Reece Nienstadt   Attorney at Law     Washington, D.C.

rnienstadt@meimark.com    888-860-5678 x710 (work)    202-658-7441 (fax)

Reece Nienstadt, a registered patent attorney, practices IP litigation at the trial and appellate levels. In addition, he prepares and prosecutes patent application involving electrical and mechanical technologies.

Mr. Nienstadt has significant experience in the fields of electronic circuitry, semiconductor fabrication, computer hardware, telecommunications, electron beam and laser beam optics, micro-electromechanical devices, chemical processes, medical devices, and liquid crystal displays

Prior to joining Mei & Mark LLP, Mr. Nienstadt was an attorney at the Washington, D.C., office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP.

Previously, Mr. Nienstadt also worked as a registered patent agent at an intellectual property law firm in San Francisco, where he prepared and prosecuted utility applications for high-tech clients in a range of technologies that included semiconductor fabrication, micro-electromechanical devices, electron beam optics, laser beam optics, and computer algorithms.

While earning his undergraduate degree, Mr. Nienstadt interned at Siemens Semiconductor in Munich and Highland Technology in San Francisco.

Representative Cases

Represented Wenzhou Trimone Science & Technology Electric Co. Ltd. in two Federal Circuit appeals, Pass & Seymour, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 617 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2010) and General Protecht Group, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 619 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

Represented Respondents Fujian Hongan Electric Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Trimone Electric Science & Technology Co., Ltd., and The Designers Edge, Inc., in ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-739, Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing Same (ITC 2011) (ground fault circuit interrupter technology).

Represented Zhejiang Ouhai International Trade Corporation in Zhejiang Ouhai Int'l Trade Corp. v. Southern California Valves (C.D. Cal. 2010) (international trade dispute).

Represented Shanghai Meihao Electric Inc. in a reexamination proceeding (ground fault circuit interrupter technology).

Represented Zhuhai Seine Technology Co., Ltd. in reexamination proceedings (toner cartridge technology).

Represented Defendant pro bono in United States v. Alvarez (E.D. Va. 2009) (criminal).

Education

J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center
B.S., Physics, Stanford University

Bar Admissions

California, District of Columbia, United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Community Service

Member, Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Languages

Spanish & German