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National Law Journal

Fish & Richardson

Fish & Richardson's IP practice had a record-setting year in 2015, filing more than 300 patent cases in court and 103 petitions before the Patent Trail and Appeal Board — more than any other law firm, by its count.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Covington & Burling

A photograph of a graceful figure-skating duo might have been the unlikely difference maker last year in a patent infringement battle last year involving the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Irell & Manella

Irell & Manella is one step ahead when it comes to patent litigation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Jenner & Block

In the parlance of Jenner & Block client Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z, the firm helped save the ­rapper some big cheese last year.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

How does a defense lawyer win a case when the plaintiff has already prevailed against two defendants on similar sets of facts?
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Goodwin Procter

For two decades, B&B Hardware was locked in litigation over its trademark for "Sealtight," the brand name of its metal fasteners.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Debevoise & Plimpton

Anybody can make a pretzel, and any snack company can sell a crisp. But Pretzel Crisps? They're a thing unto themselves, Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys argued in one of their most significant intellectual property cases last year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

When the America Invents Act was signed into law in 2011, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had the option to limit newly created proceedings such as inter partes review, a patent challenge, to 400 cases a year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Morrison & Foerster

Morrison & Foerster's intellectual property team was in uncharted legal waters when client Sandoz Inc. asked it to defend the biotech company against a patent infringement suit brought by Amgen Inc. in 2014.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Sheppard Mullin

To win a case in the U.S. Supreme Court is sweet. To win it unanimously is even sweeter. And to win an issue that the high court hadn't seen in nearly a century is, well, a mic drop moment!
6 minute read

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