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Founder · Intellectual Property & Technology Law

Will Montague

Over 30 years of experience representing businesses and individuals across various industries, with a deep focus in intellectual property & technology law.

Portrait of Will Montague
Will Montague, Founder

Attorney Background

Will Montague is a highly experienced intellectual property law attorney whose career spans numerous industries, with a special focus on intellectual property and business litigation. He has served as lead counsel in commercial, intellectual property, and technology cases in federal and state courts for more than three decades. His understanding of the nuances involved in protecting assets — and proactive, tailored legal strategies — have made him a trusted advisor to innovators of every size.

After leaving a major law firm at the end of 2010, Will founded his solo practice in a local tech hub, immersing himself in the entrepreneurial environment alongside software developers, video game creators, and other innovators. This move allowed him to fully integrate cost-effective legal counsel into the working rhythm of the companies he serves.

Other attorneys are among Will’s most frequent sources of new matters. Solo and small-firm colleagues frequently refer intellectual property and technology-related matters to him, and litigation counsel bring him in as IP or technology-specific co-counsel. He is careful with those relationships: the client you send remains your client for everything beyond the matter at hand.

A graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Kentucky College of Law, Will began his career clerking for a federal judge before joining Stoll Keenon & Park, where he became an equity partner and co-founded the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Department. He later became an equity partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP before launching Montague Law PLLC in 2011 to provide more personalized, cost-effective legal counsel.

Experience & Areas of Focus

Having represented high-profile clients across industries like information technology, healthcare, retail, and the arts, Will has been lead counsel in numerous significant matters. He has been recognized for his contributions to the legal field with various honors and awards, and has co-authored legal publications. Representative matters from Will’s litigation practice are listed on the IP litigation, business litigation, and technology litigation pages.

  • Intellectual Property (Trademark, Copyright, Patent, and Trade Secret Services)
  • Business Law
  • Contracts & Transactions
  • Privacy & Security Law
  • Litigation
  • Technology & Commercialization
  • Computer & Internet Law
  • Entertainment & Media Law

Honors & Awards

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating: 5.0 out of 5 ("AV® Preeminent"), 2009 to present — AV® Preeminent is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies.

Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2016 to present — Selected to the Kentucky Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers is a rating service of Thomson Reuters; selection is not a certification of specialization. No more than 5% of attorneys in each state are selected.

Order of the Coif — honor awarded to the top ten percent of the law school graduating class.

Kentucky Law Journal, Associate Editor

Professional & Civic Organizations
  • American Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Business Law Sections)
  • American Bar Association eLawyering Task Force appointee (2011 to 2015)
  • International Trademark Association (2012 to present)
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) (2014 to 2018)
  • Isaiah House, Inc. (Board Member, 2018 to 2021)
  • Kentucky Lawyers for the Arts (2012 to 2015)
  • Kentucky Film Association (2018)
  • Kentucky Bar Association (1993 to present)
  • Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow (2010 to 2020)
  • Fayette County Bar Association (Chair of Intellectual Property & Computer Law Section, 1999-2001)
  • Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass (Board Member, 2001-2003)
  • University of Kentucky Natural Products Alliance (Industry Participant, 2002-2003)
  • Lexington Vanderbilt Alumni Club (President, 1998-2002)
  • Kentucky Technology Council (Steering Committee, 2002)
  • Leadership Bluegrass (Graduate, Class of 1994-95)
Publications & Presentations
  • Copyright Litigation Strategies Handbook, co-author of Chapter 28 (“Other Remedies and Injunctive Relief”), American Bar Association, 2017.
  • June 11, 2013: “Intellectual Property” – presented to the Kentucky Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs
  • April 11, 2013: “E-Lawyering and the Cloud” – Fayette County Bar Association’s Technology Series of Continuing Legal Education
  • November 7, 2012: “Intellectual Property Q&A with Will Montague” – Shift Design Group
  • December 10, 2010: ”Safely Storing Confidential Customer Data in the Cloud” – Business Lexington
  • April 8, 2008: “Copyright and Trademark Law: What PR Professionals Should Know about Intellectual Property” – Public Relations Society of America (Thoroughbred Chapter)
  • February 19, 2008: “Intellectual Property” – University of Kentucky Entrepreneurs Club
  • June 27, 2006: “New Issues in Electronic Discovery” – Fayette County Bar Association, Bench & Bar CLE
  • September – December 2004: (multiple events) “Intellectual Property: Trademark/Copyright” – Kentucky Bar Association Kentucky Law Update CLE
  • September 29, 2004: “Intellectual Property Protection for Software” – Lexington Information Technology Forum
  • June 29, 2004: “Online Legal Resources: Beyond Lexis and Westlaw” – Fayette County Bar Association Bench & Bar CLE
  • June 1, 2004: ”Vicarious Liability and Copyright Law: Breaking with Tradition,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 10, No. 9 – American Law Media
  • October 27, 2003: “Copyright Law and Music Piracy” – Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts
  • December 12, 2002: “Recent Developments in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Patent Law” – University of Kentucky Advanced Science and Technology Center
  • November 1, 2002: “Software Licenses – From Mass Market EULAs to Mission Critical Development and Installation Agreements” – University of Kentucky College of Law, Computer & Technology Law Institute CLE
  • September 9, 2002: “Business of Ideas: Intellectual Property Law” – Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation’s ideaFestival
  • June 27, 2002: “Electronic Evidence (Before the Courtroom)” – Fayette County Bar Association, Bench & Bar CLE
  • April 25, 2002: “Avoiding Copyright Problems” – Stoll Keenon & Park Keeneland CLE Seminar
  • December 2001: (multiple events) “Intellectual Property: A Whole New Ballgame” – Kentucky Bar Association Kentucky Law Update CLE
  • November 15, 2001: “Protecting Intellectual Property – Patents versus Trade Secrets: Two Sides of the Same Coin” – University of Kentucky Advanced Science and Technology Center
  • November 1, 2001: “Software Licensing: How to Avoid ‘Walking the Plank’ for Piracy” – Fayette County Bar Association CLE
  • September 20, 2001: “Software Licensing: How to Avoid ‘Walking the Plank’ for Piracy” – Louisville Bar Association CLE
  • June 15-16, 2001: ”The Kentucky Law and Technology Show” – Kentucky Bar Association 2001 Annual Convention (coordinator and panel moderator)
  • April 18, 2001: “UCITA and Copyright Law” – Kentucky Bar Association, Corporate House Counsel Seminar CLE
  • June 7, 2000: “It May Not Be Silicon Valley But…” – Silicon Central eConference (panel moderator)
  • March 17, 2000: “Business Method Patents: A Litigation Perspective” – University of Kentucky College of Law, Computer Law Institute CLE

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