William Hulsey

Memphis Central High School

Class of 1973

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William Hulsey - Class of 1973 - Memphis Central High School

First Name	William
Last Name	Hulsey
Graduation Year	Class of 1973
Gender	Male
Current Location	Austin, Texas
Hometown	Memphis, Tennessee
Relationship Status	Married
About Me	[www.HULSEYIPLaw.com] Mr. Hulsey established HULSEY, P.C., Intellectual Property Lawyers (HULSEYIP) to apply a highly developed specialty and experience in a broad span of technical fields. HULSEYIP takes great pride in serving emerging growth companies competing in global markets with products and services relating to renewable and sustainable energy technologies, life sciences, electronics, environmental innovations, software, and aerospace technologies. As broad as are HULSEYIP’s technology proficiencies, the firm is yet tightly focused in providing its clients with the highest quality in patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark legal services. As a practicing patent attorney, Mr. Hulsey has developed and implemented complete intellectual property protection and licensing programs for numerous companies. Mr. Hulsey has committed his law practice and professional endeavors to promoting entrepreneurship and the protection and commercialization of his clients’ intellectual property rights. His range of legal representation covers initial IP portfolio development work through litigation in enforcing clients IP rights. Bill has represented clients in intellectual property matters before Federal District Courts in Dallas, Austin, and Houston, Texas, as well as in San Jose, California and Rochester, New York. Clients receiving HULSEYIP services range in geographic diversity north-to-south from Norway to New Zealand and east-to-west from Siberia to Singapore. HULSEYIP represents clients before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, as well as other intellectual property offices of nations around the globe via a network of foreign associates with whom the practice daily collaborates. Through his legal work, as well as with teaching through the IC2 Institute, Mr. Hulsey has taught intellectual property rights formation, protection, and commercialization in over 34 countries and on all continents, except Antarctica. Mr. Hulsey serves on the Selection Committee for the Central Texas Regional Center for Innovation & Commercialization under The State of Texas Emerging Technology Fund Program. He also frequently serves as a Judge in the internationally recognized Idea to Product (I2P®) UT Competition at the University of Texas campus. Most recently, He served as a judge for The I2P® Portugal Competition 2010, which has organized by COTEC Portugal. Bill also is the author of Creating, Managing, And Licensing Intellectual Property Assets, a major work of over 30 hours of streaming video courses providing intellectual property education and training, through Stanford University. Mr. Hulsey holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the Vanderbilt School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif honorary scholastic society, served as Senior Managing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review, and formed the By-Laws and Charter for the Nashville Business Incubation Center as a Law Intern. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Rhodes College, where he graduated With Distinction. Mr. Hulsey is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Registered to Practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, The United States Federal District Court for the Northern & Western Districts of Texas. Also, he has been named a Fellow of the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his legal career, he served as a commissioned Naval Officer (Lieutenant Commander) in the United States Navy Submarine Force as a member of the USS Jacksonville (SSN699) nuclear submarine pre-commissioning and initial sea trials crew and then as a Scientific & Technical Intelligence Analyst for the United States Army’s Foreign Science & Technology Center in Charlottesville, Virginia and Electronics Research & Development Command in Adelphi, Maryland. An avid singer, Bill is a tenor with the Texas Choral Consort, one of Texas’ leading audition-only choruses, and the St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Chancel Choir. He has sung an extensive variety of choral works from a broad array of composers over a ten-year period. Presently, he sings as a tenor in the Austin Civic Chorus. