Perkins Coie Recognized as Leading Patent Litigation and Post-Grant Firm by Lex Machina

SEATTLE (March 15, 2020) — Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized as a leading law firm in the United States for patent litigation defense in the past decade by Lex Machina in its Patent Litigation Report.

Of the national law firms handling the most patent defense cases, Perkins Coie ranked fourth, with 759 cases across 46 jurisdictions. The firm also ranked as one of the eight most active firms for post-grant proceedings, handling 371 matters since the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) inception. Perkins Coie also placed among the top firms in both categories for 2019.

Lex Machina's Patent Litigation Report summarizes federal district court data from the past decade and post-grant data since the PTAB's inception in 2012. The report also provides key patent litigation trends that have emerged over the past year.

Perkins Coie's Intellectual Property practice group combines the focus and flexibility of a boutique firm with the complementary services of one of the world's leading technology law firms. Our internationally recognized IP practice consists of more than 250 attorneys and agents in the United States and China who provide innovative, comprehensive counsel at every stage of IP protection and development. Our attorneys have secured significant wins for many clients, particularly in the pharmaceutical and technology sectors, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the ITC, district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.