John Krieger

Practice Areas

Mr. Krieger is a member in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports Departments. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation in both state and federal court; prosecuting and defending clients for claims including trademark infringement, copyright infringement, patent infringement, domain name, and anti-counterfeiting litigation; as well as trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition.

Mr. Krieger has extensive experience litigating cases involving the infringement of intellectual property rights over the Internet, and has successfully shut down websites containing infringing material, secured the transfer of infringing domain names for his clients, and counseled clients in defensive domain name registration strategies to protect their intellectual property in the U.S. and around the world. He has summarily defeated challenges to jurisdiction and obtained numerous preliminary and permanent injunctions against third party infringers.

Mr. Krieger has also litigated matters involving the infringement of trademarks, trade dress and copyrights, as well as counterfeit goods, at international Las Vegas trade shows, including obtaining emergency seizure orders and permanent injunctive relief. He has filed numerous opposition and cancellation proceedings on behalf of clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Krieger has sought or defended the full spectrum of remedies including actual, statutory, and punitive damages; temporary restraining order; preliminary injunctions; permanent injunctions; and contempt hearings.

Mr. Krieger counsels clients on strategies to strengthen their intellectual property assets and avoid litigation by properly developing, documenting, registering and licensing their intellectual property rights. He regularly files trademark and copyright applications, at both the state and federal level, on behalf of clients. Mr. Krieger also conducts intellectual property audits and works with clients to inventory intellectual property and develop and implement asset protection plans.

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Section of the Nevada State Bar, Member and Former Chair; Clark County Bar Association, Member; California State Bar Intellectual Property Section, Member; American Bar Association, Trademark and Copyright Sections; DRI, Intellectual Property Litigation Section; Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for the District of Nevada, Former Lawyer Representative; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Former Adjunct Professor teaching “The Law of the Internet”

Publications

Co-Author, “Art Law: Cases and Controversies,” Chapters “Copyrights in the United States” & “The Visual Artists Rights Act in the United States,” April 2022; Co-Author, "Counterfeit Corner,” IP Litigator, Volume 28, Number 1, January 2022; Co-Author, "Brand Protection and Fighting Fakes Online,” Intellectual Property Magazine, November 2021; Co-Author, "Romag Fasteners V. Fossil: Unfastening the Circuit Split on Profit Awards for Trademark Infringement,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, May 2020; Author, “Cybersecurity Protecting Personally Identifiable Information,” Nevada Business Magazine, November 2016; Author, “How to Protect Customers’ Private Information,” Vegas Inc., February 9, 2015; Author, “Sweepstakes and Contests: What You Need to Know,” Lawyer Monthly, July 2014; Author, “When the Best Defense Is a Proactive Offense: How Athletes Can Protect Their Online Reputation,” Sports Litigation Alert, June 2012; Author, “Have You Embraced the New e-Discovery Rules or Are You Just Hoping You Won’t Have to Deal with Them?” Nevada Lawyer, June 2009; Author, “The Impact of the Worlds.com v. NCSoft Case,” iGaming Business Magazine, March/April 2009; Author, “Clearing Intellectual Property Rights Before You Gamble Away Your Business in the US,” InterGaming, September 2008; Author, “What You Need to Know About the New e-Discovery Rules,” Nevada Lawyer, April 2007; Author, “Are You in Compliance? Mandatory Case Management/Electronic Case Filing in Federal Court,” Clark County Communiqué, May 2006; Author, “Mandatory Electronic Case Filing,” Nevada Lawyer, April 2006; Author, “Can Apple Stop a Leak?” Las Vegas Business Press, March 2005; Author, “Will the Third Time be a Strike or a Charm? Regulating Sexually Explicit Content on the Internet,” Nevada Lawyer, August 2002; Contributing Author, “The Law of the Internet in Nevada,” National Business Institute, 2002; Co-Author, “Legal and Ethical Perspectives in Health Care,” Delmar Publishers, 1998

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