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Bronze - Individuals: litigation
Hailed as “a firm with very talented attorneys who are willing to build a relationship with their clients”, Fish & Richardson “has always delivered a high-quality work product, and they have always given good advice”. The Boston office is home to an impressive offering of IP attorneys, well suited to handle the most pressing cases for their patrons and who offer masterful patent prosecution counsel. Their reputation has earned them prestigious clientele, including an international medical research and education company whose innovative patent portfolios are developed and managed by a team which includes Frank Scherkenbach, Adam Kessel, Janis Fraser and Anita Meiklejohn. The quartet make an accomplished team, with Scherkenbach and Kessel sporting years of success before the courts, while Fraser and Meiklejohn are well versed in patent prosecution for biotechnology players. More noteworthy names for contentious matters are Lawrence Kolodney, Christopher Dillon and Kurt Glitzenstein. Kolodney’s experience in patent hotbeds and courts across the country makes him a safe pair of hands for those across a range of technical industries; Dillon leads the litigation practice group and can be trusted to staunchly defend and protect his clients’ intellectual property in both state and federal courts, as well as before the ITC; meanwhile Glitzenstein recently secured a significant win for Rasmussen Instruments, asserting their patents against an infringer. On the non-contentious side, Jeffrey Barclay is a deft patent portfolio manager for his following, leveraging his electrical engineering background to support companies across a plethora of technology industries. Michael Hamlin’s talents extend from patent prosecution to licensing and transactional counsel, with a niche for medical device patent strategy; Peter Fasse receives praise for his adroit handling of patent portfolios and for being “very talented, responsive and paying attention to detail”. Rounding off the list are Todd Garcia and Christine Goddard, both possessing expertise in life sciences patent procurement and helping their patrons to maximise their most valuable assets.