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William Mansfield is the Director of Intellectual Property for ABRO Industries, Inc. headquartered in South Bend, Indiana. ABRO exports a wide variety of household, automotive and light industrial goods such as glues, tapes and oils from the United States under the ABRO® brand to individuals in developing nations worldwide. Mr. Mansfield is in charge of protecting the over 2,000 trademarks ABRO has registered in over 175 countries. He has himself traveled to 55 foreign countries and handled matters in over 160. This involves coordinating the actions of attorneys, investigators, and government officials on six continents (and he is hoping for a case in Antarctica to arise one day as well).
Mr. Mansfield earned both his J.D. and M.B.A. from Indiana University. He is the Vice-Chair of the Quality Brands Protection Committee of China where he helps the group’s mission to provide support to international brands facing intellectual property issues in China. Mr. Mansfield also provides consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses facing counterfeiting and other intellectual property related difficulties through his company, Emergent IP Consulting, LLC. Finally, he is an adjunct professor of international business at the University of Saint Francis.