Fintech & Financial Services IP

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.