Brit Nelson, the head of Locke Lord's IP Transactional practice group, focuses on assisting clients throughout the United States and in foreign countries with intellectual property matters across a variety of industries for patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, domain names, advertising, misrepresentations and unfair trade practices under state and federal laws, and technology law. He is experienced in obtaining and licensing patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and other intellectual property, and enforcing or defending such intellectual property.
Mr. Nelson also has experience assisting clients that have received demand letters regarding the patent licensing program of MPHJ Technology Investments, formerly of Project Paperless. MPHJ agents, including HarNol, AdzPro, DolVol, GosNel and JitNom, among others, focus on small to mid-size companies with the ability to scan a document into an email attachment. MPHJ’s patents include U.S. Pat. Application No. 13/182,857 and Pat. Nos. 7,986,426; 7,477,410; 6,771,381 and 6,185,590 for Distributed Computer Architecture and related processes.
Additionally, Mr. Nelson assists in corporate mergers and acquisitions in due diligence and negotiations. He relies on two decades of legal experience and a prior decade of engineering experience in the aerospace and metal forging industries.
Representative Fields
- Apparel
- Banking
- Energy
- Entertainment
- Fabrics
- Financial Services
- Food
- Manufacturing
- Media
- Medical
- Oil field
- Research institutions
- Software
- Sports
- Universities
Education
- J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 1992
National Moot Court Competition
Barrister
Law Review Notes & Comments Editor and Research and Topics Editor. - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1979
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1992
- Colorado, 1996
Admitted To Practice
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- All Colorado State Courts
- All Texas State Courts
Representative Experience
- Medical institutions, research companies, universities, oil field manufacturers, energy companies and equipment manufacturers, financial service providers, software developers, infant product manufacturers, chemical companies, and other industries in prosecution of domestic and international patents.
- Restaurant chain in licensing use of trademarks and supply agreement to start up business.
- Country western singer in co-ownership of songs and music.
- Energy company in multiple mergers and acquisitions having trademark and copyright assets including due diligence investigation.
- Foreign turbine manufacturer in negotiating purchase of intellectual property including trademarks and copyrights.
- Individual proprietor in copyright licenses and registrations on nationally recognized three dimensional designs.
- International automotive supply company on domestic and international distributorship agreements involving supply and use of trademarks, and theft of domain name to retrieve domain name.
- International computer manufacturer in due diligence review of intellectual property assets in merger agreement.
- International food supplier in multinational license agreement for use of trademarks and technology.
- International furniture supplier on supply agreement and usage of trademarks and confidential information.
- Major insurance company on agents’ rights in multiple jurisdictions.
- Medical institutions and universities on consulting, work for hire, confidentially and licensing agreements.
- Medical research institution in trademark opposition proceedings based on prior usage.
- Oil field energy company against trademark infringer to negotiate settlement.
- Oil field services company against major oil company in trademark opposition proceedings in extending case law on novel issues.
- Regional bank against encroaching bank with similar name under the trademark laws.
- Represented international supplier of fire protection system in trademark registration.
- Software company against infringer of privately branded goods.
- South American author is securing copyrights to multiple novels.
- Startup businesses on branding, trademarks, and copyrights on websites and printed literature.
- Television and radio personality in negotiating agreement to resolve dispute with producer over ownership content and trademark name of show.
- Services company in theft of software trade secrets against former employee.
- National ceiling fan manufacturer against unfair competition claims by competitor.
- International companies and institutions for registering trademark rights for substantial trademarks portfolios.
- International automotive supply company on domestic and international distributorship agreements involving supply and use of trademarks.
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord LLP
- Thomason, Moser & Patterson, L.L.P., Houston
- Santangelo Law Offices, P.C., Ft. Collins, Colorado
- D. Brit Nelson, Attorney at Law, Houston
- Gunn & Associates, Houston
- Hercules, Inc., Aerospace Defense Contractor, Manufacturing Engr., McGregor, Texas
- Interstate Southwest Forge, Metal Forgings, Plant Engineer, Navasota, Texas
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, State of Texas
- Member, State Bar of Colorado
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Registered Professional Engineer, State Bar of Texas, Inactive
- Former Director, Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
- Former Director and President, Texas A&M Bar Association
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