Practice Areas
Litigation, Medical Devices, Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights, TransactionsIndustry & Technical Focus
Trade Secrets, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Electronics, Medical Devices
Practice Description
Mr. Scofield is chair of the Litigation group. He has more than 25 years of experience in general and intellectual property litigation, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and intellectual property counseling. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including plaintiff’s and defendant’s cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Bill works closely with the firm’s biotechnology, chemistry and high technology practice groups in IP litigation and counseling. He has represented both large and small clients in matters involving such diverse technologies as semiconductors, medical devices, high speed liquid chromatography, viscometers, biotechnology, and drug development screening.
Notable Experience
- Successful representation of start-up drug discovery biotechnology company accused of patent infringement during IPO. Asserted patent held invalid for obviousness.
- Representing a technology design firm in cases involving wired and wireless telecommunication systems for portable access to Internet and phone service.
- Successful representation of defendant in patent infringement case involving indoor positioning systems that use radio frequency signals to track and locate critical, portable devices and personnel in large health care facilities. Case resolved without business interruption or payment of any royalty after pre-trial motion for summary judgment.
- Successful appeal to the Federal Circuit that a directed verdict against our client should be vacated based on the trial court’s refusal to submit separately to the jury the issues of obviousness and anticipation of prior art.
- Successful representation of defendant in patent infringement action related to viscometer used in high performance liquid chromatography analytical system. Jury verdict of non-infringement upheld on appeal.
- Successful representation of plaintiff in case involving misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition relating to high speed liquid chromatography systems. Case resolved prior to trial when defendant agreed to permanently refrain from utilizing our client’s proprietary information.
- Regularly acting as local trial counsel in Massachusetts federal courts for companies located in other jurisdictions.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, "Litigating Willfulness - Post In Re: Seagate," Boston Patent Law Association, June 10, 2008.
