Bio Filter Option
Morgan Lewis
  • Home
  • >
  • Nick Bolter
Nick Bolter

Nick Bolter

Partner

nick.bolter@morganlewis.com

London Phone +44.20.3201.5518 Fax +44.20.3201.5001

Condor House//5-10 St. Paul's Churchyard//London, EC4M 8AL//United Kingdom

Brussels Phone +32.2.507.7562 Fax +32.2.507.7555

7 Rue Guimard-Guimardstraat//B-1040 Brussels//Belgium

Nick Bolter is an intellectual property partner with a focus on trademarks and designs. He represents clients in the selection, prosecution, protection, and enforcement of trademarks, brands, and designs in the United Kingdom and across Europe. His clients include some of the world’s best-known brands in retail, luxury, and apparel, as well online retailers and technology and automotive companies.

Nick is recommended in World Trademark Review’s WTR1000 2020 edition as “one of the top trademark professionals in the world” with clients describing him as “extremely energetic and client focused, and top companies trust him unequivocally—and with good reason.”

Selected Representations

  • A leading online retailer, a Formula One racing team, technology brands, apparel brands, and a number of early-stage businesses in the prosecution of trademarks and designs across the European Union and globally
  • A leading technology company in London High Court proceedings in relation to the use of trademarks in search engines
  • Clients in a number of sectors on global product launches
  • EU trademark counsel for the owner of a leading beverage brand

Awards and Affiliations

Member, International Trademark Association, Public Information Committee

Ranked, Intellectual Property, London, Chambers UK

Recommended, TMT: Intellectual Property: Trade Marks, Copyright and Design, The Legal 500 UK (2021)

Recommended, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, Brand management, The Legal 500 UK

Leading Trademark Practitioner, Enforcement and Litigation, United Kingdom: England, WTR 1000, World Trademark Review (2021)

Leading Trademark Practitioner, Prosecution and Strategy, United Kingdom: England, WTR 1000, World Trademark Review (2021)

Recommended, Trademarks, Who’s Who Legal

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)
  • Ireland
  • Brussels

Education

  • University of Bristol, England, 2000, Diploma, Intellectual Property Law
  • College of Law of England and Wales, Guildford, 1997, CPE
  • University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1995, MA

Sectors

  • Retail
  • Technology
  • Transportation

Services

  • Trademark Copyright Advertising Unfair Competition
  • Brand Product Innovation
  • Intellectual Property

Regions

  • Europe
  • North America

Events

6/2/2021 - Trademark and Copyright Considerations in the Automotive and Mobility Space

News

2/17/2021 - World Trademark Review Recognizes Morgan Lewis Among 2021 Leading Trademark Firms

10/28/2020 - Morgan Lewis Practices, Lawyers Recognized in 2021 Chambers UK Guide

6/24/2020 - Morgan Lewis Will Notably Expand IP Services in London with 9-Member Team Led by Nick Bolter

Publications

12/17/2020 - Brexit and Design Rights: Ensuring Continued Protection

12/17/2020 - Brexit and Trademarks: Ensuring Continued Protection

11/24/2020 - CJEU Gives First Ruling on Article 8(3) of Regulation 2017/1001, World Trademark Review

8/28/2020 - No Defence for the Land Rover Defender, World Trademark Review