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    Nixon Peabody serves technology clients at all stages of growth, from start-ups to iconic global brands.

    /Overview

    Maintaining momentum in the volatile technology industry requires constant vigilance.

    Nixon Peabody is ready to be your ally in a marketplace constantly in flux. Nearly 80 percent of attorneys and patent agents in our Intellectual Property practice hold STEM degrees, empowering our team to navigate the deeply technical aspects of clients’ pursuit of innovation. Our Cybersecurity & Privacy team guides organizations confronting the myriad risks of an increasingly data-rich world. And our Technology Transactions attorneys, many of whom formerly served as in-house counsel, holistically understand clients’ decision-making environments, helping drive positive impact today while keeping an eye on the horizon.

    /Representative Experience

    • Alibaba Group: Manage the US trademark portfolio of the large Chinese e-commerce company that provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer, and business-to-business sales services via web portals
    • Breakthrough Energy Ventures LLC: Represented the cleantech and energy focused VC fund, founded by Bill Gates in 2015, in a number of investments in 2020 and 2021
    • Health Catalyst, Inc.: Represented the data and analytics technology provider in numerous acquisitions
    • Online food delivery platform: Represented a mobile platform, which connects customers with restaurants and other merchants, in a trademark infringement matter. The case settled
    • Major wireless carrier: Successfully defended against multi-state breach of contract, and unfair and deceptive trade practices class-action claims
    • Paychex, Inc.: Represented the leading provider of outsourcing services for small-to medium-sized businesses in numerous acquisitions, including its $1.2B acquisition of Oasis Outsourcing Acquisition Corp.

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    • Nixon Peabody has been named a Tier 1 National firm for Litigation - Intellectual Property and Patent Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.

    /Key Contact

    For more information regarding our services across the Technology industry, please contact Sam Howe at showe@nixonpeabody.com.

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    • Blockchain & Digital Assets
    • Esports & Gaming
    • Social Media
    Seth D. Levy - Intellectual Property Lawyer - Nixon Peabody LLP
    The accelerated digital transformation of the last few years has effectively turned every business into a technology company. Data, hardware, and software pervasively live at the center of mission-critical agreements, operations, and policies in this increasingly digital world.

    Seth D. LevyPartner, Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader

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    • Andrew L. Share

      Partner, Office Managing Partner, Manchester
      • Manchester
      • Office:+1 603.628.4053
      • ashare@nixonpeabody.com
      Andrew L. Share
    • Jeremy J. Wolk

      Partner
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1050
      • jwolk@nixonpeabody.com
      Jeremy J. Wolk
    • Jason T. Kunze

      Counsel / Co-lead, Esports & Gaming
      • Chicago
      • Office:+1 312.425.3973
      • jkunze@nixonpeabody.com
      Jason T. Kunze
    • Jason C. Kravitz

      Partner / Leader, Cybersecurity & Privacy
      • Boston
      • Office:+1 617.345.1318
      • jkravitz@nixonpeabody.com
      Jason C. Kravitz
    • Jenny L. Holmes

      Partner / Deputy Leader, Cybersecurity & Privacy
      • Rochester
      • Office:+1 585.263.1494
      • jholmes@nixonpeabody.com
      Jenny L. Holmes
    • Seth D. Levy

      Partner / Leader, Intellectual Property Practice
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:+1 213.629.6161
      • slevy@nixonpeabody.com
      Seth D. Levy
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