Tackling the most serious IP challenges effectively

Nick Schmidbauer is a leading intellectual property (IP) strategist who works with national and multinational companies to build, secure, enforce, protect and monetize their IP. Nick and his team address the full range of IP needs, including:

• Patent, trademark and copyright applications and prosecution
• Global IP protection and enforcement
• Clearance, infringement and validity determinations and opinions
• IP litigation and dispute resolution

A highly skilled team leader and problem solver, Nick focuses a critical eye on a company's business needs and crafts IP strategies to align with a client's long-term business goals. Clients rely on Nick and his team to take on the most serious IP challenges and, with incisive analysis and hard work, deliver optimal results.

Nick is chair of the Patent - Consumer Products and Industrial Design Group and Chicago office chair for the Intellectual Property Group.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003)

• University of Michigan (B.S., 2000)
  • Mechanical Engineering

• University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business (Certificate of Executive Management, 2013)

• "Drafting skills"
• A Quick Dive Into the Upcoming Changes to Chinese Design Patent Law
• Another Step Forward: Further Updates on In re Maatita and Design Definiteness
• Design Patent Drafting Strategies in View of Apple v. Samsung
• Implications of Prosecution History Estoppel for Design Patents Clarified by CAFC
• Mason Baranczyk, Justin DeAngelis, James Aquilina and Nicholas Schmidbauer Author IP Watchdog Article on Divisive Design Patent Case and Design Definiteness
• Online Marketplaces Beginning to Enforce Industrial Design Rights
• Recent Changes to International Design Law
• U.S. Design Patent Enablement and Definiteness Requirements in view of In re: Maatita
• "The America Invents Act: What Corporate Lawyers Need to Know About Changes to the Patent Law"

Seminar

• Business Law Training | Who's Driving This? Overview and Impact of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
• Industrial Design Committee Meeting - In re Maatita Roundtable