Law360 Names Perkins Coie an IP Group of the Year
SEATTLE (January 17, 2020) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that its Intellectual Property practice has been recognized as a 2019 Practice Group of the Year by Law360. In its annual assessment of leading law firm practice groups, Law360 recognizes the firms that won significant litigation victories and managed large deals.
"We're honored to receive this recognition from Law360 covering the breadth of our U.S. and international IP work," said Steve Bishop, firmwide co-chair of Perkins Coie's Intellectual Property practice. "We had a remarkable year in 2019, with industry-recognized client wins and continued growth in our key markets. Our team-driven culture and adoption of innovative technology solutions has proven to be key to efficiently managing complex patent cases and better serving our clients."
Perkins Coie's Intellectual Property practice offers clients innovative, comprehensive counsel at every stage of IP protection and development, including patent litigation and appeals, post-grant proceedings, patent prosecution, portfolio counseling, and technology licensing, as well as copyright, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition counseling and litigation.
Perkins Coie's team has secured significant wins for many clients, particularly in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. International Trade Commission, district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The firm has also been recognized by Law360 as a leader in patent cases decided by the Federal Circuit with a formidable 2018 11-2 win-loss record for the Federal Circuit Patent Appeals practice led by Firmwide Chair Dan Bagatell, and supported by Partner Nate Kelley, and Firmwide Co-chair of the Post-Grant practice. The group continues to secure key victories for their clients.
The IP practice regularly represents clients in high-stakes patent matters across the United States and internationally. The practice has litigated over 250 patent cases in the past two years, with achievements that include outright wins on motions to dismiss, summary judgments, bench, and jury trials.
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