Coby Nixon is a senior associate in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. His practice includes all areas of intellectual property litigation and counseling with particular emphasis on patent infringement litigation.

Mr. Nixon’s patent litigation experience includes cases in federal district court and the International Trade Commission involving diverse technologies, including wireless communications, Internet search engines, touchscreens for mobile devices, integrated circuits, computer software, and electronic medical record systems. Currently, Mr. Nixon maintains the Georgia Patent Law Blog, devoted to tracking patent cases before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2009 and 2011, Mr. Nixon was recognized as a Rising Star in intellectual property litigation by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine.

Mr. Nixon received his BSE in Biomedical Engineering in 1998 from Mercer University. In 2003, he earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia, where he was elected to The Order of the Coif and served as a member of the Georgia Law Review. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Nixon was a computer programmer and process analyst with Accenture, where he designed and maintained customer billing systems for several large public utilities.