NEW YORK, May 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALM's The National Law Journal today published its inaugural Intellectual Property Hot List, an editorial feature that identifies 20 top law firms with practices that focus significantly on patent, copyright or trademark legal services.
The special report also identifies firms that have demonstrated creative strategies for litigation, patent prosecution, licensing and other transactional work. It appears in the May 7th issue of the newspaper and is also available online now at www.nlj.com.
"The firms on this year's list tilt heavily toward those with a focus on litigation," noted David L. Brown, editor in chief of The National Law Journal. "That's not a surprise, given the volume of big-ticket IP fights that reached as high as the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011."
The law firms selected for the IP Hot List were:
Arnold & Porter
Banner & Witcoff
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cooley
Covington & Burling
Fenwick & West
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Irell & Manella
Kirkland & Ellis
Loeb & Loeb
McDermott Will & Emery
Morrison & Foerster
Pryor Cashman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein Fox
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn
Selections were made by the editors of The National Law Journal based upon their reporting and nomination information submitted by law firms. Decisions were based on an evaluation of each firm's litigation results at the trial or appellate levels, including verdicts and settlements; transactions; or other matters completed during calendar year 2011.
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