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS • PAUL ALLEN’S PATENT LAWSUIT & YOUR ON-LINE BUSINESS: An Internet Patent Case That May Change Your Business Model; HULSEYIP Special Business Briefing (Austin, TX; Rochester, NY; Milpitas, CA; and San Antonio, TX; September & October 2010//State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education Application Pending). < • The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in BILSKI V. KAPPOS: A Defining Moment in U.S. Patent Law; HULSEYIP Special Business Briefing (Austin, TX; Rochester, NY; & San Antonio, TX; August & September 2010//State Bar of Texas Continuing Legal Education No. 901207746 [1.5 Hours Credit]). • Intellectual Property Basics for Technology Managers; University of Texas’ McCombs School of Management/Monterrey Technology University Masters of Science in Science & Technology Commercialization Certificate Program—Monterrey, Mexico, Two-Day Course (June 2010). • RESET, REBOOT, AND RESUME!!:Selling to American Markets on The Other Side of the Global Financial Crisis; HULSEYIP European Markets Business & Intellectual Property Workshop (Frankfurt, Germany; Bratislava, Slovakia; & Budapest, Hungary; February 2010). • Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Cross-Border M&A Transactions; International Mergers & Acquisitions Conference of the American Mergers & Acquisition Association (Eltville/Frankfurt, Germany; October 2009). • International Conference on Technology Policy & Innovation, Intellectual Property Panel [Co-Chair with António Serge Campinos, President, The Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)] (Porto, Portugal; July 2009). • Intellectual Property & Technology Commercialization Workshop; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; (Bogota, Colombia; July 2009). • The Institute for Policy and Innovation’s (IPI) 4th Annual World Intellectual Property Day Forum: “The Role of Intellectual Property in the Global Recovery”; (Washington, D.C., April 2009) 10 Intellectual Property Mistakes Of Early Stage Companies & How to Avoid Them; High Technology Rochester (Rochester, New York; April 2009). • Solar Energy Entrepreneur’s Network Forum: Research & Development Opportunities in Central Texas’ Entrepreneurial Community; (Austin, TX; March 2009). • U.S. Intellectual Property Practices & Concerns for Portuguese Technology Companies; National Institute for Intellectual Property [Portuguese Patent & Trademark Office] (Lisbon, Portugal; February 2009). • Intellectual Property Practices & Concerns for Portuguese Technology Companies; University Technology Entrepreneurship Network (UTEN) Program with National Government of Portugal; New University of Technology at Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal; February 2009). • Securing IP: Chances and Dangers for Solar Start-Ups; PHOTON International Magazine [International Solar Industry Periodical based in Aachen, Germany]; 1ST PV START-UP CONFERENCE: “Looking for the 2nd Solar” (San Francisco, CA; December 2008). • Solar Energy Entrepreneur’s Network Forum: IP Protection & Commercialization in a Transitioning Economy; (Austin, TX; October 2008). • Evolving Trends in International Intellectual Property Rights: U.S. Options in A Challenging Economy, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal; July 2008). • Space Technology Commercialization and IP Protection: The View from The United States, European Space Agency Business Incubator (Njordwik, The Netherlands; July 2008). • Ten IP Issues Affecting Your 2008 Bottom Line, Special Guest of Boylan Brown Code Vigdor & Wilson, LLP (Rochester, New York; June 2008). Software IP Commercialization Short Course, Monterrey Institute of Technology (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; June 2008). • Key Issues in High Quality IP Management for The Mechanical & Plumbing Industries, 2008 Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (San Diego, California; April 2008). • Intellectual Property In Sustainable Energy Technologies, 10th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (Stavanger, Norway; June 2007). • International Software Intellectual Property Protection & Licensing Workshop, UTEN Program of the Government of Portugal (Lisbon & Porto, Portugal; May 2007). Technology Commercialization in & Through Asia: The Case of Taiwan, IC2 Institute—Presenter & Leader, (Austin, Texas; February 2007). • Mexican Department of Economic Development INVITE Entrepreneurial Competition, Intellectual Property Workshop—Presenter & Leader, (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; November 2006). • International Intellectual Property Protection, Transactions, and Enforcement; Adjunct Professor, Center for Data Processing & Information Technology; International Technology Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan [on-line teaching] (January-March 2006 & November-December 2006). • Intellectual Property Panel: “IP—Keep It or Give It Away”, 7th Annual IEEE-UT Engineering Management Conference (Austin, Texas; August 2006). • Space Industry Intellectual Property Management: Rules and A Roadmap of Rising Relevance, 6th Australian National Space Science Conference (Canberra, Australia; July 2006). • European Economic Infrastructure Sustainability & Intellectual Property Rights, 9th International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (Santorini Island, Greece; June 2006). • Integrated Robotic Actuator Technologies & Intellectual Property Rights; ACTUATOR 2006 Conference (Bremen, Germany; June 2006). • Space Materials Intellectual Property Management: Rules and A Roadmap of Rising Relevance, Aerospace Materials Conference (Seattle, Washington; May 2006). • Privatized and Commercial Space Intellectual Property Rights, International Space Development Conference (Los Angeles, California; May 2006). • International Intellectual Property