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William J. McCabe
Partner




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Practice

William McCabe is a partner in Ropes & Gray's Intellectual Property Group specializing in patent litigation and licensing, and is head of the IP Litigation Practice Group. Bill joined Ropes & Gray in 2005 when it merged with Fish & Neave, the IP boutique. He joined Fish & Neave in 1988, was a partner from 1997-2004, and Managing Partner in 2004.

Professional Experience

Bill's experience includes patent infringement and trade secret actions, licensing, re-examination and interference proceedings, primarily related to electrochromic mirrors, polymers, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor manufacture, bar code reading and telecommunications. 

Start-Up Engineer, UOP, Inc., 1980-85.

Honors & Awards

  • New York Super Lawyers (2007, 2008)


Memberships & Affiliations

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Arbitration Committee, 1997-2000)
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
  • New York Intellectual Property Law Association


Bar Admissions
  • New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office


Courts
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York


Education
  • 1988, J.D., The University of Chicago Law School
  • 1980, B.S. (Chemical Engineering), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute



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