William S. Morriss is a co-founder and Senior Technology Advisor for IP Toolworks, LLC. His legal and technical insight has played a formative role in the company’s quest to achieve the new insight and more efficient practice in patent prosecution by harnessing technology to unlock historically and siloed knowledge. William is a member at Frost Brown Todd, LLC, where he has over a decade of experience as an IP attorney. Through his practice, he has focused on the patenting and licensing of software-implemented inventions, Blockchain, privacy, and data security. He is a consistent innovator and has received a patent (U.S. Pat. No. 8,589,306) for open source licensing technology.

Julie is a patent attorney at the law firm of Frost Brown Todd and focuses her practice in the areas of patent preparation and prosecution in the both the United States and globally; development and management of IP strategies, preparing freedom to practice and patentability opinions as well as reviewing and negotiating a variety of IP related agreements. Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd, Julie served as counsel for the Intellectual Property practice at The Procter & Gamble Company for nine years. She also spent time at the University of Cincinnati where she was a research associate in the Department of Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine.