Ben Williams
Dedicated Trial Attorney
From the Lab to the Courtroom — Protecting What You Invent.
Ben Williams founded Williams Intellectual Property, Inc., as a Registered Patent Agent in 2012, in Denver, Colorado, prosecuting patent applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Since then, he and his team have written hundreds of patents for individual inventors and corporate clients in the U.S. and abroad. After the birth of his daughter in 2017, Ben put himself through law school, passing the dreaded California Bar in February, 2022, on his first attempt.
Approach
& Philosophy
Born in Washington D.C. and educated in the United Kingdom before returning stateside in 1995, Ben graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management with a focus on pedology – the genesis, morphology, and classification of soils. His studies applied hard science across a medium where the biotic and the abiotic combine, requiring advanced chemistry, biology, mineralogy, and physics.
After graduation, Ben worked for the National Resource Conservation Service as a biological technician updating the soil survey in rural Maryland. He later worked as an award-winning journalist for a conglomerate of newspapers.
Before coming to the bar, Ben learned the art of claim drafting at a high-volume firm as a Registered Patent Agent. He wrote scores of patents before transitioning to found Williams Intellectual Property, Inc., where he offers inventors personalized service to manage their IP across the US and abroad. He works closely with inventors to craft the right language to protect their inventions. He has developed strong relationships with overseas firms for filing internationally under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, Paris Agreement, and Madrid Protocol.
preparation and integrity matter more than anything.”
Ben opened his second office in Los Angeles, California, after passing the bar in 2022. He now practices all facets of intellectual property law, in the courts and at the USPTO, including registering trademarks, authoring license agreements, settling copyright disputes, protecting against patent and trademark infringement via inter partes and ex parte proceedings at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Federally, he is admitted to the United States Courts for the Central District of California, the District of Colorado, the Southern District of Texas, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is competent to represent clients in Section 332 proceedings before the International Trade Commission and in corporate alternative dispute forums, such as Amazon’s APEX or ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution procedure.
In the last couple of years, he has successfully settled several copyright infringement claims out of court, successfully arbitrated an eight hundred thousand dollar dispute at the American Arbitration Association, and succeeded in winning a significant judgment for a claim involving extensive trademark fraud. More recently, he represented the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit over industrial safety equipment and was successful in settling the suit early, during pleading.
Education
& Credentials
B.S. in Natural Resources Management — University of Maryland, College Park, 2000. Registered Patent Agent — admitted USPTO, 2012. Juris Doctor – Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, 2021. Delta Theta Phi, Law Honor Society. Admitted to the California Bar, 2022. Admissions include: Central District of California, District of Colorado, Southern District of Texas, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Recognized as a Power Lawyer by Lawyers of Distinction, 2022, 2023, 2024; Top Ten Law Firm in Intellectual Property by Attorney and Practice Magazine’s “Raising the Bar.”