David W. Nagle Jr.
David Nagle is a Registered Patent Attorney who has been with the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group since its inception. He holds an advanced engineering degree, and his technical knowledge consistently allows him to better understand his clients' business needs and processes.
David has extensive experience prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications covering a wide range of subject matter, including consumer goods, mechanical devices, software and business methods. He also counsels clients on trademark and copyright issues, 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.
Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Trademarks – Selecting the Right Protection for Your Intellectual Property Assets
U.S. House of Representatives Continues to Consider Patent Litigation Reform
U.S. House of Representatives Continues to Consider Patent Litigation Reform
U.S. House of Representatives Continue to Press for Patent Litigation Reform
Intellectual Property 101: What It Means To You
Patents reserved for select set of restaurant innovations
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks & Venture Capital
The Power of Angel Investing
Lecturer
Business Torts
Fundamentals of Patent Law
Serves as outside patent counsel to one of the world's leading restaurant companies, developing appropriate patent strategies to protect new food products, food preparation methods, and related equipment.
Developed a comprehensive intellectual property plan that protected a new product line for a leading beverage equipment manufacturer.
Assisted a developing lighting company in filing patent applications related to its core technology in more than 30 countries, and subsequently prepared and negotiated distributorship and license agreements for its foreign distributors.
Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group, former Co-Chair
Holy Trinity Church, Member
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
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Saul Lefkowitz National Trademark Moot Court Team, Member
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nominated for the American Bar Association's "Jan Jancin Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Intellectual Property Law"
University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School
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Herschede Graduate Engineering Scholarship, 1994-95
University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School
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University of Louisville Trustees' Scholarship 1990-95
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Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
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Mortar Board National Honor Society
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ODK National Leadership Honor Society
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Engineer-in-Training, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, David was an Associate with Wheat, Smith & Beres, which merged into Stites & Harbison on January 1, 2000. As a mechanical engineering undergraduate, he worked in a generation facility for a major Midwestern utility company. David is an avid sports fan and spends many of his weekends attending college football and basketball games.
Martindale-Hubbell® AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
Best Lawyers in America®, Patent Law and Trade Secrets Law (2017-20)
Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars (2013-19)
Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Intellectual Property (2010-19)
Kentucky Super Lawyers® (2013-19)
Business First of Louisville, Forty Under 40 (2009)
Louisville MagazineTop Lawyer (2016)
David Nagle is the best there is in intellectual property. This guy knows his stuff and gets it done quickly and more effectively than any lawyer I deal with. I cannot recommend him more strongly.
. . . draws praise for his work on patent and trademark issues . . . particularly noted for his patent prosecution expertise, including both domestic and cross-border applications.
He takes our innovation and ideas and turns them into patents.
Best Lawyers in America Honors 75 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 has recognized 75 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys as selected by their peers in 49 areas of practice. Forty-three of those attorneys selected have been honored for 10 consecutive years or more.
Managing IP honors Stites & Harbison attorneys on "IP Stars" 2019 List
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Managing Intellectual Property magazine has named seven Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys to the 2019 “IP Stars” list.
Chambers USA 2019 Honors Stites & Harbison
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Chambers USA selected 16 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee for inclusion in their 2019 guide.
Kentucky Super Lawyers Honors 42 Stites & Harbison Attorneys for 2019
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2019 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 42 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 33 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and nine attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
Best Lawyers in America honors 72 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2019
Managing IP Honors Stites & Harbison Attorneys on 'IP Stars' 2018 list
Chambers USA 2018 Honors Stites & Harbison
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 51 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The 2018 edition of Kentucky Super Lawyers recently honored 55 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in the Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville, Ky., offices. The publication named 39 attorneys to the Super Lawyers list and 12 attorneys to the Rising Stars list.
Best Lawyers in America honors 79 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2018
Managing IP honors Stites & Harbison attorneys on "IP Stars" 2017 list
Chambers USA 2017 honors Stites & Harbison
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Chambers USA selected 22 Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee for inclusion in their 2017 guide. The Chambers USA guide ranks the top law firms and leading attorneys in the United States.
Trademark Roundtable with the USPTO
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 55 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Best Lawyers in America honors 74 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2017
Managing IP honors Stites & Harbison attorneys on "IP Stars" 2016 list
Chambers USA 2016 Honors Stites & Harbison
Kentucky Super Lawyers honors 64 Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2016
Chambers USA 2015 honors Stites & Harbison
Managing IP honors Stites & Harbison attorneys on "IP Stars" 2015 list
Super Lawyers honor Stites & Harbison's Kentucky Attorneys
Chambers USA honors Stites & Harbison attorneys for 2014
Super Lawyers honors Stites & Harbison's Kentucky attorneys for 2013-14
Managing IP names 10 Stites & Harbison attorneys to "IP Stars" list
Chambers USA honors 31 Stites & Harbison attorneys with inclusion in the 2011 guide
Chambers USA honors 32 Stites & Harbison attorneys with inclusion in the 2010 guide
David W. Nagle, Jr., earns Certified Licensing Professional™ credential