Kelsey Nix

Kelsey Nix is one of the most experienced and successful patent litigation attorneys in North Carolina. He has been lead counsel in dozens of litigated patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright cases nationwide, including all of the principal patent venues: the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, Delaware, Northern and Central Districts of California, New Jersey, Southern District of New York, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB). Kelsey co-leads Smith Anderson’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice. Clients describe him as a strategic and creative litigator who focuses on the end result.

Kelsey joined Smith Anderson after practicing with international law firms in New York City for three decades in a wide range of technologies, including medical devices, aviation and avionics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, banking and trading platforms, encryption, e-commerce, microprocessors, telephony, security systems, modems and clean technologies such as LEDs.

During his career, Kelsey has represented and counseled Fortune 1000, privately-held, and private equity and venture capital portfolio companies in their most important IP disputes. He is an experienced trial lawyer and negotiator with a history of protecting major product lines and driving favorable litigation and business results.