C. Cary Patterson

C. Cary Patterson is a founding partner at Nix Patterson, LLP, where he focuses significantly on patent litigation, primarily representing plaintiffs. His practice is heavily centered on enforcing intellectual property rights for patent holders, as evidenced by his tracked appearances being exclusively on the plaintiff side.

Mr. Patterson's patent litigation experience prominently involves technology related to electronic check processing, image capture, centralized processing, and electronic storage of document and check information. He notably represented DataTreasury Corporation in its extensive patent enforcement campaign, which included cases such as DataTreasury Corporation v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al. and DataTreasury Corporation v. Bank of America. Through these efforts, Nix Patterson recovered over $350 million for DataTreasury, including a $54 million judgment against US Bank for willful patent infringement, which originated from a $27 million jury verdict. The DataTreasury litigation involved numerous defendants across the financial services industry.

Beyond district court litigation, Mr. Patterson has experience with administrative patent proceedings. He was involved in DataTreasury Corporation v. Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., an appeal from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to the Federal Circuit, which affirmed the PTAB's decision. DataTreasury's patents were also subjected to re-examination proceedings at the USPTO, where their validity was upheld.

Mr. Patterson earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973 and his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's School of Law in San Antonio in 1975. He was admitted to the bar in Arkansas and Texas in 1976.