After studying dozens of entries, the magazine selects the fifth firm to receive this honor for its litigation achievements. Five other firms were named as finalists.

Judge Lucy Koh on Monday decided that she couldn't issue permanent injunctions against 26 Samsung products that a federal jury found violated Apple's patents. Her order applies a heightened standard established by the Federal Circuit that requires patentholders to show a direct link between lost market-share and a specific infringing feature of a competitor's product.

On Friday Wilmer's Bill Lee and Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel squared off for Apple and Samsung, bringing the debate over what standard should apply to permanent injunctions in tech cases to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

With opposition to "patent trolls" running at an all-time high, the White House pressed ahead Tuesday with reforms that could help undermine the troll business model. Many tech companies hailed the proposals as overdue, but some patent-holders warned that the reforms could hurt the economy in the long run.