Timothy L. Warnock

Specialty / focus areas. Timothy L. Warnock is a Nashville-based commercial and intellectual property litigator whose practice centers on copyright, trademark, entertainment/music-industry, and general commercial disputes in federal and state court, per his Loeb & Loeb bio. He is not a technical patent specialist; his public recognition is concentrated in copyright/trademark and entertainment litigation (e.g., Best Lawyers' Nashville IP Litigation "Lawyer of the Year" multiple times). His one tracked patent matter, CRü v. Tethrd LLC, involves mechanical/outdoor-gear technology — a hunting-saddle bridge rope assembly (U.S. Patent No. 11,964,175).

Side preference / tracked case. His tracked docket shows a single patent appearance on the plaintiff side (CRü v. Tethrd LLC, Loeb & Loeb, lead counsel). Public dockets in the closely related dispute Tethrd, LLC v. CRUZR Saddles LLC (M.D. Tenn., No. 1:24-cv-00076) show Warnock appearing for CRUZR Saddles — the "CRü" brand — filing a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and acting as Tennessee local counsel alongside pro hac vice patent specialists (Brenton Babcock, Dan Liu), which suggests an anchor/local-counsel role in patent cases rather than a high-volume substantive patent practice.

Firm context / notable case. Warnock joined Loeb & Loeb's Nashville litigation department in April 2022 from Riley Warnock & Jacobson PLC, the Nashville firm bearing his name. In the Tethrd/CRUZR dispute, Chief Judge Campbell denied CRUZR's motion to dismiss the amended complaint (May 13, 2025), and CRUZR answered with amended counterclaims; the case remains ongoing. A related petition, CRUZR Saddles LLC v. Tethrd, LLC (IPR2025-01407), was denied institution by the Director in February 2026, but Warnock's personal involvement in that IPR is not confirmed by available sources.

PTAB / bar. There is no reliable evidence Warnock appears regularly in IPR/PGR proceedings; his role in the Tethrd matter is district-court local/lead counsel. Bars: Tennessee (1987), New York, and Florida; J.D. (high honors), University of Tennessee College of Law (1987); B.A., Vanderbilt University. He also teaches an entertainment law practicum as an adjunct professor at Belmont University College of Law.