Trusted Leader
Bill is managing partner and chair of the IP section at Munck Wilson.
Award-winning, internationally recognized IP Lawyer
Bill is honored annually as a leading IP lawyer, an inspiring law firm leader, and an authority on technology-focused legal issues.
Go-to Pro for Litigation, Preparation and Prosecution of Patents
Bill has 29 years of IP law experience, and his firm achieves hall of fame jury verdicts for clients.
William A. Munck is the managing partner of Munck Wilson Mandala. He is a member of the executive committee and chairs the firm’s technology/intellectual property law group. Mr. Munck has more than 29 years of experience counseling clients regarding development of market-focused offensive and defensive intellectual property portfolios. His technical expertise is in the hardware, software, firmware, gaming, wired/wireless communication, energy, defense and medical device/healthcare fields.
Mr. Munck is known as an attorney who will never give up the fight for his clients. He has been listed among the prestigous Dallas 500 consecutively since 2020 and he is honored in many other leadership roles in the legal community. In 2010, he was named as one of the top defenders in the North Texas region by the Dallas Business Journal and he has been the leader of one of the strongest intellectual property legal teams in North Texas. D CEO magazine refers to Mr. Munck’s law firm as a “Dallas intellectual property law powerhouse.”
Mr. Munck’s practice emphasizes long-range corporate strategies for the domestic and foreign procurement, management and enforcement of intellectual property rights; defense against third-party infringement claims, including prosecution of IPR, reexamination and other third-party proceedings; analysis, development and rendering of legal positions and opinions; and negotiation of technology transfers and related intellectual property issues associated with private and public financings, mergers, acquisitions, and industry and patent troll licensing matters.
Mr. Munck began his career with a full-service Texas-based law firm and a prominent New York IP litigation boutique. He also worked for several years as a lead software engineer and project manager with Axiom Systems, Inc. in New York, where he managed a design team responsible for designing and developing an industrial laboratory control system.
Mr. Munck is highly ranked by Chambers and Partners USA in intellectual property law. Clients interviewed by Chambers refer to him as “the go-to guy for litigation, prep and prosecution,” adding: “You can get hold of him 24/7, particularly in a crisis,” and: “He understands the business use of the patent.”
Mr. Munck has been selected by his peers annually as a Texas Super Lawyer and a Best Lawyer in America in intellectual property. In 2017, Mr. Munck was added to the list of Distinguished Alumni by his law school, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
In the community, Mr. Munck is involved with Hunger Busters, a non-profit organization focused on providing meals for food-challenged students in the Dallas ISD. He serves on the executive committee of the organization and he has also served on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and on the executive committee for the Dallas chapter. Mr. Munck is actively involved in local and national bar associations and he is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation and Life Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation.
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Intellectual Property Law Section
Dallas Bar Association
Intellectual Property Law Section
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Dallas-Fort Worth Patent and Trademark Association
Computer Law Association
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Executive Committee Member, Dallas Chapter, 2010-present
Board of Directors, 1999-2005
STARTech Early Ventures, L.L.P.
Advisory Board, 1997-2004
U.S. Lacrosse, North Texas Chapter
2005 – 2011
The Dallas 500 – The Most Powerful Business
Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth by D CEO Magazine
2020-2022
Best Lawyers in America, Woodward White, Inc.
2006-2022
Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters
2003-2021
Top Attorneys for Patent Prosecution, Patexia
2017-2021
Diversity & Inclusion Champion, Texas Legal Awards, Texas Lawyer
2020
IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Patent Star
2019-2022
Chambers and Partners USA Guide: America’s Leading Business Lawyers (Intellectual Property)
2004-2021
IAM Patent 1000 Global Leader
2021 – 2022
IAM Patent 1000 Recommended Professional
2020-2022
Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine
2019, 2021
Distinguished Leader, Professional Excellence Awards, Texas Lawyer
2017
Distinguished Alumni, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Top 100 Super Lawyers in DFW
Thomson Reuters
2012, 2015 and 2016
Top Intellectual Property Lawyers, Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
2008-2012
Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Dallas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Best Lawyers® 2020 Sports Law “Lawyer of the Year” Dallas/Fort Worth
Texas, 1993
New York, 1994
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Weathering The Storm of False Marking Claims
Law 360, June 11, 2010
Make sure you’re protected: Protecting intellectual property from employees
Smart Business, June 2008
New rules: The new patent office rules create hubbub
Smart Business, December 2008
Safeguarding Your Assets: How You Can Protect Your Intellectual Property
Smart Business Dallas, April 2007
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