Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Nick's practice encompasses the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, with a focus on patents and trademarks.

A large part of Nick’s intellectual property practice concerns patent litigation and counseling. In patent cases, Nick has represented leading electronics and engineering firms, advising on a wide range of fields including digital cameras and camcorders, cellular phones, telecommunications links and infrastructure, aircraft systems, digital printing equipment, vending technologies, and others. He advises clients on patent validity and infringement issues, including patentability and product clearance opinions, and has assisted clients in the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the United States and abroad. His technical background includes board level assembly equipment and materials, as well as semiconductor circuitry fabrication. Nick holds a bachelor's in materials science and engineering.

In addition to his extensive patent practice, Nick also focuses on the adoption, use, prosecution and enforcement of trademarks and service marks. He regularly handles inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board as well as trademark, dilution and unfair competition claims in federal courts. He also negotiates and prepares various assignments and licenses addressing trademark rights. Nick’s trademark practice services clients at the forefront of a wide variety of industries including publishing, electronics and computers, toys and novelties, entertainment, home goods, construction and manufacturing, education, food and beverages, general merchandise, and apparel.

Nick's practice also includes copyright counseling, prosecution, and litigation.

Nick has also been involved in various pro bono matters, including assisting nonprofits with intellectual property issues, representing an aggrieved garnishee, landlord/tenant counseling, and incorporating a nonprofit scholarship foundation.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS The Best Lawyers in America - Litigation-Intellectual Property - 2023-2024 Missouri/Kansas SuperLawyers 'Rising Stars' 2014 Law Clerk to Judge Richard B. Teitelman, Missouri Supreme Court, 2004 Washington University Board of Trustees, Graduate Student Representative, 2003-2004 Washington University Law Quarterly