William P. Oberhardt

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Unfair Competition, Prosecution, Litigation and Appeals, Licensing, Technology Transfer, Opinions and Counseling.

Admitted: 1978, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Federal Circuits and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Law School: DePaul University, J.D., 1978. Interned with the Illinois Attorney General's Office.

College: University of Notre Dame, B.S.M.E., with honors, 1975. Notre Dame Ford Foundation Scholar; Member of the Pi Tau Sigma National Honorary Society for mechanical engineers.

Member: Chicago, Federal Circuit and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.

Notable Cases:

McNeil-PPC, Inc. v. Bayer Corp. (E.D. Pa. 2002)--trial counsel for a major pharmaceutical company suing for patent infringement, resulting in a seven figure jury verdict following a five week trial

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Rexene Corp. (Fed. Cir. 1996 & D. Del. 1997)--trial counsel for a major petrochemical company suing for patent infringement, resulting in an eight figure damages award following trial

Loral Corp. v. The B.F. Goodrich Co. (S.D. Ohio 1989 & Fed. Cir. 1990)--trial counsel for a large aerospace manufacturing company, successfully defending against a patent infringement suit involving an eight figure claim for damages

Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc. v. DEV Industries, Inc. (7^th Cir. 1991)-- appellate counsel for a printing press manufacturing company, successfully obtaining an appellate court decision sustaining causes of action for trade secret misappropriation and RICO violations based on the theft of manufacturing drawings for printing press components

Parker-Hannifin Corp. v. Delta Power Co. (N. D. Ill. 2004)--trial counsel for a leading hydraulic component manufacturer suing for patent infringement, successfully obtaining a favorable settlement based on a suit for patent infringement