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 Stephen M. Nipper, Registered Patent Attorney | Email Stephen | Our email policy STEPHEN M. NIPPER :: PARTNER PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

 An Idaho native, Stephen M. Nipper joined the Firm in 1999. Mr. Nipper specializes in all aspects of patent and trademark work, including counseling clients on means of protection, preparation and filing of applications, prosecution, licensing and enforcement. His background includes the mechanical arts, agriculture and the biological and chemical sciences.  Mr. Nipper is also the author of The Invent Blog, the oldest patent blog. The Invent Blog covers intellectual property news and information relevant to independent inventors, small businesses, and the attorneys that serve them. CONTACT INFORMATION  Phone: 208.345.1122 Toll Free: 877.611.1122 E-mail: [email protected] download vCard  PRACTICE AREAS: 

  Patents, Trademarks, Trademark Oppositions and Cancellations, Licensing, and Litigation.  ACADEMIC:

  B.S. (Biology). Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri, 1994 J.D. Southern Illinois University. Carbondale, Illinois, 1998  ADMISSIONS:

  Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Admitted before the Idaho Courts, U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Idaho, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  LEGAL SERVICE:

  American Bar Association’s TechShow Advisory Board - 2007 Founder of the Idaho State Bar’s Law Practice Management Section - 2005 Recipient of an Outstanding Service to the Legal Community and Public Award, Idaho State Bar - 2005 Chair of the Idaho State Bar’s Law Practice Management Section - 2005-2007 Chair of the Idaho State Bar’s Intellectual Property Law Section - 2003-2004  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  American Bar Association Idaho State Bar Idaho State Bar - Intellectual Property Law Section Idaho State Bar - Law Practice Management Section National Association of Patent Law Practitioners  PUBLICATIONS:

  THE INVENT BLOG. Legal blog, directed at conveying relevant and timely patent law developments to intellectual property attorneys. Since January 2004. Trademark Considerations and Business Entity Registration, July 2006, The Advocate (Official Publication of the Idaho State Bar). Editor and Contributor to TechnoLawyer.com’s “IP Memes” bi-weekly newsletter. 2003-2007 Trademark Tips for Your Web App. ThinkVitamin.com. 2006. Copyright, Know the Facts. ThinkVitamin.com. 2007 Law.com contributing author  SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:  Sixty Law Office Management Tips in Sixty Seconds, Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting (Boise), July 20, 2007. E-mail Overload: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Dealing with It, Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting (Boise), July 18, 2007. A Primer on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s New Electronic Discovery Rules for Patent Litigators, Idaho Patent Law Association (Boise), May 11, 2007. Patent Reform 2007, Idaho Patent Law Association (Boise), April 27, 2007. Collaborating with Clients and Colleagues: Google Docs, Wikis, and Other Web Tools, ABA TechShow (Chicago), March 22, 2007. Web 2.0: The Next Generation of Internet Tools, ABA TechShow (Chicago), March 22, 2007. ESI: Las Vegas -- A Primer on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure’s New Electronic Discovery Rules for Patent Litigators, Dunes CLE (Las Vegas), March 2, 2007. Everything You Wanted To Know About Billing, But Didn’t Know Whom To Ask. Law Practice Management Section of the Idaho State Bar. Idaho State Bar Annual Meeting (Sun Valley, ID). July 20, 2006. Collaborative Blogging for Attorneys, BlawgThink 2005 (Chicago). November 11, 2005. Ten Things Your Clients Expect You to Know About Trademarks, Idaho State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section (Boise). September 2, 2004. Let’s Get Visible: Improving the Effectiveness of Your Law Firm’s Internet Presence (with Kevin O’Keefe of lexBlog), Idaho State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section (Boise). September 24, 2004. The Law of the Internet, CLE (Boise). November 12, 2002.   Privacy Policy © 1998-2005 Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP. All rights reserved. Site by Moxie