William Lovin uses his legal, technical, and business expertise to help inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, and businesspeople monetize IP.
Using his unique background as an attorney, computer scientist, and start-up specialist, William conveys patent law to inventors, complex technology to patent examiners, and IP monetization strategies to entrepreneurs and investors. William will understand your invention and help you understand the value of a well-crafted patent.
A start-up specialist in every dimension
William has worked with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and startups to multinational corporations, learning what works best for them and helping them craft an overall IP strategy. He educates inventors and helps them avoid missteps that can hurt their IP value. With his computer science education and extensive business experience, he extracts every aspect of an invention to secure the strongest possible IP protection.
William has decades of experience working for and founding many start-up companies, creating new technology that everyone raves about. He believes in drafting patents that will not only position the client for vigorous prosecution and allowance through the patent office but will also survive litigation. With more than fifteen years of patent law experience and twenty years in software and technology, William has worked with hundreds of examiners to find solutions and overcome hurdles to allowance.
A focus on software, the biological sciences, and large language models
While William is well-versed in a variety of fields and industries, he primarily focuses on securing patents in computer software, including artificial intelligence, large-language models, and medical systems, including agentic systems, genetics, and pharmaceuticals. He also has experience with software patents for mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical devices; computer hardware; control systems; chemical and manufacturing processes; and automotive technology.
William is a start-up specialist with decades of experience in telecommunications, Internet systems, and software. He worked with Internet Systems Corp., developer of the first commercial TCP/IP stack for the IBM PC, the first commercial Domain Name Server, and other core Internet products. He served as VP of Development and CTO of Contact Software, Inc., the creator of ACT!, the world’s first massively successful CRM product. William took AirNet Communications, Corp. (ANCC) public in 1999 with a highly oversubscribed public offering. William has worked with, or founded, many other technology companies.
