nicholas wells

Partner at Legends Law Group -- trademarks, copyrights, and opinions

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I am a partner at the law firm of Legends Law Group, PLLC.  Before practicing law, I worked for many years in the software industry, principally with the Linux operating system and network security. Below are some details about my background.

Education

  • Master of Laws (LL.M), with merit, in international intellectual property law, University of London
  • Juris Doctor (JD), George Washington University Law School
    • Editor in Chief, Public Contract Law Journal of the American Bar Association
  • Postgraduate certificate in Applied Linguistics, University of Birmingham (UK)
  • MBA, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Management
  • BA, Linguistics & Italian, University of Utah

Experience

  • Former consulting attorney, trademarks and brand management, at GE
  • Shareholder (partner) at Kirton & McConkie, the largest law firm in Utah
  • Internships with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice
  • Author of several best-selling computer science textbooks on Linux and network security
  • Principal Technical Writer, Novell

Bar Admissions

New York, Connecticut, Utah, England and Wales (solicitor, non-practising)

Selected Publications

“Was it Something I Said?, An Analysis of Reasons and Remedies for Madrid Refusals at the USPTO,” CITMA Review, July 2019

“Information Services, Technology, and Data Protection.” (International Legal Developments in Review: 2009.) __ International Lawyer __, American Bar Association (2010) (with Poorvi Chothani and James Thurman.)

“Government Use of Free Software,” Public Contract Law Journal, American Bar Association, Volume 33, Number 3, Spring 2004

The Complete Guide to Linux System Administration, 2004, Course Technology, Inc. (ISBN: 0619216166)

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