May 27, 2016
Chambers & Partners
The 2016 edition of Chambers USA ranked Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP as a leading firm in the Nationwide Intellectual Property category, as well as the subcategories of International Trade (Section 337) and Trademark, Copyright, & Trade Secrets. Outside of the traditional IP rankings, Finnegan was also listed in the Life Sciences category. Earlier this year, ChambersGlobal recognized Finnegan as a top IP firm internationally, ranking the firm in top tiers in the United States for Intellectual Property: Patent, International Trade, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets. The firm was also recognized for intellectual property in China and Japan, and as a “desk-based-abroad” in Taiwan and Israel. The firm received recognition in the following categories:
Washington, DC office
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Northern Virginia (Reston) office
Intellectual Property
California (Palo Alto) office
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Georgia (Atlanta) office
Intellectual Property
Massachusetts (Boston) office
Intellectual Property
The firm was also recognized in the following Global categories, including:
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property, International Firms
Intellectual Property (Desk-Based-Abroad)
Intellectual Property (Desk-Based-Abroad)
Intellectual Property: Patent
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Intellectual Property
In addition to the firm-wide rankings, the following Finnegan attorneys were recognized as leaders in the field of intellectual property:
Nationwide
Smith R. Brittingham IV (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337))
Charles E. Lipsey (Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
R. Bruce Bower (Intellectual Property)
Virginia L. Carron (Intellectual Property)
William B. Dyer III (Intellectual Property)
Roger D. Taylor (Intellectual Property)
Massachusetts
Denise W. DeFranco (Intellectual Property)
Leslie A. McDonell (Intellectual Property)
Christopher P. Foley (Intellectual Property)
Charles E. Lipsey (Intellectual Property)
Washington, D.C.
Donald R. Dunner (Intellectual Property: Litigation with special recognition as a Star Individual)
David W. Hill (Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution)
J. Michael Jakes (Intellectual Property: Litigation)
Douglas A. Rettew (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, & Trade Secrets)
Global
Smith R. Brittingham IV (International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337))
Donald R. Dunner (USA)
Esther H. Lim (China, Expert Based Abroad)
Charles E. Lipsey (USA)
J. Michael Jakes (USA)
Ningling Wang (China, Foreign Expert; USA, Expert Based Abroad)
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