David W Nagle Jr

Practice Areas

Copyrights

Entrepreneurial Services

Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret & Unfair Competition Litigation

Intellectual Property & Technology

Intellectual Property Litigation

Licensing

Manufacturing

Patent Prosecution & Protection

Telecommunications, Technology & Internet Law

Trademarks

Career

David Nagle is a Member of Stites & Harbison. He is a Registered Patent Attorney who has been with the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group at the firm since its inception in 2000. With more than two decades of experience in patent and intellectual property matters and an advanced engineering degree, his knowledge and technical expertise allows him to deftly assist clients in navigating often complex business and legal issues.

David has extensive experience prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications covering a wide range of subject matter, including machines, consumer products, medical devices, and software-implemented innovations. He also routinely counsels clients on trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters, and he regularly negotiates and prepares licensing agreements and other contracts implicating intellectual property rights. David is recognized as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP), a designation which acknowledges licensing professionals who have demonstrated their experience and proficiency in licensing and the commercialization of intellectual property.

Professional Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, Member

Kentucky Bar Association

Louisville Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, Member

Licensing Executives Society International

International Trademark Association

Publications

"Europe Continues Progress Toward Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, March 9, 2022

"Intellectually Speaking: As more startups come online in Louisville, the need for advice on intellectual property increases — which is where lawyers enter the picture," Louisville Business First, November 24, 2021

Personal

University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 1998

University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School, M.E., Mechanical Engineering, with high honors, 1995

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

United States Patent and Trademark Office