Intellectual Property, Trade Secret, Copyright Law Expert. Bill has been helping businesses, ranging from Fortune 100 firms to individual entrepreneurs, to protect their patents, trademarks, and copyrights. A former Patent Office Examiner, he is a partner with Dickinson Wright, LLC. He’s especially good at keeping clients out of court. He also offers a program on how to protect your Intellectual Property, by using the ReCiPe for success to protect your IP while at the same time protect you from infringing upon the IP of others.