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    Fintech & Financial Services IP

    We empower financial services entrepreneurs and enterprises to protect and commercialize innovation.

    /Overview

    The explosive evolution of financial services technology has led to an intellectual property arms race in the industry as startups and established institutions alike safeguard, enforce, and monetize inventions with massive capital implications.

    Nixon Peabody’s Fintech & Financial Services IP team advises clients on prosecution, litigation, and transactions involving their patent, trademark, and copyright portfolios—blending interdisciplinary legal services with deep knowledge of the disruptive technologies taking this sector by storm.

    Our attorneys advise renowned financial institutions, their premier technology providers, and disruptors on complex matters related to machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts, electronic trading platforms, post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, and cryptocurrency as they develop and implement new solutions in the global marketplace.

    /Representative experience

    • Manage the US trademark portfolio for Ant Group, a digital financial services provider, including the registration of new trademarks, handling disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and assisting with global brand strategy.
    • Represent Financial Finesse, a proprietary human and AI-powered financial coaching service provider, in protecting its intellectual property and various commercial transactions.
    • Counsel a multinational financial institution on US and foreign patent matters related to blockchain technologies, payment systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and digital banking technologies; assist in strategic planning and invention harvesting; and manage a patent portfolio of over 250 US and foreign patents.

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    • James A. Cooke, III, PhD

      Partner / Lead, Fintech & Financial Services IP Team
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8326
      • jcooke@nixonpeabody.com
      James A. Cooke, III, PhD
    • Christian Donovan

      Patent Agent
      • San Francisco
      • Office:+1 415.984.8207
      • cjdonovan@nixonpeabody.com
      Christian Donovan
    • David L. May

      Partner / Co-Lead, IPPG Sports & Sporting Goods Team
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8220
      • dmay@nixonpeabody.com
      David L. May
    • Ilya Mirov

      Associate
      • Washington DC
      • Office:+1 202.585.8007
      • imirov@nixonpeabody.com
      Ilya Mirov
    • Ion C. Moraru, PhD

      Associate
      • Chicago
      • Office:+1 312.977.4467
      • imoraru@nixonpeabody.com
      Ion C. Moraru, PhD
    • Sasha G. Rao

      Partner
      • San Francisco
      • Office:+1 415.984.8345
      • srao@nixonpeabody.com
      Sasha G. Rao
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      Nixon Peabody adds partner to lead Fintech and Financial Services IP team

      Nov 4, 2024
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