Biography
Glen L Nuttall is a seasoned intellectual property specialist with over 25 years of experience practicing exclusively intellectual property, with an emphasis on patents and trademarks. He has a track record of success both in securing intellectual property rights for his clients and in successfully enforcing those rights against infringers.
Glen counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property law. He helps clients develop and implement strategies that use patents, trademarks and other intellectual property to add value to their company. He also helps clients avoid or overcome the intellectual property of others. In particular, Glen has been successful both in defending patent rights in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and in challenging patents of third parties. Further, several patents he handled have been successfully asserted in federal lawsuits. With regard to trademarks, not only has Glen secured countless federal and state registrations for his clients, but he has also successfully used Trademark Office proceedings such as Cancellations and Oppositions to advance his clients’ interests.
Glen’s skills and experience include helping inventors identify and preserve inventions, preparing and prosecuting patents and trademarks in the U.S. and foreign countries, developing and maintaining complex patent and trademark portfolios, performing infringement and invalidity evaluations of the patents and trademarks of others, negotiating and preparing licenses and other agreements, assisting with company acquisitions and investment rounds, and litigation.
Before becoming a lawyer, Glen was an engineer at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington. In this capacity he became certified to work in radiation areas, and helped to clean up toxic substances.
- Fuente Marketing Ltd. V. Vaporous Technologies, LLC, Opposition No. 91270800 (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 2023). Represented trademark Applicant in aggressive Opposition proceeding taken through trial at the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board. Won a final decision dismissing the opposition.
- MVN Entertainment, L.P. v Sakar Int’l, Inc., 1:23-cv-2772 (Southern District of New York) Supported litigation team of plaintiff in lawsuit asserting patents written and prosecuted by Mr. Nuttall (US Pats. 11,433,966 & 11,548,583). Obtained settlement in which Defendant stopped selling infringing products and transferred unsold inventory to plaintiff.
- Luraco Health & Beauty, LLC v. Lexor Manufacturing, LLC, IPR2019-00204, Patent 46,655 E. Represented patent owner in inter partes review proceeding. Achieved Final Judgment that none of the challenged claims were unpatentable.
- Foursquare Labs, Inc. v. Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc., IPR2014-00159, Patent 7,343,165. Represented patent owner in inter partes review proceeding. Achieved Final Judgment that none of the challenged claims were unpatentable.
- Inter partes reexamination no. 95/001,717, challenging US Patent 7,858,149. Took over representation after Requestor had received an adverse decision from examiner. Handled appeal to overturn examiner’s adverse findings, and handled further proceedings, achieving cancellation of several claims and major amendments to remaining claims so there was no longer any argument that Requestor infringed the patent. As a result, a Summary Judgment of Patent Infringement in a corresponding lawsuit was vacated, and patent infringement accusations were removed from the lawsuit.
- Emazing Lights, LLC v. Ramiro Montes de Oca, 15-cv-01561 (Central District of California). Supported litigation team of plaintiff in lawsuit asserting US Patent 9,148,931 (which was handled by Mr. Nuttall). Defeated motion for summary judgment, leading to settlement in which defendant ceased all use of plaintiff’s technology.
- American Network, Inc. v. Sorenson Communications, Inc., 10 CV 8342 (SAS) (Southern District of New York). Represented defendant in trademark litigation. Negotiated settlement in which plaintiff ceased all use of defendant’s mark.
- In re Pyro-Spectaculars, Inc., 63 U.S.P.Q.2d 2022 (TTAB 2002). Represented client in appeal before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Won reversal of examining attorney’s final refusal to register client’s mark.
- Mission Hockey Co. v. Roller Derby Skate Corp., SA CV 02-1117-AHS (Central District of California, 2004). Represented plaintiff in patent litigation. Won summary judgment that defendant’s product infringed plaintiff’s patent. Negotiated settlement in which defendant paid royalties for past and future sales.
- Ex parte Thomas J. Lochtefeld and Jeffery W. Henry, U.S. Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Appeal No. 2009-011101: Represented patent applicant in appeal of rejection of utility patent application. The Appeals Board overturned the examiner’s rejection, and all of the claims were issued in U.S. Patent No. 8,096,891, entitled “Redundant Array Water Delivery System for Water Rides”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,762,024, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Monitoring and Controlling Utility Carts”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,723,411, entitled “Personal Vaporizer and Method For Filling Same”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,608,971, entitled “Luminaire System Facilitating Modular Enhancement”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,548,583, entitled “Powered Wheeled Riding Device”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,491,750, entitled “Moldless Vacuum Infusion Process”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,483,913, entitled “Environmental Control System and Method for Simulating Circadian Rhythms”
- U.S. Patent No. 11,330,841, entitled “Personal Vaporizer For Use With Vial”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,715,235, entitled “Directed Wireless Communication”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,531,968, entitled “Prosthetic Limb Test Apparatus and Method”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,232,145, entitled “Medical Device Securement System and Method”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,229,659, entitled “Low-friction Bridge for Stringed Instrument”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,226,147, entitled “Beverage Brewing Device”
- U.S. Patent No. 10,188,145, entitled “Personal Vaporizer Having Reversing Flow Path”
- U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE46,655, entitled “Water Jet Mechanism for Whirlpool Effect in Pedicures or Other Applications”
- U.S. Patent No. 9,814,866, entitled “Flushable Drainage Device and Method of Use”
- U.S. Patent No. 9,750,284, entitled “Personal Vaporizer”
- U.S. Patent No. 9,743,481, entitled “Independently Programmable Lights for Use in Gloves”
- U.S. Patent No. 9,212,507, entitled “Lockset Operable by Pivoting Actuator About a First Axis or a Second Axis”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,926,145, entitled “LED-based Light Engine Having Thermally Insulated Zones”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,919,075, entitled “Unitized Photovoltaic Assembly”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,405,983, entitled “Heart Valve”
- U.S. Patent No. 8,012,167, entitled “Vascular Wound Closure Device and Method”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,979,430, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Information Exchange”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,972,243, entitled “Control Device for Plural Propulsion Units”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,845,999, entitled “Surfboard Having a Honeycomb Core”
- U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE39,171, entitled “Simulated Wave Water Sculpture”
- U.S. Reissued Patent No. RE38,700, entitled “Medical Nebulization Device”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,592,528, entitled “Stringed Musical Instrument Using Spring Tension”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,540,253, entitled “Boat Steering System”
- U.S. Patent No. 7,114,931, entitled “Mounting Arrangement for Light Emitting Diodes”
- U.S. Patent No. 6,702,732, entitled “Expandable Cardiac Harness for Treating Congestive Heart Failure”
- U.S. Patent No. 6,321,711, entitled “Fuel Supply System for a Direct Injected Outboard Engine”
- U.S. Patent No. 6,318,331, entitled “Lubrication System for Direct Injected Engine”
Glen Nuttall
Partner
Credentials
Admissions
- California
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
Education
BYU J Reuben Clark Law School, JD, cum laude, 1998
BYU, BS Mechanical Engineering, cum laude, 1994
Prior Law Firm Experience
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP