Nick E. Williamson

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Nick E. Williamson — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Williamson is a St. Louis-based partner in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes group (Litigation & Investigations). His firm biography describes a patent practice centered on electronics and engineering clients, with representative matters spanning digital imaging, 3G CDMA/cellular and telecommunications infrastructure, aircraft fuel-tank inerting systems, large-format UV printers, vending machines, and industrial equipment. He has a B.S. in materials science and engineering, with stated technical background in semiconductor fabrication and board-level assembly, and his practice also covers trademarks (including TTAB inter partes matters) and copyright.

Side preference. His tracked appearances skew defense-side (2 of 3: counsel and trial counsel for defendants), but he is not NPE-only counsel — one tracked appearance was as litigation counsel for plaintiff Sportradar AG, and his firm-published matter list includes substantial plaintiff work (e.g., Eastman Kodak v. Sony, Leggett & Platt v. VUTEk). Public docket data shows recurring defense work for operating companies in Eastern District of Texas NPE cases (Secure Axcess, St. Isidore Research, Turn IP against banks, Regal Beloit v. Broad Ocean). This is a classic both-sides large-firm IP practice with a practical lean toward representing accused infringers.

Firm context and notable matters. He has spent his career at Bryan Cave LLP and its successor Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (formed by the 2018 merger with Berwin Leighton Paisner); no in-house roles are indicated. His most prominent tracked work is the sports-streaming patent war between SportsCastr Inc. (d/b/a Panda Interactive) and Sportradar. In SportsCastr Inc. v. Sportradar Group AG et al. (E.D. Tex., No. 2:23-cv-00472-JRG), Williamson (with BCLP colleagues David Roodman and George Brell) represents defendants Sportradar; Judge Gilstrap denied Sportradar's personal-jurisdiction dismissal and transfer motions in September 2024, keeping the case in Marshall, Texas. The litigation runs parallel to a Delaware action, Sportradar US LLC et al. v. SportsCastr, Inc. (D. Del., No. 1:24-cv-00170), filed February 2024 — the "plaintiff-side" Sportradar AG v. SportsCastr tracked matter.

PTAB/IPR experience. Williamson is active in the PTAB dimension of this dispute: Sportradar AG v. SportsCastr Inc. spawned a wave of inter partes review petitions (IPR2025-00266 through -00316, filed December 2024), with Williamson signing Sportradar's Sotera stipulation and petition-related filings. Notably, the Board terminated those IPRs in June–July 2025 by discretionary denial (no institution), consistent with parallel E.D. Tex. litigation under the Fintiv framework. Beyond that, his PTAB/IPR exposure appears limited and case-specific rather than a high-volume petitioner-side practice.

Bar / education. Admitted Missouri (2004) and D.C. (2005); admitted to the Federal Circuit and the E.D. Mo., D. Colo., and E.D. Tex. district courts. J.D., Washington University (2004, Order of the Coif); B.S., Cornell (1999); law clerk to Judge Richard B. Teitelman, Missouri Supreme Court (2004).