Nicole has over 20 years of experience advising clients with respect to intellectual property matters. Her practice focuses on all areas of trademark and unfair competition law including clearance, portfolio management, prosecution, enforcement, litigation, due diligence, false advertising, licensing, trademark use and misuse, and use in connection with social media. She has significant experience in the Federal Courts and at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

Nicole also represents clients with respect to copyright, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity, and defamation issues.

Nicole has been recognized as a leader in the field of trademark law by World Trademark Review in its “WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals” directory from 2015-2020. In the 2020 ranking, she is described as someone who “maintains a substantial prosecution and portfolio management practice. When disputes arise, she adopts a business-focused approach and takes emotion out of the case, working cooperatively with opposing counsel to bring about win- win resolutions.”

In 2021, Nicole was named a “Go To Lawyer” for intellectual property by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.

Nicole is a member of the International Trademark Association and is a former member of the Mediation, Internet, and Emerging Issues Committees.

Before joining Beck Reed Riden LLP, Ms. Gage was Special Counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP and a Partner at Fish & Richardson, P.C. prior to that. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a process engineer with Mobil Oil Corporation on the improvement of refinery processes.