Mr Bill Goodwin > Ward Hadaway LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
Ward Hadaway LLP Offices
5 WELLINGTON PLACE
LEEDS
LS1 4AP
England
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Mr Bill Goodwin
Work Department
IP/IT
Position
Partner
Career
Bill is a commercial lawyer with many years’ experience of advising on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and information technology matters. He is also a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney.
chartered-trade-mark-attorney-e-card-brandingBill has gained a reputation amongst innovative businesses for providing practical, commercial and user-friendly advice, beyond the usual legal assistance.
He regularly presents talks to entrepreneurs and business people on protecting and exploiting brands, technology and other innovations.
Bill advises a very wide range of clients, including PLCs, SMEs, start-ups and inventors, on all aspects of commercial law.
He has particular expertise in relation to the development and exploitation of new technologies, trade mark law and information technology.
Bill has worked with many businesses to help them develop, protect and successfully exploit new technologies.
This has included providing strategic advice on protecting and exploiting new products; drafting and negotiating research and development agreements and intellectual property licensing agreements and advising technology-focused businesses on joint ventures and corporate transactions.
Bill combines in-depth knowledge of the law on patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and confidential information with the ability to explain complex concepts accessibly.
He has a wealth of experience advising brand owners on trade mark law and regularly files and prosecutes trade mark applications in the UK, Europe and internationally for clients.
Working with a number of well known brands, he frequently advises on disputes concerning the ownership, validity and infringement of trade marks.
Bill advises software developers, software resellers and purchasers of IT systems and services on licensing and implementation projects. This has included a number of high value projects involving business-critical IT systems.
Bill has completed a number of secondments with clients including a major retailer and a large software supplier. This has given him a keen understanding of the commercial pressures his clients face every day.
Lawyer Rankings
North > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Ward Hadaway LLP is active in contentious and non-contentious work, especially regarding trade marks, spanning opposition, invalidity and infringement mandates. The practice has experience working with universities and spin-out companies from the university sector, and a growing number of clients from the life sciences, pharmaceutical and medical devices sector. The department is jointly led by Judy Baker and Bill Goodwin, who is a dual-qualified solicitor and chartered trade mark attorney and regularly advises on new technologies, trade mark law and IT issues. Associate Sally Sanderson is a core member of the team, and Sonia Burgess, director and chartered trade mark attorney, joined the department in August 2023.
Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Ward Hadaway LLP‘s client list ranges from technology start-ups and entrepreneurs to blue-chip clients and established businesses, which it assists with trade mark registrations, portfolio management and trade mark disputes. Bill Goodwin heads up the team, and has specialist knowledge of new technologies, information technology issues and trade marks. Rebecca Whisker and Mridvika Elliott add further support to the team, with the former acting in IP and data protection cases, and the latter drafting contracts and advising on data protection compliance and general IP matters.
Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Suppliers of IT products and services largely make up the client base of Ward Hadaway LLP‘s IT practice, which is well equipped to draft and negotiate IT supply contracts, customer contracts and service agreements. Practice head Bill Goodwin works at the intersection of technology and intellectual property issues, assisting technology clients with IP licensing agreements, joint ventures and transactions. Rebecca Whisker and Mridvika Elliott further strengthen the team in Leeds.
Lawyer Rankings
- IT and telecoms Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Intellectual property Yorkshire and the Humber > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
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- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Planning
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery