William Bak has been with Howson & Howson LLP since 1992 and became a partner in 2000. Mr. Bak’s intellectual property practice primarily focuses on U.S. patent prosecution in the electrical, mechanical, metallurgical and computer science arts having successfully prosecuted hundreds of utility and design patent applications to allowance in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office within a broad range of technologies.

Mr. Bak also has significant experience in providing patentability and patent infringement opinions, state-of-the-art prior art studies, intellectual property counseling, prosecution of foreign and international patent applications, prosecution of domestic and foreign trademark applications, prosecution of copyright applications, and related litigation, licensing and agreement work.  Mr. Bak has worked in several patent and trademark cases tried in the federal district and appellate courts in the United States.

Admitted

1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and U.S. Supreme Court; and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Education and Associations

Mr. Bak earned his BSEE in 1986 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA; following that in 1992 with a Law degree from Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. He is a member in good standing of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association.

Practice/Focus Areas

Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Intellectual Property Law.