For nearly 20 years, Nicholas Zovko has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of intellectual property disputes. Clients value Mr. Zovko’s ability to combine business acumen with a thorough knowledge of their technology to deliver outstanding results.
Mr. Zovko’s clients include large publicly traded entities as well as small and mid-size private companies located throughout the United States and abroad, including Europe, Asia, and Canada. He focuses primarily on representing companies in the medical devices and procedures, transportation equipment and vehicles, aerospace and space technology, and consumer products and services spaces.
Mr. Zovko has successfully litigated cases involving utility patents, design patents, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, unfair competition claims, and false advertising claims. He is a registered patent attorney and has experience before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office representing clients in IPR proceedings and prosecuting patents. He is a commentator on patent litigation matters, including authoring the chapter on “Pretrial Proceedings” in the Practicing Law Institute’s comprehensive book on Patent Litigation.
Mr. Zovko enjoys giving back to the community through pro bono work, and served as Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee from 2018 to 2024. He has handled a number of pro bono matters, including federal court litigation, state court trials, and transactional matters. For nearly a decade, he has volunteered for the Public Law Center of Orange County.
University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, Law Review, Anthony M. Kennedy Fellow
University of Washington (UW), B.S., Mechanical Engineering
State Bar of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court – Central District of California
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
U.S. District Court – Southern District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Consumer Products & Services
Aesthetics & Personal Care Products
Food & Beverage
Sporting Goods & Recreation
Medical Devices & Procedures
Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Procedures
Prosthetics & Orthotics
Robotics
Ventilators
Transportation & Vehicles
Aerospace & Space Technology
Automotive Transportation & Powersports
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Passenger Transportation
Transportation Equipment
Advertising, Media & Entertainment Practice
Inter Partes Review (IPR)
IP Strategy
IP Transactions, Agreements & Venture Capital
Litigation
Patent Litigation
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials (Post Grant)
Trade Secret
Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Litigation
Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Litigation
Trade Secret Protection Advice & Counseling
Trademark & Brand Protection
Trademark Enforcement
Trademark Litigation & Unfair Competition
Trademark Litigation & Unfair Competition
Unfair Competition Litigation
Federal Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
State Bar of California – Intellectual Property Law Section
Public Law Center
