David Barkan Named to Top 100 Lawyers by the Los Angeles Daily Journal

David M.Barkan,alitigationprincipal in Fish & Richardson’s Silicon Valley office, hasbeen namedone of the Top 100 lawyers in California for 2009. The Daily Journal, one of California’s leading legal publications, compiles the list of top lawyers in the state fromthousands ofnominationsreceived from lawyers, judges, and corporate counsel. Since the list’s inaugural appearance in 1997, the honorees have consistently been highlyinfluentialleadersmakinga meaningful difference in the legal industryand beyond. TheDaily Journal article noted Barkan’s extensivesoftware patent litigation experience, his achievements in the ITC, and his prior leadership role in the firm as the Nationwide Head of Litigation until 2007.

Barkanwas previously honored as one of the Top 75 intellectual property litigators in Californiafor2009 by the Daily Journaland was nameda “Northern California SuperLawyer” in the field of intellectual property litigation by Law & Politics magazinefor five straight years.He served as the firm’sfirst Nationwide Head of Litigation. Barkan has tried intellectual property cases before judges and juries in U.S. district courts, in the US International Trade Commission, and in arbitration proceedings.