Nicholas A. Restauri represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex intellectual property (IP) disputes across the United States, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and breach of contract litigation. Nick represents clients in US district and appellate courts, before the US International Trade Commission, and in AIA post-grant and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Nick’s experience includes litigating matters from complaint to trial across a wide range of technologies. Nick has played a central role in several jury and bench trials and preliminary injunction hearings, including presenting and cross-examining fact and expert witnesses. He is well-versed in handling all stages of a case’s lifecycle, including pleadings, fact and expert discovery, motion practice, court hearings, claim construction, trial practice, and appeals. Nick also utilizes his inter partes and covered business method review experience to analyze infringement claims and formulate comprehensive litigation strategy for clients. His experience also includes prosecuting patent applications before the US Patent and Trademark Office, and he frequently counsels startups and entrepreneurs on developing and protecting IP.
With a background in the electronic and computing arts, Nick has experience representing clients across a diverse range of technologies, including digital signal processing, RF signal encryption and modulation, remote system control applications, Bluetooth connectivity, cloud-based server architecture, telecommunications, cellular telephone subscriber authentication protocols, mobile phone applications, controller logic and communication interfaces, LED circuitry design, mechanical devices, lithium-ion batteries, power tools and outdoor products, and medical devices.
During law school, Nick was an editor of DePaul’s Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property. He also competed in the Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Moot Court, where he and his partner finished first place in the Midwest regional competition, receiving best brief awards for both appellant and appellee briefs, and finished runner-up at the nationals competition held at the Federal Circuit. As a result of their accomplishments, Nick and his partner were inducted into the Order of Barristers.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Nick was an associate with a large IP law boutique.
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Intellectual Property Law, Chicago (2023–2025)
Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)
Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)