
Nathaniel W. Lucek
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
Clarkson University, B.S.
Franklin Pierce Law Center (now University of New Hampshire School of Law), J.D., Cum Laude
Nathaniel 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, 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, Latvia, and Lithuania grow their U.S. businesses or develop their global patent portfolios. Besides helping obtain patent 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 blockchain and cryptocurrency, 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.
Honors
At Franklin Pierce Law Center, Nathaniel was lead articles editor for IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review and competed in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. He also won the New Hampshire Bar Journal Editor's Award in 2007.
News
- WECK 100.5/102.9 FM, June 15, 2019
- Press Release, January 8, 2019
- Press Release, November 27, 2018
- Buffalo Business First, October 19, 2018
- CleanTechIQ, February 21, 2018
- Smart Evolution Should Be Your Patent Strategy MottoALM’s Corporate Counsel, December 15, 2015
- Press Release, December 30, 2014
- LXBN TV, July 23, 2014
- June 20, 2013
Presentations
- November 6, 2019
- New York, New York, September 30, 2019
- Buffalo, New York, April 30, 2019
- What Works in the USA WorkshopNew York. New York, February 11, 2019
- New York, New York, November 15, 2018
- November 8, 2018
- November 7, 2018
- IBM Buffalo, 40 Fountain Plaza, October 25, 2018
- October 23, 2018
- The Offices of Hodgson Russ, 605 Third Avenue, Suite 2300, New York City, NY 10158, July 2, 2018
- European Cleantech Internationalization Initiative Matchmaking EventUrban Future Lab, New York, NY, May 7, 2018
- Growing Your Business in the U.S. – What You Need to Know About U.S. LawCorda Campus (Hasselt, Belgium), March 20, 2018
- March 15, 2018
- Hodgson Russ, 140 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY, January 24, 2018
- January 10, 2018
- July 26, 2017
- Association of University Technology Managers Annual Meeting - Life after Myriad and Alice: Case StudiesMarch 13, 2017
- October 20, 2016
- July 23, 2015
Publications
- Intellectual Property Alert, July 8, 2019
- Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York Winter 2017 Newsletter, December 19, 2017
- Buffalo Law Journal, December 6, 2017
- Startup Blog Alert, August 9, 2016
- Intellectual Property & Technology White Paper, July 14, 2016
- Intellectual Property & Technology Alert, July 14, 2015
- Intellectual Property & Technology Alert, February 4, 2015
- From Lumber to Local Area Network: The Impact of Vermont Wholesale on Internet Personal JurisdictionNew Hampshire Bar Journal, Summer 2007
Social Media
Nathaniel contributed to Hodgson Russ's Clean and Green Law blog as well as the Startup Talk blog. His blog entries include:
- Keeping Your Application Aloft: Fighting Obviousness Rejections at the Patent Office
JANUARY 3, 2017 - Pack Smarter When Preparing a Patent Application for Europe
AUGUST 9, 2016 - Fighting Patent Application Rejections with Market Information: More Than Just "Nobody Else Sells This"
FEBRUARY 19, 2016 - Do the Evolution: Five Ways to Adapt Your Patent Strategy
DECEMBER 14, 2015 - An Inventor Walks Into a Bar: Risks of Filing a “Bar Napkin” Provisional Patent Application
OCTOBER 6, 2015 - Going Global: Tips on Building a Patent Portfolio Outside the United States
AUGUST 27, 2015 - Using Utility Models to Protect your Intellectual Property in Taiwan
JUNE 9, 2015 - Teamwork Can Benefit Your Company’s Research, but Verify Inventors on any Resulting Patent Application
APRIL 28, 2015 - Patenting Your Basement Fusion Reactor: Utility Requirements under U.S. Patent Law
JANUARY 16, 2015 - Speeding Construction of Your Company’s ‘Great Wall’: Protecting Green Technology in China with Utility Models
OCTOBER 24, 2014 - Take Off Every Zig: The Risk in Tesla’s 'All Our Patent Are Belong to You' Message
JULY 11, 2014
Professional Associations
- Former Chair of the Law School Outreach Program Subcommittee, American Intellectual Property Law Association
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Bar Association of Erie County
Community & Pro Bono
- Shakespeare in Delaware Park board of directors
- Secretary General, Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce
- Member, Buffalo-Lille Association