John Mixon

• Defended a prominent private equity firm in an action brought by a shareholder challenging multiple transactions, including the client’s acquisition of a reinsurance business alleging more than $160 million in damages.
• Represented a computer science-related nonprofit in a trademark and cybersquatting dispute with an individual posing as the client and attempting to do business under the client’s name.
• Represented a technology incubator in multiple patent infringement litigations against both Amazon and Netgear in relation to mesh Wi-Fi products. 
• Successfully obtained the dismissal of business tort claims brought against two private equity firms arising out of the firms’ security interests in a borrower’s bank accounts.
• Represented entity holding a large patent portfolio in multiple patent infringement litigations against both Vizio and LG in relation to Smart TV technology.
• Secured a favorable settlement for a plaintiff hedge fund in a breach of contract action against a biopharmaceutical and medical device company.
• Represented certain members of a family owning commercial real estate in Manhattan in a partnership dispute alleging breaches of fiduciary duty resulting in damages exceeding $100 million.
• Successfully obtained the transfer of an infringing domain name from a cyber-squatter to a hedge fund client in a UDRP proceeding.
• Filed an amicus brief relating to internet content moderation and free speech at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Center for Business and Human Rights of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in NetChoice, LLC et al. v. Paxton, No. 22-555 and Moody et al. v. NetChoice, LLC et al., No. 22-277.

*Certain representations occurred prior to joining Dorsey