William Thomas
Attorney at Law
Pennsylvania
PA, NJ, MA, Patent Bar
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Work History
Hughes & Thomas LLC
Managing Partner
May 2020 - Present
Serve as outsourced in-house legal counsel for several technology companies, providing counseling and consulting for intellectual property, technology and product development, data security and privacy, commercial contracting, government contracting, general legal guidance, and business consulting.
Citrix Systems Inc.
Senior Counsel
Nov 2016 - Nov 2019
Led strategy for IP litigation activities in federal court and the USPTO and participated in settlement negotiations. Managed a budget of ~$2.5M per month. Participated in job rotations on corporate licensing, public sector, and data privacy teams. Drafted corporate contracts including customer service agreements and vendor agreements. Authored corporate IP policies.
Daly, Crowley, Mofford, Durkee LLP
Attorney
Jun 2015 - Nov 2016
Generated international patent portfolios for clients from startups and universities to Fortune 500 companies across broad technologies including automotive sensors, medical devices, radar and defense systems, wireless communications, image processing, and analog circuits.
IP Legal Services LLC
Senior Attorney
Mar 2008 - Jun 2015
Analyzed patent portfolios for sale/purchase/assertion by large corporate clients. Prepared claim charts, infringement analyses, assertion presentations and rebuttals. Responsible for international patent portfolios for storage devices, data encryption, processor architectures, cellular, networking and communications, and medical devices.
Woodstream Corporation
Product Development Manager
Nov 2004 - Aug 2005
Led development of consumer products. Responsibilities included: authoring technical opinions on patent issues for review with outside counsel, developing and implementing corporate engineering procedures and product specifications, and product design and development.
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Electrical Engineer
May 2000 - Oct 2004
Development of lighting control systems. Responsibilities included: product design, hardware and software design, authoring technical literature, supervising engineering interns and technicians. Technical work focused on power supply, antenna and radio design, and development of automated test equipment.