Fish Named Top IP Litigation and IP Patent Prosecution Firm by Fortune 100 Companies

Boston, MA, August 23, 2010 - Fish & Richardson has been ranked by the Fortune 100 as the #1 IP Litigation law firm and #2 IP Patent Prosecution law firm in the country, according to Corporate Counsel Magazine's annual survey of "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies." The survey was published on August 19, 2010.

In Corporate Counsel's article about the IP rankings, they said, "Besides Fish, no IP specialty shop, big or small, ranked among the law firms landing corporate America’s big-ticket litigation work."

For the 2009 survey, Corporate Counsel combed through state and federal records, PACER, and USPTO data to see which law firms Fortune 100 corporations used the most in five key areas: corporate, contracts litigation, labor litigation, torts litigation, and intellectual property. The data was gathered in May and June 2010.

"It is a privilege and an honor to be ranked among the best of the best law firms that the largest corporations turn to for their most important, bet-the-company work," said Peter J. Devlin, President of Fish & Richardson. "We regularly top this survey because we consistently deliver the results that our Fortune 100 clients expect."