Eliot Williams has over 20 years of experience as an Intellectual Property litigator and client counselor. He is one of the top 25 most-experienced attorney in the country in trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and he chairs the firm's Silicon Valley IP practice. He has argued numerous Markman (claim construction), preliminary injunction and summary judgment hearings in patent cases around the country; has jury trial experience; has briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from all patent trials around the country. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. (magna cum laude, with university honors) degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D. (cum laude) from New York University School of Law.Mr. Williams has testified on patent law before the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives and was previously an adjunct assistant professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he taught patent litigation. He was named a top Intellectual Property Attorney in California by the editors of the Daily Journal legal newspaper in both 2017 and 2018. He was previously named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, and was recognized by The Legal 500 in 2010 and 2011 as having “100% strength in all aspects” of patent litigation and as a “very strong business partner” with his clients.In addition to his extensive IP litigation and trial experience, Mr. Williams also regularly assists clients seeking to protect their R&D investments by securing patent protection for their inventions, and advises clients regarding third party patent assertions, IP portfolio licensing, IP aspects of transactions (including mergers & acquisitions) and open source software issues.Mr. Williams is also a licensed private pilot.Areas of practice experience: Patent and trade secret litigation; mergers and acquisitions; portfolio licensing; IP risk management