John L. Krieger

John L. Krieger


Dickinson Wright PLLC

Recognized since 2013

Las Vegas, Nevada

Practice Areas

Copyright Law

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Trademark Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Copyright Law
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Mr. Krieger is a shareholder in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Entertainment & Sports Departments. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation in both state and federal court; prosecuting and defending clients for claims including trademark infringement, copyright infringement, domain name litigation; as well as trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition. Mr. Krieger has extensive experience litigating cases involving the infringement of intellectual property rights over the Internet, and has successfully shut down websites containing infringing material, secured the transfer of infringing domain names to his clients, and stopped the unauthorized and improper linking to clients’ websites. He has also assisted and counseled clients in defensive domain name registration strategies to protect his client’s trademarks in the U.S. and around the world.

Mr. Krieger has obtained numerous judgments imposing the maximum amount of statutory damages under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. See, e.g., Mirage Resorts, Inc. v. Cybercom Productions, 228 F. Supp. 2d 1141 (D. Nev. 2002); Bellagio v. Denhammer, No. CV-S-00-1475-RLH-PAL, 2001 WL 34036599 (D. Nev. July 10, 2001). He has summarily defeated challenges to jurisdiction and obtained numerous preliminary and permanent injunctions against third party infringers. Mr. Krieger has also resolved trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement actions between competitors at international Las Vegas trade shows, including obtaining emergency and permanent injunctive relief. In addition to his intellectual property experience, he also has an extensive background in commercial litigation.

Mr. Krieger counsels clients on a variety of intellectual property issues so as to strengthen their intellectual property assets and avoid litigation by properly developing, documenting, registering and licensing their intellectual property rights. He has worked with numerous clients who have a presence on the Internet and has drafted website policies and agreements for them, as well as counseled clients on state and federal privacy laws. Mr. Krieger also advises clients on Internet marketing strategies and sweepstakes and contest rules. He has lectured on trademarks and Internet domain name strategies in various contexts, including CLE for state and county bars.

While in law school, Mr. Krieger served as the Executive Notes and Topics Editor for the Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law. He also completed an internship with the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway
    Suite 800
    Las Vegas, NV 89169
Languages
  • Mandarin
Education
  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., graduated 1996
  • Brigham Young University, BA, graduated 1993
Bar Admissions
  • Nevada, State Bar of Nevada
  • California, The State Bar of California
Affiliations
  • California State Bar Intellectual Property Section - Member
  • Clark County Bar Association - Member
  • Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - Federal Club member
  • Intellectual Property Section of the Nevada State Bar - Chair and Member
  • Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for the District of Nevada - Former Lawyer Representative
  • Opera Las Vegas - President of the Board of Directors
  • University of Nevada Las Vegas - Adjunct Professor teaching “The Law of the Internet”

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2021 - Copyright Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Las Vegas (2022)
  • Copyright Law, Las Vegas (2021)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law
Awards:
  • Nevada Business' 2013 Legal Elite in the "Southern Nevada Best" category
  • Nevada Business' 2013 Legal Elite in the "Southern Nevada Best" in the "Top 150" category in 2012
  • Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2013-2014
  • Best Lawyers in America in the category of Trademark Law, 2013-2014
  • "Top Lawyer" by Vegas, Inc. in 2012
  • “Forty under 40” by In Business Las Vegas in 2007
  • The Legal Aid Society of Southern Nevada honored Mr. Krieger as their Myrna Williams Children's Pro Bono Award recipient in 2012 for his commitment to pro bono service.
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
  • Sports Law

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