Coby Nixon is a Shareholder and Chair of the Litigation Practice Group in the Firm’s Atlanta office and a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. For nearly twenty years, Mr. Nixon’s practice has focused primarily on patent infringement litigation.
Mr. Nixon has repeatedly delivered favorable results for his clients in and out of the courtroom. He has won at trials in federal district court and at the International Trade Commission, argued successfully on appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and at the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, won oral arguments at hearings on various motions in district court including motions to dismiss and motions for preliminary injunction, and obtained favorable rulings through argument at numerous Markman (claim construction) hearings.
Mr. Nixon’s practice is national in scope. He has litigated matters in all the popular patent courts such as Delaware, California, Texas, and New Jersey, in district courts throughout the country, including New York, Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee to name a few, in post-grant proceedings such as inter partes reviews (IPRs) before the USPTO, and in the International Trade Commission.