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Education
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George Washington University Law School
LL.M. 1970
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George Washington University Law School
J.D., with honors, 1968
Van Vleck (Moot Court) Patent Competition; Legal Aid Society
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University of Rochester
B.S. 1962
Metallurgical and Mechanical Engineering
Attended University of California for post graduate studies in materials science
Admissions
Admitted pro hac vice in several jurisdictions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
District of Columbia
West Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Claims Court
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Canadian Patent Office
Service Areas
- Antitrust and Consumer Protection Litigation
- Intellectual Property & Technology
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Nanotechnology
- Patent Prosecution and Protection
- Trade & Customs and Border Protection
- United States International Trade Commission
- Energy & Electrical Power Law
Industry Experience
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences
- Industrial / Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical / Medical Devices
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- West Virginia Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law
Community Involvement
Bill Jackson has practiced law for more than 40 years. Educated as a metallurgical and mechanical engineer, he focuses on patents, antitrust, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, false advertising and First Amendment issues. Bill is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney, one of 17 currently with the firm.
Recent Assignments
- Acted as an expert witness on patent law and Patent Office practice issues concerning inequitable conduct of patent applicants in several patent lawsuits
- Represented a manufacturer in a patent infringement preliminary injunction hearing
- Acted as co-counsel in a suit in U.S. District Court to appeal a ruling of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Board of Appeals
Before Stites & Harrison
In 1963-65, Mr. Jackson acted as a U.S. Patent Examiner in the sound recording and photographic fields. He subsequently was a patent agent and attorney for Eastman Kodak's Patent Department, Rochester, New York. He returned to Washington D.C. to act as a Patent Law Clerk in the U.S. Court of Claims, Trial Division, during 1969-70. In 1971 to 1976, he was a Trial Lawyer and special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Patent Section. From 1983 to January 2004, Mr. Jackson was with Larson & Taylor.
More than Stites & Harbison
Mr. Jackson's activities have included Moot Court Judge for Intellectual Property Competition, George Washington University Law School; Piedmont Environmental Council, Warrenton, Va.; Land Conservancy of Adams County, Gettysburg, Pa.; and, "The Journey Through Hallowed Ground," Waterford, Va.
Besides Stites & Harbison
His long term interest in the Civil War and historic preservation issues has led him to restore a historic farm house near Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and to preserve his family farm located near the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield.