Managing Intellectual Property Ranks Finnegan in Top Tiers for Intellectual Property Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 9, 2010

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Managing Intellectual Property Ranks Finnegan in Top Tiers for Intellectual Property Services

WASHINGTON, DC - In its annual survey, Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) ranked Finnegan in the top tier for the United States in patent prosecution, ITC litigation, trademark prosecution, and trademark contentious services.  Other high rankings included second tier for patent contentious, bio life sciences, and copyright services.

Regionally, the firm received top tier rankings in the Northeast for patent prosecution, patent contentious, trademark prosecution, trademark contentious, and copyright services, and second tier in the West for patent contentious and copyright.  Finnegan’s Tokyo office ranked in the top tier for foreign firms in Japan for patents and in the second tier for trademark/copyright.

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. 

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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