Rights for Aerospace Nuclear Power Technologies: A Global Roadmap, 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference (Big Sky, Montana; March 2006). • Property Rights & Business Transactions in Entrepreneurial Space Commerce, SPACE EXPLORATION: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY? Conference, International Space University; Poster Session (Strasbourg, France; October 2005). • Entrepreneurship: Business and Legal Fundamentals; Maastricht School of Management (Nicosia, Cyprus; June-July 2005). • International Intellectual Property Rights & Space Exploration Technologies, World Aerospace Congress 2005, Society of Automotive Engineers (Dallas, TX; October 2005). • Commercial Space Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer. 5th Australian National Space Society Conference, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; September 2005). • Commercial Intellectual Property Rights and Space Exploration: A Major Paradigm Shift, AIAA’s SPACE 2005 Conference (Long Beach, CA; August 2005). • Space Exploration Technology Development Through Intellectual Property Analysis, 8th International Mars Society Convention (Boulder, CO; August 2005). • International Intellectual Property Rights & Space Exploration Technologies, International Space Development Conference 2005 (Washington, D.C.; May 2005). • Advanced Space Propulsion Technologies & Intellectual Property Commercialization, 16th JPL/MFSC/UAH Advanced Space Propulsion Workshop (Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; April 2005). • International Intellectual Property Aspects of Space Technology Commercialization, First Conference on Space Exploration by American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (Orlando, FL; January 2005). • Commercialization and Funding of Space Technology Development, Space Technology & Applications International Forum by University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM; February 2003). • Intellectual Property Fundamentals Seminar, AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference (Orange County, CA; September 2002). • Intellectual Property Considerations in Space Technology Commercialization, European Space Agency Conference on Data Systems in Aerospace (Dublin, Ireland; May 2002). • Managing & Licensing Intellectual Property Assets, Co-Chaired American Intellectual Property Law Association National Conference; (Orange County, California; 2004). • Intellectual Property & Space Technology Commercialization, Mars Society Conference (Chicago, IL; August 2001). • Intellectual Property & Space Technology Commercialization, Space Studies Institute, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ; July 2001). • International Technology Commercialization Legal & Business Fundamentals, Invited Lecturer, U.S. Agency for International Development (Moscow, Russia 1998; Samara, Russia 2000; Tomsk [Siberia], Russia 2001). OTHER TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS • HULSEYIP INVENTIONS & TECHNOLOGY MONITOR; a monthly newsletter highlighting news relating to intellectual property, technology events and conferences throughout the world (February 2006—to present) • The Law of Technology Commercialization; IC2 Institute, University of Texas, Adjunct Professor (1997-2002); Guest Lecturer (2002-Present) • Intellectual Property Creation and Management for Semiconductor and Related Industries, Stanford University Center for Professional Development/Semizone, Inc. (released 2000 and 2006) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & HONORS Senior Research Fellow, University of Texas IC2 (Innovation, Creatitiy & Commercialization) Institute (2001-Present) Selection Committee Member, Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF) Central Texas Regional Center for Innovation & Commercialization (2007-Present) Listed as one of five lawyers leading Texas' technology economy by Texas Monthly Magazine (2000) Intellectual Property Counsel, University of Texas' Space Entrepreneurial Ventures Fund Advisory Board (2006) Co-Founder & V.P.-Secretary, Space Authority of Texas (2006) Class Member & Board Member, Leadership Austin Program (1996-2000) Class Member, Leadership Richardson, Texas Program (1991-1992) Co-Founded Center for Advanced Electronic Imaging at University of Texas at Dallas (1991-1996) Member & Editorial Commentator on Legal Matters, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronutics (AIAA) Federal Circuit Bar Association American Intellectual Property Law Association American Bar Association Travis County Bar Association Texas Society of Professional Engineers International Institute for Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Partner, Hughes & Luce, LLP (2000-2003) Partner, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, LLP (1998-2000) Partner, Baker Botts (1989-1998) Navy Reserve Officer, Engineering Duty Officer (Commanding Officer, Submarine Base Pearl Harbor Unit 409); Little Rock, Arkansas (1991-1993) Associate, Baker Donelson (1987-1989) Electronics Engineer (GS-13): U.S. Department of the Army (1982-1985) Submarine Officer, Lieutenant Commander (O-4); U.S. Navy Submarine Force (USS Jacksonville SSN699 Los ...(read more)