Gregory M. Howison

Gregory (Greg) M. Howison is a partner practicing in the intellectual property group. Greg is a registered U.S. Patent Attorney with over 41 years of experience in IP law. He specializes in the software, telecommunications, semiconductor industries, and E-commerce and has prepared and obtained significant patent coverage on a number of large telecommunications networks, voice messaging systems, video conferencing systems, semiconductor devices, neural network systems, and software systems.

Greg is the founding partner of Howison & Arnott, a boutique IP firm he established in 1999. He also serves as a consultant to companies (both patentees and licensees) involved in patent licensing negotiations in the U.S., Japan, and China. Greg has been lead counsel on numerous Inter Partes Reviews (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for both patent owners and petitioners. Prior to entering law school, Greg was employed for over nine years as a design engineer in the field of high-frequency communications, and digital and analog design, including service with Westinghouse Defense Center, Texas Instruments, Inc., and Rockwell International.

Education

Associations & Memberships

Registered U.S. Patent Attorney

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

State Bar of Texas

Dallas Bar Association

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.
2021-2023

Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
2011-2022

IP Star, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine,
2019-2020, 2022

IAM Patent 1000 Recommended Professionals
2020 – 2023

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review
Rated in Martindale-Hubbell

Bar Admissions

Texas, 1981

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas