Nicole L. LittleAssociate

Nicole L. Little is primarily a patent litigator with a solid record of effectiveness. Among other successful matters she has been involved in, Nikki played a key role as a member of the trial teams that recently secured successful jury verdicts in both the Eastern District of Texas and in Texas state court in Austin. Product applications involved in Nikki’s IP litigation work are extremely diverse and include stored value cards, garage door openers, industrial equipment, tools, and computer software applications.

In the IP transactions area, Nikki is involved in patent prosecution as well as clearance and opinion work related to food processing, irrigation systems, building products, and computer software. She also has experience in IP-related aspects of advertising, marketing, and promotions. In these areas, Nikki counsels clients regarding substantiation, approval and defense of advertising and labeling claims, and legal compliance with federal and state requirements, including with respect to e-mail, social media, mobile, sweepstakes and other marketing activities. 

Nicole Little was an integral member of the litigation team for the following matters:

Alexsam, Inc. v. IDT Corporation (E.D. Tex. 2007). Secured successful jury verdict representing the plaintiff in a patent infringement action related to systems and methods for conducting transactions and managing accounts associated with stored value cards such as gift cards, debit cards, phone cards, and medical savings account cards. The jury verdict was named a Top 25 Texas Verdict and the seventh-largest IP verdict in Texas for 2011.

Alexsam, Inc. v. IDT Corporation (Fed. Cir. 2012). Representing plaintiff in defending the previous successful jury verdict on appeal.

Alexsam, Inc. v. NetSpend Corp. (Travis County Dist. Ct., Tex. 2007). Reached successful jury verdict in state court case involving breach of license agreement; reached successful jury verdict.

Chamberlain v. Overhead Door Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2011). Settlement was reached.

Outside the Box Innovations, LLC v. Travel Caddy, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012). Represented Travel Caddy, Inc., in appeal from district court judgment of partial infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability of patents directed to tool-carrying bags. After assuming representation from another firm, or appellate trial team obtained reversal of both grounds of inequitable conduct, vacator of invalidity ruling, and affirmance of infringement ruling as to one product.

Chamberlain v. Overhead Door Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2011). Settlement was reached.

RPA International Pty Ltd. v. Compact International, Inc. et al. (S.D. Cal. 2006). Represented the plaintiff patentee in successful patent infringement action in which a judgment of over $3 million and permanent injunction were entered.

SmartSignal Corporation v. Xu Xiao (N.D. Ill. 2010). Represented the plaintiff in a patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract action for technology related to industrial equipment health conditioning and monitoring. Settlement was reached.

Software Restore Solutions, LLC v. Apple et al. (N.D. Ill. 2010). Represented the plaintiff in patent infringement lawsuit related to software fault detection and repair technology that enables software applications to automatically diagnose and fix problems with their set-up configuration for more stable and reliable operation. Settlement was reached.

WMH Tool Group, Inc. v. Woodstock International, Inc., and Grizzly Industrial, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2007). Represented the plaintiff in a trade dress infringement action related to woodworking and metal working tools. Settlement was reached.

• American Bar Association
  • Section of Intellectual Property Law
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
• Promotion Marketing Association, Inc.