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Faculty Nathaniel W. Lucek
Partner at
Hodgson Russ LLP
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Biography
Nathaniel leads Hodgson Russ’ Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, and assists clients with intellectual property, contract, and corporate matters. Much of Nathaniel’s practice focuses on patent law, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, due diligence projects for mergers and acquisitions, and opinion work. Nathaniel also regularly advises clients on intellectual property strategy issues. He has supported patent portfolio development for entities ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to universities and startups. His areas of experience include semiconductor capital equipment; semiconductor and solar cell designs; ion implantation; optical and imaging systems; industrial chemicals; superconductors; nanomaterials; silicon wafer production; metal alloys; biomedical devices; touch screens and displays; and image processing algorithms.
Nathaniel also has experience helping European companies expand into the United States, handling general corporate and complex intellectual property matters. Specifically, Nathaniel has helped startups and mid-sized corporations from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Hungary, Latvia, and Lithuania grow their U.S. businesses or develop their global patent portfolios. Besides helping obtain patent or trademark protection, his work with European companies includes corporate formation, sales agreements, joint development agreements, and intellectual property licenses.
Nathaniel also has experience helping European companies expand into the United States, handling general corporate and complex intellectual property matters. Specifically, Nathaniel has helped startups and mid-sized corporations from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Hungary, Latvia, and Lithuania grow their U.S. businesses or develop their global patent portfolios. Besides helping obtain patent or trademark protection, his work with European companies includes corporate formation, sales agreements, joint development agreements, and intellectual property licenses.
Nathaniel is a member of the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice. He has supported clients in responding to cease-and-desist letters, during trials in federal district court, and on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Nathaniel also is a member of the firm’s startup and cleantech practices, where he frequently counsels emerging companies about intellectual property, contract, and corporate issues.
Prior to joining Hodgson Russ, Nathaniel spent more than five years as in-house intellectual property counsel at a semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer in Massachusetts. While there, his responsibilities included patent preparation and prosecution, patent and trademark portfolio management, patent reexamination, patent infringement matters, due diligence projects, negotiating license agreements, managing government contracts, and opinion work. Nathaniel also managed aspects of a multibillion-dollar acquisition.
In addition to his work with clients, Nathaniel also is a co-host of the Hodgson Russ LLP podcast, “The Semi Interesting Podcast.” As a host, Nathaniel takes his experience in semiconductor manufacturing to highlight legal issues in the global semiconductor industry. In each episode, he is joined by attorneys and executives to highlight some of the issues facing the industry, as well as to offer some practical takeaways.
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