Founded in 1975, Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch (BSKB) is a full-service intellectual property firm with about 70 attorneys and patent agents at offices near Washington, D.C. and in San Diego. The firm’s professionals embody, individually and collectively, an extraordinary breadth and depth of knowledge and experience relating to intellectual property law and practice.

BSKB clients are primarily large to medium size U.S. and international corporations in the electronics, IT, communications, pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and automotive industries. BSKB can attend to the needs of clients in all areas of IP including counseling and opinions, licensing and litigation, patent preparation and prosecution, trademark and copyright procurement, portfolio management and virtually any other matter that may arise.

Each client is managed by one or two partners that put together a team, as necessary, to meet the particular needs of the client from the perspective of legal issues and needs, technology, experience and timely service. BSKB employs paralegals and highly trained support staff to provide legal services in a cost-effective manner, without sacrificing quality.

The firm and its attorneys maintain a close relationship with the USPTO. Many of the attorneys are former Examiners, including Group Directors and a former Commissioner. This close relationship with the PTO, coupled with highly experienced attorneys, enabled BSKB to obtain 2,915 U.S. patents for its clients in 2007. The attorneys at BSKB are all technically trained in their respective areas of expertise with many of the attorneys having a Ph.D. or Masters degree in their relevant technology. BSKB has been on the forefront of implementing state of the art business systems to provide clients with accurate, timely and "client friendly" service and communication.

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto has grown to nearly 150 attorneys practicing all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, and trade secrets. Our practice covers the spectrum of intellectual property services, including applying for patent and trademark protection, litigation, appeals, interferences, alternative dispute resolution, licensing, opinions, corporate transactions and due diligence. We have one of the premier patent litigation practices in the nation, and we also prosecute more than twice as many patents as any other New York-based firm.

Our offices in New York, Washington D.C. and Costa Mesa, California, serve a diverse national and international clientele from Fortune 500 companies to Internet start-ups. Founded in 1971, we have continually kept pace with the complex world of new technologies and the strategies required for protecting knowledge, vision and ideas.

The quality and experience of our attorneys is second to none. In addition to superior legal qualifications, the majority of our attorneys hold scientific degrees and many also have substantial industry experience. Our attorneys also have a long history of pro bono work, as well as active involvement in bar associations and community organizations.

Our clients do business in a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, biotechnology, computers, information technology, electronics, medical devices, optics, medical imaging, transportation, telecommunications, finance, food and e-Commerce. As new technologies emerge, we work closely with our clients in developing strategies for protecting and enforcing their intellectual property.

Regardless of the size of a matter, we are committed to delivering the highest quality legal services to achieve our clients' objectives. We can proudly say that the overwhelming majority of our work is from clients with whom we have continuing long standing relationships.

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized corporate law firm with offices in New York, New Jersey and Boston, with more than 275 attorneys providing a full range of legal services. The firm’s commitment to its clients is demonstrated through its client-centered, service-oriented culture. Lowenstein Sandler attorneys are regularly recognized for excellence by clients and peers in national publications, including Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500.

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Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers in 11 offices. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. Pepper's Intellectual Property Practice Group includes more than 45 professionals skilled in all areas of IP law, including patent counseling, prosecution and licensing, patent litigation, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights, and unfair competition. Pepper's clients include many leading pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, biotechnology companies, CROs and other providers of specialized services, research institutions and laboratories, and institutional investors.

RatnerPrestia represents a wide array of national and international clients in matters spanning the field of intellectual property law worldwide and has done so since its inception in 1981. The Firm practices in three offices with over forty specialized attorneys and patent agents representing a myriad of technical backgrounds, experiences, skills and advanced degrees. Not only does RatnerPrestia secure patent, trademark and copyright protection for their clients, they also guide them through litigation and licensing, and provide a broad spectrum of intellectual property counseling. RatnerPrestia's professional team will advise and assist clients in defining objectives, in evaluating outcome probability and analyzing risks.

Among its many strengths is RatnerPrestia’s breadth of technical experience. Industry leaders from electronics, bioengineering, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, material science, chemical, manufacturing, e-commerce and software companies look toward RatnerPrestia for their intellectual property needs. Clients range from start-up companies to multi-billion dollar corporations, both domestic and international, and from private individuals to well-known institutions and universities.

Ropes & Gray With offices in preeminent world centers of finance, technology and government, Ropes & Gray is ideally positioned to address today’s most pressing legal and business issues. Our comprehensive capabilities and “one-firm” collaborative approach to problem solving enable us to marshal an unparalleled breadth and depth of expertise to succeed on our clients’ most challenging and complex work. Working in a coordinated fashion, our Chambers-recognized top-tier national practices–especially those in Intellectual Property, Health Care and Life Sciences–help startup, midmarket and multinational clients thrive in the ever-converging pharmaceutical, medical device and service provider environment. For more information, please visit www.ropesgray.com.

As we like to say, “Intellectual property isn’t just something we do… it’s all we do”®. We have built a wealth of experience in patent, trademark and copyright law, litigation and trade secret protection for more than 60 years.

Woodcock Washburn helps clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry protect their intellectual property assets. Our 95 lawyer boutique is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States and the largest in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Our client list includes large corporations, emerging pharmaceutical companies, and nonprofit institutions. Among our clients are Johnson & Johnson, Alza, Centocor, the University of Pennsylvania, Cephalon, Celgene and many more. With offices in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Seattle, we are uniquely positioned to serve national and international clients.