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William McCabe
Bill has been recognized as a leading patent litigator in U.S., European, and Asian venues.
William McCabe is a patent litigator with more than three decades of experience handling patent infringement and trade secret actions, licensing, re-examinations, and inter partes reviews. Bill has represented sophisticated U.S., European, and Asian companies in high-stakes patent litigation and counseling matters. These include a record-setting judgment of noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforceability against a defendant that had already collected more than $1.5 billion from over 1,000 companies.
Bill has represented clients in a breadth of industries, including telecommunications, digital cameras, optics, semiconductors, software, medical devices, energy, polymers, pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering, and electrochromics. He has handled high-stakes litigation involving code-division multiple access and Wi-Fi technologies, encrypted voice over internet protocol, and optical switches used in wavelength-division multiplexing for telecommunications networks.
Bill also has litigated matters involving automotive mirror products, bar code and machine vision technology, and arcade games. He earned his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and began his career as a refinery startup engineer for UOP.
Areas of focus
Industries
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1988
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1980
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Professional Recognition
Ranked in Chambers USA "America’s Leading Lawyers" for Intellectual Property: Patent, 2024
Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
The Legal 500
IAM 250: “World’s Leading Patent Litigators”
The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers
Selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a New York Super Lawyer, 2007-2009, 2013-2023
IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Practitioners, 2023-2024
Recognized as a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Patent Law, 2020-2024; Litigation - Patent, 2024
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Kellogg School of Management Strategic Leadership Program, Northwestern University, 2018
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Board Member, 2016-present
- Federal Circuit Bar Association, Amicus Committee Vice-Chair
- Intellectual Property Owners Association, Asia Practice Committee
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- New York City Bar Association
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Experience
Auth Token LLC v. Total System Services LLC
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Represented Total Systems in patent infringement action involving payment tokens.
Bell Northern Research, LLC v. HMD America, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Represent HMD America in multipatent case directed to various features of mobile phones.
Certain Location-Sharing Systems, Related Software, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same; Inv. No. 337-TA-1347
U.S. International Trade Commission
Represented respondent HMD Global in a patent infringement action involving location features in wireless phones.
Certain Electronic Devices Having Wireless Communication Capabilities and Components Thereof; Inv. No. 337-TA-1284
U.S. International Trade Commission
Represented respondent HMD Global in a patent infringement action involving beamforming and battery power technologies in mobile phones.
Estech Systems IP, LLC v. Liberty Mutual et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented Avaya customers Liberty Mutual, Fiserv, Inc., Conduent, Inc., and Randstad US, LLC in a series of patent infringement actions relating to VoIP services.
Caselas, LLC v. Heartland Payment Systems, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented Heartland Payment Systems in patent infringement action involving payment tokens.
Vibrant Licensing LLC v. HMD America, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Represented HMD America in patent infringement action involving touch sensors.
Aegis Mobility Inc. v. Avaya Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Represented Avaya in a patent infringement action relating to management of mobile phone communications.
StreamScale, Inc. v. Cloudera, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Represented ADP in patent infringement action involving accelerated erasure coding.
Certain Polycrystalline Diamond Compacts and Articles Containing Same; Inv. No. 337-TA-1236
U.S. International Trade Commission
Represented Element Six in a patent infringement proceeding involving polycrystalline diamond.
US Synthetic Corporation v. Element Six Abrasives Holdings, Ltd. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Represented Element Six in a patent infringement proceeding involving polycrystalline diamond.
Vista Peak Ventures, LLC v. HannStar Display Corporation
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented HannStar in three patent infringement actions involving 16 patents directed to LCD technologies.
Mountech IP LLC v. HMD America, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Represented HMD in patent infringement action involving automated word completion for digital device.
Sisvel International SA, 3G Licensing S.A. and Sisvel S.p.A. v. HMD America, Inc. and HMD Global Oy
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Represented HMD in patent infringement action involving patent relating to 3G and 4G standards.
Max Blu Technologies, LLC. v. Singulus Technologies, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Represented Singulus in patent infringement action involving DVD replication.
VoiceAge EVS LLC v. HMD Global Oy
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represent HMD in a patent infringement action involving enhanced voice services codec for cellular communications.
CPC Patent Technologies v. HMD Global Oy
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Represent HMD in patent infringement action involving biometric security technology.
