Chad Nydegger - Equity Shareholder

Mr. Nydegger’s practice focuses on all aspects intellectual property, including litigation, patent prosecution, and trademark prosecution. From August 2004 to August 2005, Mr. Nydegger served as a Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for the Honorable Chief Judge Randall Rader.  Mr. Nydegger’s litigation experience includes representing clients in connection with patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition claims, and trademark oppositions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  Mr. Nydegger’s prosecution experience includes prosecution of applications for trademarks, design patents and for utility patents in the mechanical, software and nutraceutical fields.

Primary Practice Focus

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • Patent Infringement
  • Trademark Infringement
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Trade Dress Infringement
  • Unfair Business Practices
  • Patent and Trademark Oppositions

• Appeals
  • Assistance with Appeals Before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Other Regional Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
  • Before the Board of Appeals and Patent Interferences, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Other Practice Experience

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
  • Patentability Opinions
  • Patent Infringement Opinions
  • Defensive Opinions of Non-Infringement and Design Around Counseling
  • Negotiation of Settlement Agreements
• U.S. Prosecution of IP
  • Utility and Design Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark Prosecution
  • Copyright Prosecution

Technical Experience

• Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Biotechnology & Life Sciences
  • Biology and Physiology

• Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
  • Sports, Exercise and Health Equipment
  • Household Appliances
  • Medical and Dental Devices

Second Language

Italian

Education

• J.D., high honors, Order of the Coif, The George Washington University Law School, 2003
• B.S. Brigham Young University, Business Management, Finance Emphasis, 2000

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• Registered Patent Attorney
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)