Nicolas Gikkas is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Silicon Valley office of Haynes and Boone. His legal practice focuses on patent litigation, strategic IP counseling, licensing and patent prosecution.

Nicolas has successfully represented numerous clients in intellectual property matters, both as in-house corporate counsel and in private practice. Prior to joining Haynes and Boone, he worked as in-house corporate counsel for over seven years, holding the positions of Director of IP Litigation for Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. and Chief IP Counsel for SiRF Technology, Inc. While practicing as in-house counsel, Nicolas was responsible for providing strategic advice and counsel to corporate officers and directors on numerous IP issues, including patent portfolio management and enforcement, licensing of patents and technology, acquisition of third party patents, and multi-defendant patent litigations. Nicolas understands the needs of his clients, whether they are small start-ups or Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to SiRF and Marvell, Nicolas was in private practice at several law firms located in Silicon Valley, where he represented and advised many high technology clients in patent litigation and patent prosecution matters.

Before becoming a lawyer, Nicolas spent ten years practicing as an electrical engineer, primarily in the field of advanced radar systems for a major aerospace contractor, where he was responsible for the research and development of new weapon systems for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Representative Experience

• represented computer disk drive chip maker in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented GPS chip manufacturer in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented Wi-Fi chip manufacturer in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented a major cellular telephone carrier in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented cable modem manufacturer in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented a silicon wafer manufacturer in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented a medical instrument manufacturer in a patent litigation
  
  
• represented a disk drive manufacturer in a trade secret misappropriation litigation
  
  
• represented clients before U.S. Patent and Trademark office in numerous electrical and mechanical arts, such as wireless, computer hardware and software, global positioning systems, digital signal processing and medical devices
  
  
• counseled clients on both in-bound and out-bound technology license agreements and patent license agreements

Publications

"International Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Promise and the Peril," 1 J. TECH. L. & POL'Y 6