Nick is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney based in EIP's San Diego, California office. He joined EIP from an Am Law 100 firm where he focused primarily on patent litigation and trade secret matters for high-tech companies.
Nick has experience drafting and prosecuting patents related to consumer electronic devices, computer systems, distributed power generation, display technology, telecommunications standards and mechanical devices. Nick also has experience in patent litigation matters regarding mechanical devices, consumer electronic devices, video game systems, Assisted-GPS, and integrated circuit design.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Nick worked as a senior systems engineer on classified projects for Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Experience
- Gabriel Techs. Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc. (S.D. Cal.) – successfully represented Qualcomm in patent and trade secret case to full summary judgment and awarded over $12 million in attorneys’ fees; affirmed by Federal Circuit.
- HSM Portfolio LLC et al. v Qualcomm Incorporated et al. (D. Del.) – represented defendant in patent litigation concerning integrated circuit design.
- Shinsedai Company Limited v. Nintendo of America et al. (S.D. Cal.) – represented defendant in patent litigation concerning video game systems.
- Emissive Energy Corporation v. NovaTac, Inc (D.R.I.) – represented defendant in patent litigation concerning electrical devices resulting in positive settlement.
- SKF Condition Monitoring, Inc. v. SAT Corporation (S.D. Cal.) – represented plaintiff in patent litigation concerning electrical device.
- I-Flow Corp. v. Apex Medical Tech. (S.D. Cal.) – represent plaintiff in patent litigation and trade secret misappropriation case concerning medical device resulting in multi-million dollar award for client.
Recent work
- Successfully defended a client against four Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions.
Published articles
- Summer 2015
Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal , Trolling for an NPE Solution (link) - Summer 2014
EIP Blog, Alice explained – US Supreme Court Decision on Computer-Implemented Inventions - Summer 2014
The IPKat, Curiouser and Curiouser? More details on Alice v CLS Bank decision of SCOTUS - Fall 2011
San Diego Lawyer, Making the Case for a Tablet - Summer 2011
SideBAR, New E.D. Texas Procedures for ‘Nuisance Value’ Patent Litigation
Education and qualifications
Nick is licensed to practice in the State of California and in front of the USPTO. Nick is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law (J.D. with honors) and University of Virginia (M.S. Systems Engineering and B.S. Systems Engineering).
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2006 — 2009
Juris Doctorate, University of Texas -
2002 — 2003
Master of Science, System Engineering, University of Virginia -
1998 — 2002
Bachelor of Science, System Engineering, University of Virginia
Career history
- 2015 — present
Partner, EIP US LLP - 2013 — 2015
Senior Associate, EIP US LLP - 2011 — 2013
Associate, Cooley LLP - 2009 — 2011
Associate, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP - 2005 — 2006
Senior Systems Engineer, Raytheon - 2003 — 2005
Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
Awards and recognition
- San Diego Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016