Gary N. Stewart (Nick)
Nick Stewart is a West Virginia native and Registered Patent Attorney in Stites’s Intellectual Property and Technology Service Group, where his practice focuses heavily in patent preparation and prosecution. With a diverse technical background rooted in the fields of biotechnology, physics, and computer science, Nick routinely helps navigate clients with technologies across a broad array of technical fields towards patent protection.
Nick regularly prepares and prosecutes domestic and foreign patent applications for mechanical devices, consumer goods, software, medical devices, and life sciences-associated technologies. In addition to patent application preparation and prosecution, Nick also assists clients with a variety of other intellectual property-based services, including preparing patentability analyses and freedom to operate opinions, licensing agreements, and trademark and copyright procurement.
IP for Entrepreneurs and Scientists
Guest Lecturer, Temple University, March 16, 2022
Protecting Your Business's Intellectual Property
Speaker, TechConnect West Virginia, Marshall University, September 24, 2020
Intellectual Property Essentials for Engineers: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
Webinar, HalfMoon Seminars, August 30, 2020
Spring Cleaning for Your Intellectual Property
Stites & Harbison Thirsty Thursday Networking event, March 5, 2020
A Three-Dimensional World in a Two-Dimensional Patent System: 3D Printing and the Importance of Claiming CAD Files
118 W. Va. L. Rev. 477 (2015)
Assisted in development of U.S. patent portfolio for foreign entity by successfully prosecuting several patent applications covering a variety of apparel-related technologies.
Counseled startup in manufacturing industry regarding patentability and patent protection plan for new manufacturing system and process.
Assisted in drafting and subsequent prosecution of patent applications for numerous domestic and foreign entities.
2020-22 Legal Food Frenzy Campaign, Firm Organizer
cum laude
West Virginia University College of Law
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West Virginia Law Review, Executive Publications Editor
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CALI award in Patent Law, Art Law and Legal Research and Writing
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West Virginia Intellectual Property Association, President
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Prof. Shine Tu, Research Assistant
cum laude
Marshall University
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Prof. Elizabeth Murray, Research Assistant
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Conducted research pertaining to development of new diagnostic method for diagnosing lung malignancies
Prior to joining the firm, Nick was a patent attorney at a boutique intellectual property firm in Mobile, Alabama. During law school, he was a Global IP Strategy Legal Student Associate with Mylan Pharmaceutical in West Virginia. Outside of work, Nick enjoys spending time with his wife, Sharon, and two dogs, running, and playing drums.
Artificial Intelligence and Inventorship Under U.S. Patent Law
In recent years, the capabilities of, and applications involving, artificial intelligence (“AI”) have dramatically increased, so much so that AI systems are now able to produce works of creativity and ingenuity once thought only to be possible through human efforts. The U.S. Copyright Office has already wrestled with the question of whether creative works authored by AI are eligible for federal copyright protection and determined that they are not in an opinion letter dated February 14, 2022.
Supreme Court Provides Additional Guidance on Assignor Estoppel in Patent Litigation
Assignor estoppel is an equity-based doctrine that can be invoked during the course of patent litigation to prevent an assignor, after assigning their interests to a patent to another, from later asserting that the patent is actually invalid.
Protecting Your Business’s Intellectual Property
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
WEBINAR
Intellectual Property attorney Nick Stewart leads an in-depth discussion on protecting your IP and business's assets through patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets in this online event on September 24, 2020.
Kentucky Engineering Law
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WEBINAR
Intellectual Property attorney Nick Stewart will present at this Webinar for Kentucky Engineering Law on August 31, 2020.
Spring Cleaning for Your Intellectual Property
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WEBINAR
Attorneys John Scruton and Nick Stewart will discuss suggestions on how to make your business's IP portfolio even better in 2020.
Nick Stewart joins Stites & Harbison's Louisville office
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC welcomes attorney Nick Stewart to its Louisville, Ky., office.