticut Law Review | 1981 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Manager | Swiggart & Agin, LLC | 1999 - Present |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Angel Capital Association | Manager, Beacon Angels | 2005 - Present |
American Bar Association | Member | 1982 - Present |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Video Leadership Seminars, West LegalEdcenter | Structuring & Negotiating Technology Licensing Agreements | 2008 |
Business Law Today (ABA) | Enemy by E-Mail | 2004 |
Mass High Tech | Angel groupings emerge for series A financings | 2004 |
Internet Law for the Business Lawyer | Book, Contributing Author | 2001 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of Connecticut School of Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 1982 |
Princeton University | A.B. | 1977 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Early Stage Angel and Venture Event | Setting up your Company for Angel Funding | 2009 |
Buying and Selling a Business in Massachusetts | Milestones to Selling a Business | 2003 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Sale of a Generic Domain Name | Sold for an amount in the seven figures |
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