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 Massachusetts and Wisconsin 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 (Intellectual Property Law Section), the Massachusetts State Bar; the State Bar of Wisconsin (Intellectual Property Law Section, Past Chair and Board of Directors), the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Boston Patent Law Association.
Ed first joined the firm in 1993. From October 2000 to June 2005, he was employed at a public company (NYSE:AOT; FSH) as Chief Intellectual Property and Litigation Counsel. He returned to Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP in July 2005, and now manages our office in Newburyport, MA.