Ken Nigon has 27 years of experience in Intellectual Property Law, including five years as Patent Counsel for a major consumer electronics corporation and 22 years with RatnerPrestia. In his work at RatnerPrestia, Mr. Nigon has acted as Patent Counsel for three U.S. laboratories of a major Japanese consumer electronics company, advised in-house patent counsel of a major U.S. research laboratory and managed the procurement and licensing of Intellectual Property for numerous other companies. Mr. Nigon has counseled clients in the full range of Intellectual Property matters. He has also served as an expert witness in litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
At RatnerPrestia, Mr. Nigon is the Practice Manager for the Patent Preparation and Prosecution Group. He has served on the Management Committee, a member of the hiring committee, an attorney group leader, supervisor of the Docketing Department and as a Mentor.
Before he became an attorney, Mr. Nigon worked for nine years as an Engineering Programmer and Systems Programmer for a major U.S. computer manufacturer.
Mr. Nigon has a Juris Doctor degree from Temple University, a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Mr. Nigon has served in all offices of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association except Treasurer. He has spoken at programs of the Association on the patentability of computer software (1988) and decisions of the Federal Circuit on Obviousness (1994). He has also spoken three times for the Joint Seminar among the Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut IP law associations. Mr. Nigon has also served as Chair of the Junto (professional programs) and Computer Practice Committees.
Mr. Nigon is an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association where he is currently serving as Chair of the Patent Law Committee. He has served as Treasurer, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Electronic and Computer Law Committee as well as VChair of the Professional Programs Subcommittee of the E&C Law Committee. He has also served as Co Vice-Chair of the Professional Programs Committee. Mr. Nigon has spoken at the AIPLA Midwinter Institute in 2000, at the AIPLA Spring Meeting in 2002 and at the AIPLA Annual Meeting in 2006. He has also spoken at several seminars sponsored by the AIPLA, including the Basic Electronic and Computer Law Practice Seminar (1994), the Advanced Electronic and Computer Practice Seminar (1998 and 2001) and at the AIPLA Basic Training Seminar (2000 and 2001). Mr. Nigon has also spoken for the last three years at the PLI Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop on considerations in drafting patent specifications. Mr. Nigon been recognized in the Philadelphia Magazine "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers" publication in the area of Intellectual Property Law every year since 2005 and in Chambers & Partners' publication, America's Leading Lawyers for Business: The Client's Guide, as a leading intellectual property attorney in Pennsylvania every year since 2005. Mr. Nigon has also been recognized as one of America's Best Lawyers.
Mr. Nigon is a member of RatnerPrestia's Computer Architecture, Software, and Business Methods and Semiconductors and Signal Processing Groups.