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Nick co-heads Bird & Bird's representative (non-US law) office in San Francisco, advising on and coordinating European and UK IP law matters from a US time zone. Nick specialises in identifying and advising on IP issues in the digital economy, including copyright and trade mark questions in a wide range of online services, as well as the interaction between IP and the data economy. Nick advises on multi-jurisdictional IP litigation, coordination and strategy, drawing on his litigation experience in trade mark infringement and passing off, breach of licence/coexistence agreements, software copyright, trade secrets, and designs. He also covers transactional IP work such as licensing and the IP aspects of corporate restructures and reorganisations. Nick has been recognised on multiple occasions by WTR as one of the 'World's Leading Trademark Professionals'. He is an advisory Board Member of the San Francisco IP Law Association, a member of INTA's Parallel Imports Committee and IPO's European Practice, Copyright, and International Trademarks Committees.