Nicolas S. Gikkas - Mountain View, CA

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1996
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984
    Master of Science
    Major: Electrical Engineering
  • Rice University, 1982
    Bachelor of Science
    Major: Electrical Engineering

Current Employment Position(s)

• Special Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• Panel Speaker at Silicon Valley Connect 2011, Mountain View, California, Sept. 29-30, Hosted by Chamber of Commerce International Consortium for Entrepreneurs.

Representative Cases

• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiff Silicon Valley patent holder against three companies in the area integrated circuits for controlling displays in tablets, laptops and televisions. (E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiff Silicon Valley manufacturer in a declaratory judgment action case regarding remote care and feeding devices. (N.D. California)
• Antitrust/Complex litigation: Represented Taiwanese computer connector manufacturer in breach of contract and antitrust litigation on USB connectors and related standards. (S.D.N.Y.)
• Patent litigation: Represented Taiwanese defendant in a patent litigation on DC-to-DC power converter chips. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant major Texas real estate company in the area of real estate search software. (C.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiff Silicon Valley company in the area of electronic sensing technology. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant, a multi-national Silicon Valley fabless chip company, in a patent litigation involving magnetic disc drive read channel chips. (W.D. Pennsylvania)
• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiffs, two Silicon Valley chip emulation companies, in three patent cases consolidated for discovery in the area of integrated circuit emulation technology. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant Silicon Valley fabless chip company in a patent litigation in the area of computer modem and communications connector technology. (D. Utah)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant Silicon Valley pioneer company in a patent litigation regarding cable modem technology. (N.D. California & E.D. Virginia)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant California broadband provider company in a patent litigation regarding cross-connect devices for telephone systems. (E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiff, a major U.S. telephone company, in a patent litigation involving cellular telephone technology. (S.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant Taiwanese computer manufacturer in a patent litigation regarding consumer desktop and portable computer technology. (C.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant Silicon Valley communications company in a patent litigation regarding silicon wafer production process. (S.D. California)
• Patent litigation : Represented plaintiff, a French computer hard drive manufacturer, in an action involving patent, trademark, and copyright relating to computer disk drive technology. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented California medical device company in two patent litigations regarding cryo-surgical instruments. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented Silicon Valley start-up company Internet postage technology. (D. Delaware)
• Patent litigation: Represented plaintiff, a semiconductor company, in the area of cellular telephone technology. (N.D. California)
• Patent litigation : Represented defendant, a leading semiconductor company, in a multi-defendant patent litigation in the area of WiFi technology. (E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant, a leading seimconductor company, in its declaratory judgment action in the area of WiMAX and Bluetooth technology. (N.D. California & E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation: Represent defendant, a leading semiconductor company, in a multi-defendant patent litigation that included the client’s indemnified customers in the area of WiFi technology. (E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation : Represent defendant, a leading semiconductor company, as a third-party defendant in a patent litigation in the area of WiFi technology. (E.D. Wisconsin)
• Patent litigation: Represent plaintiff, a semiconductor company, in two cases against separate defendants the area of global positioning receiver chips. (C.D. California)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant, a Japanese multi-national company, in a patent litigation on thumb drive technology. (E.D. Texas)
• Patent litigation: Represented defendant, a Japanese multi-national company, in a patent litigation on computer software. (D. Delaware)
• ITC Investigation: Represented as petitioner and respondent in separate matters, a Silicon Valley semiconductor company, in the area of global positioning system receiver chips. (Washington, D.C.)
• ITC Investigation: Represented respondent, a Silicon Valley company, and others in an investigation on underground utilities location technology. (Washington, D.C.)
• ITC Investigation: Represented respondent, a Japanese multi-national, in an ITC investigation on thumb drive technology. (Washington, D.C.)
• Trade Secrets: Represented defendants, two multi-national companies and an employee, in a trade secret misappropriation litigation involving high availability computer systems. (Superior Court, Santa Clara Co., Cal.)
• Trade Secrets: Represented defendants in a commercial arbitration matter regarding trade secrets in the area of broadband wireless internet access. (American Arbitration Assn.)
• Trade Secrets: Represented Florida broadband company in a commercial arbitration matter regarding trade secrets in the area of digital radio technology. (American Arbitration Assn.)

Published Works

Articles

• "International Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Promise and the Peril,” 1 J. TECH. L. & POL’Y 6 (1996).
  

Bar Admissions

• California
• Florida
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas