Will Hickman

Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream at Shell Canada Products

Location
Houston, Texas Area
Industry
Legal Services

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Will Hickman's Overview

Current
  • Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream at Shell Canada Products
  • Portfolio Manager / Senior IP Counsel at Shell
Past
Education
  • University of Houston Law Center
  • University of Houston Law Center
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas A&M University
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Will Hickman's Summary

Corporate senior legal counsel with substantial in-house and outside legal experience supporting Fortune 50 corporations, small startups, and individual inventors. Extensive experience in patent procurement, agreement drafting and negotiations, and competitive intelligence.

Specialties

Patent drafting and prosecution in the United States and internationally for new inventions, patent opinions on existing patents, drafting and negotiating agreements, and analyzing third party IP positions for competitive intelligence.

Will Hickman's Experience

Senior Legal Counsel, Downstream

Shell Canada Products

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RDSA; Oil & Energy industry

March 2011Present (11 months)

Shell Canada Products is the downstream arm of Shell Canada. We have lawyers located in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal.

My works involves supporting the Canadian Green Corridor Project - using LNG for road transport; trading of crude oil and products; and downstream businesses such as aviation, distribution, and retail.

Portfolio Manager / Senior IP Counsel

Shell

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RDSA; Oil & Energy industry

November 2004Present (7 years 3 months)

Protect Shell's IP interests in the form of patents, trademarks, agreements, and trade secrets. Also perform competitive intelligence analysis comparing Shell's IP to our competitors.

Councilman Position 1

City of Bellaire

November 2005March 2011 (5 years 5 months) Bellaire, Texas

I served with 6 other Councilmen and the Mayor in my first 4 year term, and won re-election in November, 2009, for my second 4 year term. I resigned the post in March, 2011 when I transferred to Calgary for a work assignment.

The Bellaire City Council is the "Board of Directors" for the city. We hire a City Manager who handles day to day operations, and we set the tax rate, set the department budgets, and oversee large purchases and projects.

Legal Counsel - IP

Shell Oil Company

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; RDS; Oil & Energy industry

20042008 (4 years)

Patent Attorney

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry

20022004 (2 years)

Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry

20012003 (2 years)

Worked in the Los Angeles office working on patent preparation and prosecution, trademark prosecution, patent and trademark litigation, patents opinions, and client counseling for a variety of semiconductor, medical device, nutraceutical, and other clients.

Will Hickman's Education

University of Houston Law Center

LLM, Intellectual Property

20042007

University of Houston Law Center

Juris Doctor, Law

19982001

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

19921997

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science, Industrial Distribution

19921997

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