William Brown Collier, Jr.

William Brown Collier, Jr., known professionally as Wills Collier, is a patent litigation attorney with a broad technical focus, particularly in complex disputes at Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP. His practice encompasses a wide range of technologies, including computer and electrical engineering, oil and gas systems, mechanical systems, wireless local area networks, cellular telephone systems, data transmission, and pharmaceuticals. Collier maintains a balanced practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent infringement actions. His tracked appearances reflect this, with an equal number of cases on the plaintiff and defendant sides.

As a Partner at Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, Collier is part of a firm that specializes exclusively in intellectual property litigation and related antitrust lawsuits. Prior to joining Heim, Payne & Chorush, he practiced patent litigation at large international law firms in Dallas and Houston and served as a law clerk to Judge Robert Schroeder III of the U U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. His notable case experience includes successfully defending inter partes review requests for Atlas Global Technologies at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and securing a $37.5 million patent infringement verdict for Atlas Global Technologies against TP-Link Technologies Co. related to wireless network transmission technology. Collier was also involved in the favorable settlement of router technology and network authentication cases for Monarch Networking Solutions against Cisco Systems, and an antitrust suit concerning the drug Colcrys. He has also represented Wapp companies in patent infringement cases involving mobile application development. The firm is currently involved in patent litigation where Network-1 Technologies, Inc. has accused Samsung Electronics Co., LTD and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of infringing patents related to eSIM and 5G technologies in mobile devices.

Collier possesses substantial experience in post-grant proceedings, having been part of a team that successfully defended three Inter Partes Review (IPR) requests at the PTAB. His firm is recognized among the most active and top-performing firms in matters before the PTAB. Collier earned his J.D. cum laude from Baylor Law School with a concentration in Intellectual Property, where he served as Senior Technical Editor on the Baylor Law Review and received the highest overall grade in Patent Law. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.