About Cameron M. Nelson

Cameron M. Nelson focuses his practice on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation. Cameron has trial experience in each of these areas in a number of forums, including U.S. District Courts and the International Trade Commission, as well as related appeals before the Seventh Circuit and Federal Circuit.

Cameron has deep knowledge and experience in pursuing anti-counterfeiting litigation, and has conducted dozens of counterfeiting seizures alongside non-litigation anti-counterfeiting strategies. He also has wide-ranging knowledge regarding the use of computer forensics, which he uses in anti-counterfeiting investigations as well as employee theft and trade secret theft investigations. Cameron’s patent litigation experience encompasses a wide array of technologies, including consumer electronics, chemical manufacturing, digital communications and digital signal processing. In copyright litigation, he has asserted copyright claims on behalf of a number of clients, including jury trials, and has also defended copyright claims. Cameron is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and has experience with adversarial proceedings before the USPTO, such as trademark oppositions and inter partes reviews.

Concentrations

•Trademark, trade dress, and anti-counterfeiting litigation
•Anti-counterfeiting policing and strategy
•Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
•Enforcement of intellectual property rights via U.S. Customs Service, domain name registrars, takedown requests and asset seizure
•Copyright litigation
•Employee theft / trade secret litigation
•Patent litigation
•Patent, trademark and copyright prosecution
•Technical areas of experience:
•Automotive transmissions
•Furniture manufacture and design
•High performance computing methods
•Digital signal processing, including wireless communication protocols and MPEG4 AVC / H.264
•Video encoding
•Materials and fatigue
•Liquid crystal displays
•Computer forensics

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, World Trademark Review, Illinois, Enforcement and Litigation, 'WTR 1000,' 2023-2026
•Listed, Leading Lawyers Network, 2018-2025
•Emerging Lawyer, 2015-2017
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Illinois Super Lawyers, 'Rising Star,' 2012-2016, 2021-2022
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 'Intellectual Property - Trademarks: Litigation,' 2020

 

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Areas of Law

  • Intellectual Property 1
    • Trade Secrets
  • Other 5
    • Intellectual Property & Technology
    • Intellectual Property Litigation
    • International Trade Commission's Section 337 Litigation
    • Anti-Counterfeiting
    • Trademark & Brand Management

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Representation of UL, LLC in connection with monitoring of
    enforcement actions against counterfeiters of UL trademarks. This representation includes a number of public judgments, settlements
    consent degrees in favor of UL.
    Representation of American Airlines in connection with trademark infringement litigation with Expedia, Inc.
    Represented Lorillard Tobacco Company in more than 40 civil suits in the Northern District of Illinois involving the sale of a counterfeit product. Obtained several ex parte seizure orders, seized more than $2.5 million in counterfeit goods
    obtained trial verdicts.
    Represented Acushnet Company in counterfeit enforcement action against distributors of counterfeit golf balls in Acushnet Co. v. Cam Golf et al., 05-cv-03166 (N.D.Ill.).
    Represented Cartier, Richemont, Montblanc
    Chloe International in counterfeit enforcement action against internet reseller of knock-off goods, Cartier et al. v. Harper, 2:06-cv-119-GLF-MRA (S.D. Oh.).
    Representation of Habersham Plantation Corporation in copyright infringement litigation against a number of manufacturers of infringing furniture designs, including multiple jury verdicts, including Habersham Plantation Corporation v. G&J Styles Inc. et al., 08-cv-5892 (N.D.Ill.), Habersham Plantation Corporation v. Art & Frame Direct et al., 10-61532-CIV-COHN (S.D. Fl.),
    Habersham Plantation Corporation v. Molyneux et al., 10-cv-61526-WPD (S.D.Fl.).
    Represented LG Electronics in defense of patent infringement allegations in before the U.S. International Trade Commission in Investigation Nos. 337-TA-836
    337-TA-839, involving LCD technology, microprocessor technology, graphics processor technology,
    teleconferencing technology.
    Representation of Se-Kure Controls, a retail anti-theft
    loss-prevention equipment manufacturer in enforcing its patent portfolio through both licensing
    litigation efforts, including in including in Se Kure Controls Inc. v. Vanguard Products Group, et al., C.A. 02-cv-03767 (N.D. Ill.), Se-Kure Controls, Inc. v. Diam USA, Inc., C.A. 06-cv-04857 (N.D. Ill.)
    Se-Kure Controls, Inc. v. Sennco Solutions, Inc., et al., C.A. 08-cv-06075 (N.D. Ill.).
    Represented Primax Electronics Ltd. in Primax Electronics Ltd. v. KYE Systems America Corp., C.A. 09-cv-02821 (C.D. Cal.),
    KYE Systems America Corporation v. Primax Electronics Ltd., C.A. 10-cv-04481(C.D. Cal.) defending against allegations of patent infringement related to computer input devices.
    Represented Chemtura in multi-patent litigation relating to bromine
    bromine-related chemical products, in Albemarle Corp. v Chemtura Corp., et al., 3:05-cv-01239-JJB-SCR,
    related cases.
    Represented Google in Specht, et al. v. Google Inc., et al., C.A. 09-cv-02572 (N.D. Ill.) in defense of allegations of trademark infringement
    unfair competition.
    Represented Consolidated Foam, Inc., a local home-goods manufacturer, in a suit against a major wholesaler selling knock-off products, resulting in a settlement without trial.
    Represented local wholesaler in defense of patent infringement action, resulting in finding patent being rendered unenforceable.
    Represented L
    s' End in trade secret litigation against Eddie Bauer, in L
    s' End, Inc. et al. v. Eddie Bauer, et al., 2010cv5084 (N.D.Ill.).
    Noteworthy Experience: Judicial Extern, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier, Northern District of Illinois, 1999
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2001, Illinois
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    Trial Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    Supreme Court of Illinois
    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Chicago Bar Association
    •Member, Illinois State Bar Association

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
    J.D.
    Order of the Coif

    Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
    J.D.
    summa cum laude

    Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
    J.D.
    2001 Law Review
    Other Education
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Class of 1998
    B.S.
    Mechanical Engineering and Psychology
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1976
    Oriville, California, May 19, 1976
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Attorneys FAQs

  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Cameron M. Nelson was admitted in 2001 to the State of Illinois.
  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Cameron M. Nelson is admitted to practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Cameron M. Nelson attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.