Edward R. Williams

Edward R. Williams is a partner at Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall.

Ed has represented many clients in a wide variety of IP litigation matters, and has had extensive experience in other areas of intellectual property as well. His experience includes, e.g., cease and desist practice, patent and trademark prosecution, IP management and strategic planning, licensing, corporate IP development contracts, corporate acquisition IP matters and negotiating settlements.

Ed received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1983, an M.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of California, San Diego in 1985, and a J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1991. He is admitted to practice law in the states of Wisconsin and Massachusetts and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is also admitted in several Federal District Courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation and Intellectual Property Law Sections), the State Bar of Wisconsin (Intellectual Property Law Section, Past Chair and Board of Directors), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Ed first joined the firm in 1993. From October 2000 to June 2005, he was employed at Apogent Technologies Inc. (formerly NYSE:AOT) as Chief Intellectual Property and Litigation Counsel. Apogent merged into Fisher Scientific International Inc. (NYSE:FSH) in August 2004. At Fisher Scientific, his title was Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property. He was responsible for managing the Intellectual Property Department and for managing all IP functions within the company. Ed returned to Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP in July 2005.