Nick Teleky
Overview
Nick Teleky is an intellectual property litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He represents clients in a variety of technology-based complex commercial litigation matters, including copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement and related commercial disputes. Nick has substantial experience across all phases of litigation — from pre-suit investigations and discovery through trial and appeal — and has practiced in state courts, federal district courts and federal appellate courts.
Nick’s prior career as a software engineer uniquely positions him to quickly master complex subjects, work closely with clients, technical witnesses and experts, and distill technical and factual issues into creative legal solutions and arguments that advance his clients’ goals. His experience spans a wide range of industries and subject matters, including software development, artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs), e-commerce, video games, healthcare and fitness technologies, consumer electronics and military testing equipment.
Nick maintains an active pro bono practice, representing indigent defendants in criminal proceedings, and is deeply committed to trial advocacy education. He has coached nationally ranked trial advocacy teams at the high school, collegiate and law school levels, and has served as a representative for the American Mock Trial Association. He currently coaches his alma mater’s high school mock trial team in southern Maryland, which has routinely ranked among the top teams in the state.
Experience
Representative Matters
In addition to Nick’s non-litigation enforcement, investigation and counseling matters, he has been involved in the following representative litigations.
Teradyne, Inc. v. Astronics Test Systems, Inc. (C.D. Cal./9th Cir): Won a complete victory for ATS and its parent company in a copyright and state law lawsuit concerning aerospace test instruments. Won dismissal of Teradyne’s copyright claim on summary judgment at the district court because ATS’ copying for compatibility with pre-compiled computer programs was a fair use. The finding of fair use was affirmed on appeal. The victory was highlighted by The American Lawyer.
AMO Dev., LLC v. Alcon LenSx, Inc. (D. Del.): Successfully defended Alcon in a copyright lawsuit concerning laser eye surgery technology, which included deposing and working closely with technical witnesses and experts during discovery, winning summary judgment motions based on the copyright statute of limitations and related-J&J entities not being beneficial owners of the asserted works, and defeating J&J’s motion for summary judgment on ownership of the asserted software. After aggressive motions practice, the case was settled on the eve of trial.
Deloitte Consulting LLP v. Sagitec Solutions LLC (D. Del.): Representing Deloitte in a copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition case concerning use of its unemployment insurance software by a competitor, including taking and defending depositions of key witnesses and experts, and defeating Sagitec’s motions to stay the litigation pending the outcome of a related criminal proceeding, to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, and for a more definite statement of Deloitte’s asserted trade secrets.
DISH Technologies L.L.C. v. iFIT Health & Fitness, Inc. (ITC/D. Del.): Successfully defended iFit, Inc. against claims by Dish that iFit’s video streaming technology for certain of its treadmills, strength training machines, and other fitness devices infringed patents related to video on-demand streaming. Played key role in discovery, working with both C-level executives and expert witnesses to craft iFit’s defense, and deposing key expert witnesses. The parties reached a confidential settlement across all cases shortly after expert discovery in the ITC investigation closed.
Johnson Controls Technology Co. v. Willow Technology Corp. (D. Del.). Successfully represented Willow in patent litigation relating to building management technology and software. The parties settled all litigation shortly after filing several petitions for inter partes review and counterclaims of inequitable conduct.
United States v. Minkkinen (S.D.W. Va.): Representing Deloitte in a criminal prosecution involving two former employees indicted for misappropriating Deloitte’s trade secrets relating to its software solution to manage unemployment insurance claims for state governments.
Prior Experience
Student Advocate, Criminal Defense, Legal Aid Society, Bronx, New York, 2020–2021
Student Advocate, NY Office of the Appellate Defender, 2020–2021
Summer Associate, McKool Smith, 2020
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2020
Summer Law Clerk, Clark County Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2019
Software Architect, Appway, 2018
Software Engineer, Vistaprint/Cimpress, 2015–2017
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2022District of Columbia
Education
- New York University School of LawJ.D.2021
Vanderbilt Medal for Outstanding Contribution to the School of Law
National Moot Court Competition Award
President, Trial Advocacy Society
Communications Chair, Latinx Law Students Association
Editor and 3L Competitor, Moot Court Board
- Tufts UniversityB.S.C.S., Computer Sciencecum laude2015
All-American, All-National, and All-Regional Outstanding Attorney, American Mock Trial Association
Co-President, Tufts Mock Trial
Teaching Assistant, Computer Science