Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
ID Number: 12672
Since 1987
State Bar of Texas
Since 1991
ID Number: 33,402
Since 1989
2003 - Current
HULSEY PC
Very highly regarded IP & Patent Lawyers and Patent Agents led by Patent Attorney Bill Hulsey, who possesses 30 years of patent law firm experience and expertise in patents, technology licenses and IP. Our skilled and experienced IP attorneys and professional staff provide patent, trademark, and related intellectual property services. Our legal excellence helps leaders commercialize their inventions and brands. We strengthen competitive IP positions of fast growing startup and growing entrepreneurial companies. This truly helps them compete and succeed in challenging global markets. We possess and daily demonstrate deep experience in drones, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, energy, aerospace technology, medical devices, electronics, software, chemicals, materials, and photonics. Because of our commitment to client service, our law firm has been successful in helping inventors and entrepreneurs. The business principals use IP rights to promote and grow their businesses. Our IP law firm has had a strongly positive effect on both company growth and regional economic development. HULSEY PC serves clients across the U.S. We practice principally in Austin, TX and Memphis, TN. We have successfully completed a wide array of engagements in patent, trademark, trade secret, and related IP matters. HULSEY PC clients benefit from our decades of experience in proudly serving these and other IP stakeholder communities across the United States.
2000 - 2003
Hughes & Luce, LLP
Texas Full Service Law Firm
1997 - 2000
Gray Cary Ware & Friedenrich, LLP
California Full Service Law Firm
1990 - 1997
Baker Botts LLP
Texas Full Service Law Firm
1985 - 1990
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
1982 - 1985
U.S. Army Intelligence
U.S. Military Scientific and Technical Intelligence Analysis
1977 - 1981
U.S. Navy Submarine Service
Pre-Commissioning and Sea Trials Crew USS JACKSONVILLE(SSN699) Fast Attack Nuclear Submarine; Commanding Officer, U.S.Navy Engineering Duty Reserve Unit for Submarine Base Pearl Harbor.
1998 - 1998
Senior Research Fellow | Regional Economic Development and Technology Commercialization
1982 - 1988
M.A. (1988) | Regional Economic Development and Technology Commercialization
1982 - 1987
J.D. (1987) | Business Law as Applicable to Early Stage Business Enterprises
Honors: Senior Managing Editor Vanderbilt Law Review; Order of The Coif; Founder Nashville Business Incubator; Student Editor for Dr. Larry Soderquist (Corporations) and Dr. Paul Hartman (State & Local Taxation)
1978 - 1981
M.S. (1981) | Nuclear Propulsion Engineering for US Navy Submarine
Activities: M.S. Degree Equivalent in Technical Education & Practice
1973 - 1977
B.S. (1977) | Theoretical Mathematics with Specialization in Modeling Nuclear Power Plant Fluid Dynamics
Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyer
American Registry
Martindale Hubbell
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
Martindale Hubbell
Lawyers.com
Martindale Hubbell
Marquis Who's Who
Martindale Hubbell
Martindale Hubbell
Three Best Rated
Better Business Bureau
IC2 Institute, University of Texas
Texas Bar Foundation
New York Bar Foundation
Rhodes College
Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
2017
Lifetime Achievement AwardMarquise Who's Who
2017
1% Most Honored Professionals in AmericaAmerican Registry
2012
Fellow - New York Bar FoundationNew York Bar Association
2009
Fellow, Texas Bar FoundationState Bar of Texas
1998
Fellow - Innovation, Creativity & Capital Institute, University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas
1988
Registered to Practice before the US Patent & Trademark OfficeUnited States Patent & Trademark Office
1988
M.S. EconomicsUniversity of Virginia Graduate School of Economics
1985
Lieutenant Commander - Engineering Duty OfficerUnited States Navy
1981
Qualified Nuclear Engineer in SubmarinesUnited States Navy