Rondevoo Technologies, LLC v. Sensirion Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represent Sensirion in a patent infringement action involving micro environmental sensors.
Monument Peak Ventures, LLC v. HMD Global Oy
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represent HMD in a patent infringement action involving digital camera and power management features of a smartphone.
Traxcell Technologies, LLC v. HMD Global Oy et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represent HMD in a patent infringement action involving tracking and location of a smartphone in a cellular network.
ADP, LLC v. Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. and Uniloc USA, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represent ADP in a breach of indemnity claim against Uniloc.
Rondevoo Technologies, LLC v. HMD Global Oy et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represent HMD in a patent infringement action involving smartphone keyboard.
Innovations4Flooring Holding N.V. v. Beauflor USA, LLC.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Georgia
Represented Beauflor in a patent infringement action involving mechanically locking floorboards.
Maxell, Ltd. v. Olympus Corporation and Olympus America Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented Olympus in a patent infringement action involving digital cameras.
Olympus Corporation and Olympus America Inc. v. Maxell, Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented Olympus in a declaratory judgment action of non-infringement in an action involving digital cameras.
Olympus Corporation et al v. Maxell, Ltd. F/K/A Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
Represented Olympus in PTAB-IPRs: 2018-00904, -905, -906, -907, -908, -909, -910 &, -9II.
Yara International ASA v. Green Granulation Technology Ltd. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Represented Green Granulation in litigation involving allegation of misappropriation of trade secrets and patent derivation.
Broker Genius Inc. v. Zalta et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Represented Nathan Zalta, Michael Shamah and NRZ Entertainment LLC in a litigation involving allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract.
Sharp Corporation v. HannStar Display Corporation
Supreme Court of the State of New York (County of New York)
Represent HannStar in a breach of contract (patent license agreement) action relating to LCD displays.
HS Asset and Technology, LLC v. Olympus Corporation of the Americas et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Representing Olympus in patent infringement litigation involving cameras.
Marking Object Virtualization Intelligence, LLC v. NEC Corporation et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented NEC in patent litigation involving digital watermarks, data object authentication and verification technologies.
Uniloc USA, Inc. et al. v. ADP, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Representing ADP in patent infringement litigation involving software.
FastVDO LLC v. NEC Corporation of America, et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Represented NEC in patent infringement litigation involving data encoding.
Cascades Projection LLC v. NEC Display Solutions of America*
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Represented NEC Display in patent litigation involving LCD and DLP projection technologies.
NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. v. Cascades Projection LLC
Represented NEC in PTAB-IPRs: 2015-01841&-01843.
Shortridge v. Automatic Data Processing, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented ADP in patent litigation involving data processing.
Micro Design v. NEC Corporation of America, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented NEC in patent infringement litigation involving microprocessors.
Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Canon USA, Inc. *
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended Canon in a patent infringement action concerning a software registration system.
Bluebonnet Telecommunications LLC v. NEC Casio Mobile Communications and NEC Corporation of America*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended NEC in a patent infringement litigation involving technology related to mobile handsets.
Vantage Point Technology, Inc. v. NEC Corporation of America*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended NEC America in a patent infringement litigation involving technology related to chipsets used in mobile handsets.
DSS Technology Management, Inc. v. NEC Corporation of America*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Defended NEC in a patent litigation directed to lithography methods for fabricating semiconductors.
Microlog Corp. v. NEC Corp. of America*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Defended NEC in a patent infringement litigation involving telecommunications related technology.
Qixiz LLC v. NEC*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented NEC in litigation concerning telecommunications.
ABB Technology v. Hyundai Heavy Industries*
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Represented HHI in litigation concerning industrial high-voltage, gas-insulated switchgear products.
VirnetX v. Apple, Cisco & NEC*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented NEC in litigation concerning encrypted communications, including encrypted Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
ADP v. Wellogix*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Represented ADP in a declaratory judgment action involving computerized record keeping and billing systems for oil well projects.
American Vehicular Sciences v. Gentex & BMW and AVS v. Gentex & Toyota*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented Gentex in a group of four litigations involving automotive crash avoidance systems, including blind spot, lane departure and pedestrian detection warning systems, and automatic headlamp control systems.
