Doug Meier

Doug Meier is an experienced patent attorney and managing partner of NK Patent Law. With a background in electrical engineering and in-depth experience practicing patent law, Doug brings a unique combination of legal and technical experience that allows him to quickly understand complex electrical, computer, and software technologies.

Before becoming a patent lawyer, Doug worked as an electrical engineer for a major defense contractor in Houston, Texas, where he designed and developed software tools to support NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.

Doug’s practice focuses on patent prosecution before the USPTO and IP strategy and general guidance on other patent-related business issues.

Doug has represented numerous multi-national companies in high-stakes, multiple-patent cases at the International Trade Commission (ITC) involving technologies ranging from computers, mobile devices, telecommunications, and networking hardware (including base-station antenna and radio technology), wireless communications (such as 3G/4G/LTE, 802.11 Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth standards), texture compression/decompression in mobile devices and computers, digital image processing in smartphone cameras, and nonvolatile memory.

Additionally, he has been involved in all aspects of litigation, including working closely with clients to manage discovery across multiple related cases, working closely with technical experts on complex infringement and validity issues, and depositions and briefings of all types.