Finnegan Partner Douglas A. Rettew Receives 2016 Client Choice Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC—On February 17, 2016, the International Law Office (ILO) and Lexology announced the winners of the 2016 Client Choice Awards. Finnegan partner and trademark practice group leader Douglas (Chip) A. Rettew received, for the second time in his career, the District of Columbia award for Intellectual Property in the category of Trademarks.

Mr. Rettew focuses his practice on trademark, false advertising, and unfair competition litigation and disputes. He litigates cases involving a broad range of issues, including traditional trademarks, trade dress, design patents, false advertising, product disparagement, unfair competition, and domain names. Mr. Rettew has significant experience protecting global brands, including Under Armour, Bridgestone, the NFL Players Association, Capital One, Subaru, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and PNC Bank. In addition to litigation, he is involved in trademark and copyright prosecution and licensing.

Since 2005, the Client Choice Awards have recognized partners who have added real value to their clients’ business by providing excellent client service that goes above and beyond their peers. The awards survey senior corporate counsel, and winners are selected from more than 2,000 individual client assessments.

Contacts
James B. Monroe, Managing Partner 
james.monroe@finnegan.com

About ILO

Launched in 1998, ILO is the nexus where global corporate counsel engage with the world’s pre-eminent law firms, and each other. ILO is a multifaceted online resource for senior international corporate counsel, which provides tailored, quality-assured updates on global legal developments, a database of the world’s major deals and the legal advisers involved, and a comprehensive directory of firms and partners. Recognizing its unique relationship with global corporate counsel, many of the world’s premier associations have chosen to partner with ILO.

About Lexology

Launched in 2007, Lexology is a daily newsfeed of law firm client alerts, articles and blogs delivered to the desktops of senior business lawyers worldwide on a daily basis. Lexology has built a unique audience of over 260,00 subscribers, over 60% of whom are in-house corporate counsel representing the vast majority of Fortune 500, FT Global 500 and FT Euro 500 companies—including all members of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

About Finnegan

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Atlanta, Boston, London, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, DC, 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 European patents, 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. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.