$ 250-410 per hour
Willis Edward Higgins
About Willis
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Cost
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Payment Methods
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Licensed in Maine for 23 years
State: Maine
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
Licensed in California for 47 years
State: California
Acquired: 1978
No misconduct found
Licensed in Arizona for 49 years
State: Arizona
Acquired: 1976
No misconduct found
Licensed in Vermont for 57 years
State: Vermont
Acquired: 1968
No misconduct found
Licensed in Michigan for 59 years
State: Michigan
Acquired: 1966
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Willis Edward Higgins
P O Box 720, Brownville, ME, 04414
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Experience
Work Experience
2005 - 2010
Senior Patent Counsel, Maine Patent Program
2001 - 2005
Director, Maine Patent Program
1993 - 2000
Partner, Cooley Godward
1986 - 1993
Partner, Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Allbritton & Herbert
1978 - 1986
Partner, Gregg, Caplan & Higgins
1976 - 1978
Director of Patents & Trademarks, National Semiconductor Corporation
1974 - 1976
Senior Patent Attorney, Motorola, Inc.
1973 - 1974
Sole Practitioner, Willis E. Higgins, Esq.
1967 - 1973
Patent Attorney, IBM Corporation
1965 - 1967
Patent Attorney, Dow Chemical Corporation
Associations
1980 - Present
American Intellectual Property Law AssociationMember
1966 - Present
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law SectionMember
1988 - 1991
State Bar of California, Intellectual Property Law SectionExecutive Committee
1984 - 1985
Peninsula Patent Law AssociationPresident
Education
1965
Univ of Chicago Law School
law
1962
Univ of Pittsburgh
undergraduate
Speaking Engagements
1992
Fourth Annual Computer Law Symposium
"A Defense of Software Patents"
Publications
1992
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
"The Case for Software Patents"
1989
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
"Technological Poetry: The Interface between Copyrights and Patents for Software"
1989
New Matter (State Bar of California IP Section)
"Lotus v. Paperback Software: Copyright Protection for User Interface Sequence, Structure and Organization"
1989
New Matter (State Bar of California IP Section)
"The Federal Circuit and Obviousness"
1967
Journal of the Patent Office Society
The Significance of Preambles in Chemical Composition Claims'
Languages
English