Lambda Optical v. Alcatel-Lucent*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented defendant in litigation concerning optical switches used in Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
Hitachi Chemical v. KC Tech*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Represented defendant in infringement action involving nanoparticle, rare earth materials used for polishing semiconductor wafers.
athenahealth v. AdvancedMD*
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Represented defendant in infringement action involving computerized record keeping and billing systems for medical practices.
Wellogix v. ADP et al*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented joint defense group in infringement action involving accounting and billing systems for oil well projects.
Innovative Global Systems LLC v. Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas, Inc. et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented defendant Hyundai in patent infringement suit involving heavy vehicle telemetry.
LG Electronics v. Whirlpool Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Represented patentee LG Electronics in case involving refrigerators.
Merit Industries, Inc. v. JVL Corporation*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Two-week jury trial on touch screen console video game machines.
Sprint Communications Co. L.P. v. PAETEC Communications, Inc., et al.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Defended PAETEC in infringement action against its Voice over IP system.
WiLAN, Inc. v. LG Electronics, et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented defendant in case involving wireless telecommunications using CDMA and WiFi.
Gentex Corp. v. K.W. Muth Company, Inc. et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Automotive rearview signal mirrors.
K.W. Muth Company, Inc. et al. v. Gentex Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Automotive rearview signal mirrors.
In re Muth Mirror Systems, LLC et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Lead counsel, two-week trial representing Gentex Corp. in asserting patent claims against bankrupt Muth companies.
Energy Transportation Group v. GN ReSound A/S and GN ReSound Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Defended digital hearing aid infringement action brought against large group of hearing aid manufacturers.
ArrivalStar S.A. and Melvino Technologies Limited v. United Shippers Corporation Of New York, Inc. and Yang Ming (America) Corporation*
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Lead counsel, method of tracking shipments.
GolfTEC Enterprises, LLC v. Bentley Kinetics, Inc., and Kinetics Golf Academy, LLC*
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Lead counsel, method and apparatus for analyzing a golf swing.
Alloc, Inc. et al. v. Balterio NV et al.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Lead counsel, mechanically locking laminate floors.
Armstrong v. E.F.P. Flooring GmbH*
International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration
Lead counsel, mechanically locking laminate floors.
Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing v. Verizon California Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Interactive computer telephony.
Disabled in Action of Metropolitan New York v. Duane Reade, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Co-lead counsel, civil rights action under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Symbol Technologies, Inc. et. al. v. Lemelson Foundation Partnership*
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Bar code reading methods.
Photonetics, Inc. v. New Focus*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Self-aligned, tunable lasers.
Ericsson v. Motorola Inc.*
Commercial Court of Zurich
Telecommunications.
Hoffmann La Roche v. Schering Plough Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
PEG alpha-Interferon.
Amasia International Ltd. v. Brown Group Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Lead counsel, anti-skid shoe soles.
Donnelly Corp. v. Metagal Industria E Comercia Ltda.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Lighted automobile rearview mirrors.
AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Telecommunications.
Lucent Technologies Inc. v. Austria Mikro Systeme International AG*
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Semiconductor fabrication.
Emory University v. BioChem Pharma Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
3TC.
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Exxon Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Polyethylene copolymers.
Bamberger (Exxon Chemical Co.) v. Cheruvu (Mobil Oil)*
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Interference counsel, polyethylene copolymers.
Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. v. Mallinckrodt Group Inc.*
New York State Supreme Court
Poultry, bovine and equine vaccines.
O.I. Corp. v. Tekmar*
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Purge and trap concentrators for gas chromatography.
Canich (Exxon Chemical Company) v. Stevens (Dow Chemical Co.)*
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Interference counsel, polyethylene copolymers.
Donnelly Corp. v. Gentex Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Electrochromic rearview automobile mirrors.
Baxter Diagnostics Inc. v. PB Diagnostic Systems, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
ELISA Assay.
AT&T Corp. v. Harris Corp.*
Superior Court of Delaware
Breach of patent license agreement.
Du Pont v. Phillips Petroleum*
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Polyethylene copolymers.
AT&T Corp. v. Integrated Device Technology, Inc.*
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Integrated circuit fabrication.
Gentex Corp. v. Donnelly Corp.*
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Electrochromic rearview automobile mirrors.
Trokel (VISX) v. L’Esperance (Taunton Technologies)*
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Interference counsel, corneal laser refractive surgery.
Munnerlyn (VISX) v. L’Esperance (Taunton Technologies)*
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Interference counsel, corneal laser refractive surgery.
*Prior Experience