David Nagle is a Registered Patent Attorney who has been with the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group at Stites & Harbison since its inception in 2000. With more than two decades of experience in patent and intellectual property matters and an advanced engineering degree, his knowledge and technical expertise allows him to deftly assist clients in navigating often complex business and legal issues.

David has extensive experience prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications covering a wide range of subject matter, including machines, consumer products, medical devices, and software-implemented innovations. He also routinely counsels clients on trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters, and he regularly negotiates and prepares licensing agreements and other contracts implicating intellectual property rights. David is recognized as a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP™), a designation which acknowledges licensing professionals who have demonstrated their experience and proficiency in licensing and the commercialization of intellectual property.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Copyrights Entrepreneurial Services Fiduciary Duty, Trade Secret & Unfair Competition Litigation Intellectual Property & Technology Intellectual Property Litigation Licensing Manufacturing Patent Prosecution & Protection Telecommunications, Technology & Internet Law Trademarks

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Identifying Inventors is a Critical Step in Pursuing Patent Protection

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, June 22, 2023

Europe Continues Progress Toward Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, March 9, 2022

Intellectually Speaking: As more startups come online in Louisville, the need for advice on intellectual property increases — which is where lawyers enter the picture

Louisville Business First, November 24, 2021

Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, and Trademarks – Selecting the Right Protection for Your Intellectual Property Assets

The Lane Report, Research Kentucky 2018, March 2018

with Terry L. Wright

U.S. House of Representatives Continues to Consider Patent Litigation Reform

The Goods, magazine of the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM), May 2015

U.S. House of Representatives Continues to Consider Patent Litigation Reform

Medical News, April 20, 2015

U.S. House of Representatives Continue to Press for Patent Litigation Reform

Professional Insight, Business First of Louisville, March 2, 2015

Intellectual Property 101: What It Means To You

KyCPA Mega Conference, November 3, 2014

Patents reserved for select set of restaurant innovations

Business First, by Andrew Robinson, February 14, 2014

Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks & Venture Capital

Kentucky Bar Association, 16th Annual Issues for Corporate House Counsel Seminar, April 12, 2006

The Power of Angel Investing

Panelist, University of Louisville School of Business, May 26, 2005

Lecturer

Kentucky Commercialization & Entrepreneurial Institute, April 19, 2001

Business Torts

Guest Lecturer, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, Fall 2000

Fundamentals of Patent Law

Louisville Bar Association, May 21, 1999

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Recent Assignments

Develops and implements global patent strategies for a multinational company that designs and installs conveyor systems and material handling equipment for customers around the world.

Serves as outside intellectual property counsel to a leading provider of data and analytics solutions for addressing safety, fraud, risk, and compliance issues for government and commercial enterprises.

Develops and implements patent strategies for protecting products developed and sold by a leading manufacturer of personal protective equipment and systems.

Provides patent and trademark counsel to a well-known international manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment.

Serves as outside patent counsel to one of the world's leading restaurant companies, developing appropriate patent strategies to protect new food products, food preparation methods, and related equipment.

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Bar Admissions

Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Firm Leadership

Business Acceptance Committee, Member

Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group, former Co-Chair

Memberships

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, Member

Kentucky Bar Association, Member; IP Law Section, Member

Louisville Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section, Member

Licensing Executives Society International

International Trademark Association

Community Involvement

Holy Trinity Church, Member

Education

J.D., 1998

University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity

• Saul Lefkowitz National Trademark Moot Court Team, Member

• nominated for the American Bar Association's "Jan Jancin Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Intellectual Property Law"

M.E., with high honors, Mechanical Engineering, 1995

University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School

• Herschede Graduate Engineering Scholarship, 1994-95

B.S., with high honors, Mechanical Engineering, 1994

University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School

• University of Louisville Trustees' Scholarship 1990-95

• Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society

• Mortar Board National Honor Society

• ODK National Leadership Honor Society

• Engineer-in-Training, Commonwealth of Kentucky

More Than Stites & Harbison

Prior to joining Stites & Harbison, David was an Associate with Wheat, Smith & Beres, which merged into Stites & Harbison on January 1, 2000. As a mechanical engineering undergraduate, he worked in a generation facility for a major Midwestern utility company. David is an avid sports fan and spends many of his weekends attending college football and basketball games.

Accolades

Martindale-Hubbell^® AV-Preeminent^® Peer Review Rated

Best Lawyers in America^®, Patent Law and Trade Secrets Law (2017-25)

Best Lawyers in America®, Louisville Area Lawyer of the Year in Trade Secrets Law (2023, 2025)

Best Lawyers in America®, Louisville Area Lawyer of the Year in Patent Law (2021)

Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars (2013-24)

Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," Intellectual Property (2010-23)

Kentucky Super Lawyers^® (2013-24)

Kentucky Super Lawyers^®, Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky (2020, 2022-24)

Business First of Louisville, Forty Under 40 (2009)

Louisville Magazine Top Lawyer (2016)

Testimonials

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David Nagle is held in high regard as a "very well-respected patent attorney."

- Chambers Commentary (USA)

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David Nagle is the best there is in intellectual property. This guy knows his stuff and gets it done quickly and more effectively than any lawyer I deal with. I cannot recommend him more strongly.

- Best Lawyers in America, Client Comment

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. . . draws praise for his work on patent and trademark issues . . . particularly noted for his patent prosecution expertise, including both domestic and cross-border applications.

- Chambers Commentary (USA)

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He takes our innovation and ideas and turns them into patents.

- Chambers USA

Contact Resources

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