Managing Intellectual Property Names Finnegan Full-Service IP Firm of the Year 2010

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April 19, 2010

Contact:    Richard B. Racine, 202.408.4038

                    Managing Partner

Managing Intellectual Property Names Finnegan Full-Service IP Firm of the Year 2010

For the third consecutive year at its annual North American IP Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) recognized Finnegan with the top award--Full Service IP Firm of the Year for North America.  The firm also won four other awards: Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year in the United States, Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year in the Northeast, Patent Contentious Firm of the Year in the Northeast, and U.S. Patent Case of the Year for the firm’s work on In re Bilski.

In addition, the firm was also a finalist in eleven other categories spanning the patent, trademark, copyright, life science/biotech, and ITC practices of the firm, and one category recognizing the firm's strength in diversity.  The firm's strong showing in all of these categories contributed significantly to the firm winning the Full Service IP Firm of the Year award for the third time.

MIP is a leading international magazine for IP owners.  It has more than 8,000 subscribers, of which two-thirds are senior in-house counsel for multinational companies.  MIP conducts an annual World IP survey of 2,000 global practitioners (including in-house counsel and law firm attorneys) to identify and rank leading law firms in the IP field.  A list of all of the awards and winners can be found at http://www.managingip.com/.

About Finnegan

With more than 375 intellectual property lawyers, Finnegan is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Washington, DC; Atlanta, Georgia; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Palo Alto, California; Reston, Virginia; Brussels, Belgium; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan, the firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues related to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. For additional information on the firm, please visit www.finnegan.com. 

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