Nicholas S. Boebel

Nick is a trial attorney and founding partner of the firm.  Prior to founding the firm, he was a litigator at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. in Minneapolis for 6 years, and has successfully litigated highly-complex intellectual property and commercial cases against some of the largest companies and most prestigious law firms in the world. Nick was named a Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics in the area of intellectual property litigation in 2010. He is a trial attorney trained by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and has experience in all aspects of litigation. Nick’s practice is focused on the representation of individuals and businesses in commercial, intellectual property, and personal injury litigation.

Nick is a fifteen-year resident of Minnesota, and a graduate of both Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Law School. During law school, he was a member of the Minnesota Law Review, and graduated magna cum laude in May of 2000. When not representing his clients, you can find him spending time with his family, or playing one of the Minneapolis area’s many fine golf courses.

Selected Results

Telluride Asset Management LLC v. Eric Falkenstein, Case No. 27-CV-07-4832 (Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota): Defended Eric Falkenstein, a former hedge fund portfolio manager at Telluride and prominent finance blogger, against allegations of breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets relating to hedge fund trading strategies. The case settled five weeks after a Court Order allowing Mr. Falkenstein to pursue counterclaims against the plaintiff.

William and Sandra Metcalf d/b/a Ramco v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Case No. 05-CV-1035 (District of Minnesota): Represented Minnesota entrepreneurs William and Sandra Metcalf in claims of breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, and various commercial torts against the Fortune 50 company E.I. du Pont relating to optimization algorithms in floor-covering software. Following a sealed Order on cross motions for summary judgment, the case settled approximately one month before trial was set to begin.

Counsel in TV Interactive Data Corporation v. Microsoft Corp., No. C02-02385 (N.D. Ca., filed May, 2002).  Nick was part of a team which sued Microsoft on behalf of TVI, a small California technology company, asserting that Microsoft’s Windows operating system software products infringed several patents covering apparatus and methods for autoplaying media on insertion.  Plaintiff accused all versions of Windows from Windows 95 forward of infringement.  The case settled in October 2005 with Microsoft taking a license under the patents.

Counsel for St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants in litigation against a number of manufacturers and distributors of multi-format digital cameras.  St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Canon, Inc. et al., No. 03-241 (D. Del., filed February 28, 2003); St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Sony Corp. et al., No. 01-557 (D. Del., filed Aug. 14, 2001).  More information about the cases is available here.

Bar Admissions

• Minnesota
• United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, 2000. Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, University of Minnesota Law Review
• Carleton College, BA in Economics, 1995. Honors: Cum Laude, Departmental Distinction

Professional Associations

• Federal Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association

Publications

Graphics Shed Light on Complex IP Cases, The National Law Journal, (July 16, 2001) (with Ronald J. Schutz and Alex Treibitz, CEO of Z-Axis Corp.)

Contact Info

Myers, Boebel & MacLeod L.L.P. 5001 Chowen Ave. S. Suite 2000 Minneapolis, MN 55410 Direct: (612) 435-8644 nsb@mbmfirm.com