Bill Warren advises clients on strategic intellectual property issues primarily in the life sciences sector, but also in a number of other industries.
The majority of his practice focuses on patents related to biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical inventions. Bill prosecutes patents globally, counsels clients on validity and infringement issues and prepares product clearance opinions and development strategies. He also negotiates technology transfer licensing agreements and conducts intellectual property due diligence for other corporate transactions.
Bill is Chair of Eversheds Sutherland’s US Life Sciences team. He also protects trademarks and copyrights and, when necessary, participates in litigating intellectual property issues. In particular, he counsels various entities on Hatch-Waxman pharmaceutical and related biosimilars issues. For more than three decades, Bill has worked with clients ranging from multinational corporations, to early-stage entrepreneurial companies, to nonprofit university and science research centers. He is a frequent speaker and writer on developments in patent law affecting the life sciences industry.
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- Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of intellectual property (2023-2025)
- Named to Best Lawyers in the area of biotechnology and life sciences (2025-2026) and Patent Law (2026)
- Recognized in IP Stars® by Managing Intellectual Property (2013-2025)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of patents: prosecution (2020-2021, 2025)
- Named among “Georgia’s Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine (2007)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2005-2006)
- Vice-Chair, Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) International Patent and Trade Law Committee, Genetic Resources
- Board Member, Center for Global Health Innovation
- Board Member, Georgia BIO
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property Law Section
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, Licensing Executives Society
- Member, Association for University Technology Managers
- Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- J.D., Emory University School of Law,
Member, Moot Court Society
- M.S., Georgia State University
- B.A., cum laude, Middlebury College
- M.B.A., Emory University School of Business