Shareholder
Attorney Assistant
Sarah Lueckler
slueckler@wnlaw.com
(801) 533-9800
Education
Joined Workman Nydegger in 2024
Experience
A.A, B.A., Utah State University
Elliott Williams helps businesses turn creativity and innovation into profitable opportunities. As an intellectual property attorney, he helps companies protect their market share and safeguard innovative products and services. He handles enforcement and defense litigation involving inventions, brands, trade secrets, product designs, software, and other forms of intellectual property. His practice includes matters before federal courts and agencies, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, International Trade Commission, and Customs and Border Protection, as well as enforcement through online channels. Elliott takes a practical approach to resolving disputes, often achieving favorable outcomes without litigation. He enjoys finding creative ways to leverage intellectual property to enhance revenue and limit unfair competition.
Elliott also advises clients on U.S. trade and import laws, supply chain diligence, trade remedies, and actions by U.S. trade authorities. His experience includes advising on trade remedies, import regulations, and intellectual property matters involving renewable energy projects, including investor contracts, project transfers, module supply terms, and power purchase agreements.
Elliott grew up in Alaska, near Anchorage. Before pursuing a career in law, he taught junior high and high school at a small private school in Beaverton, Oregon, while also working part-time as a freelance web programmer.
Services & Technologies
Services
Technologies
Experience
Litigation
Represented SnapRays, LLC (SnapPower) in a patent infringement jury trial in the Northern District of Texas, securing summary judgment of infringement and a unanimous verdict finding patent validity and willful infringement and awarding approximately $9.4 million in damages.
Represented SnapRays LLC dba SnapPower in defeating a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court, preserving a precedential appellate victory in a patent enforcement matter. The petition sought to overturn a ruling that upheld personal jurisdiction in Utah based on the opposing party’s enforcement activity through Amazon.com. The Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari allowed the favorable judgment of the Court of Appeals to stand.
Represented multiple clients in connection with enforcement and defense of patents, trademark, and copyrights in e-commerce environment.
Represented multiple clients in connections with software contract disputes.
Represented multiple clients in responding to copyright infringement notices.
Represented building materials company in trademark enforcement litigation, securing a favorable settlement during discovery.
Represented consumer products company in trademark enforcement litigation.
Represented visual arts artist in litigation against anonymous online sellers of infringing works.
Represented outdoor products company in patent enforcement matters, including securing a favorable royalty after a year of federal court litigation.
Represented patent owner SnapRays LLC d/b/a SnapPower in patent enforcement including before the U.S. International Trade Commission, winning determinations of patent infringement and validity and a general exclusion order; before U.S. Customs and Border Protection, winning determination that competitor products were infringing and excluded by application of general exclusion order.
Represented clothing company in patent enforcement litigation, obtaining dismissal of defendant’s invalidity contentions under local patent rules resulting in favorable settlement.
Defended grocery chain against copyright lawsuit and negotiated successful settlement.
Defended international consumer products company against patent infringement complaint resulting in manufacturer indemnity and dismissal of claims.
Defended online mapping service against copyright lawsuit resulting in voluntary dismissal of claims.
Represented patent owner for a medical training device in successful appeal of claim construction to Federal Circuit and subsequent summary judgment of infringement, resulting in favorable settlement.
Defended SOFA Entertainment, owner of the rights to the Ed Sullivan Show, from copyright infringement claims in federal court in Oregon. We won summary judgment against the plaintiff’s claim for statutory damages under the copyright act, and the plaintiff dismissed the suit shortly thereafter.
Represented online training services company in federal court against former reseller to recover unpaid royalties and unauthorized use of training modules, resulting in recovery of content and monetary settlement.
Defended heavy equipment manufacturer from patent infringement claims through discovery and summary judgment hearing. Plaintiff settled for small fraction of original demand.
Filed lawsuit to challenge false allegations of trademark infringement online, resulting in a release of all claims and payment of compensation to our client.
Recovered attorneys’ fees in trademark litigation on behalf of successful defendant.
IP Arbitration, Advice, and Attorney Letters
Represented multiple clients in domain name arbitrations (UDRP) before the Arbitration Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
Represented multiple clients in brand enforcement for wine labels, restaurants, sporting goods, consumer products, education and information services, payment services, among others.
Represented multiple clients in patent licensing programs.
Draft cease and desist letters addressing patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
Advise clients regarding bequests of copyright interests and termination rights.
U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office
Represented multiple clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), for goods and services including distilled spirits, beer, wine, packaging services, laboratory research, carrying bags, financial services, healthcare services.
Secured favorable written TTAB decision on behalf of winery, barring registration of conflict trademark.
Applications for trademark registration for client goods and services including restaurants, waterproofing and decorative coatings, clothing, education services, marketing, fundraising, coffee makers, fresh vegetables, beer.
Applications for copyright registration for works including software, user manuals, photographs, and logos.
Ex Parte and Inter Partes proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and before the Central Reexamination Unit of the USPTO.
Advise clients regarding application strategy for patent, trademark, and copyright registration.
Customs and Trade
Advise clients regarding trade and import rules, including classification of goods, country of origin, and application of trade remedies.
Advise clients regarding trade remedy proceedings in the U.S. Department of Commerce, legal challenges to trade remedies, and impact of trade remedies on commercial activities.
Assist clients to prepare submissions to trade agencies, including Customs ruling letter requests under 19 CFR Part 177.
Advise client regarding U.S. import laws.
Other
Develop credit card acceptance strategy for compliance with applicable state, federal, and credit card issuer rules.
Non-disclosure agreements.
Education & Admissions
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2014
M.A., Modern History, University of St Andrews, 2008
B.S., Physics, Hillsdale College
Admissions
Utah State Bar
Oregon State Bar
United States District Court for the District of Oregon
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Services
Technologies
Recognitions
2026 – Present, Listed in World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 – the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
2021–2025, Included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (Intellectual Property Law)
Recognitions
2026 – Present, Listed in World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 – the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals
2021–2025, Included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (Intellectual Property Law)
Memberships & Activities
Legal Aid Society of Oregon, Volunteer Attorney
Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Volunteer Attorney
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Member
Federal Circuit Bar Association, Member
Oregon State Bar, Intellectual Property Section, Member of Executive Committee