Welcome to IAM Patent 1000 2013 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, the second edition of the world’s most extensive guide to leading private practice patent professionals and firms in the world’s key jurisdictions. To the best of our knowledge, the IAM Patent 1000 is the only one-stop-shop guide solely dedicated to listing, and writing about, best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners on a global basis. As a result, it has already become recognised as a leading source of information for those looking to identify market-leading patent expertise at both the individual and firm level.
Grünecker was founded in 1924 and today it is one of the largest IP law firms in Europe. The focus of Grünecker is the protection and defence of its clients’ IP rights, ranging from global corporations to mid-sized companies and start-ups. Grünecker has more than 90 patent attorneys and attorneys at law covering all technical areas, who oversee tens of thousands of patent and trademark applications and handle hundreds of litigation cases. The firm has around 400 staff in total.Ever since Grünecker was founded, it has constantly worked to build up a network of highly specialised colleagues and international law firms worldwide that allows Grünecker to ...
Brian Hannon is a partner in the Washington DC office of Sughrue Mion, PLLC and a member of the firm’s management committee. With more than 25 years’ experience in the field of IP law, Mr Hannon handles patent matters for emerging and high-technology companies in various electrical and mechanical sciences, including optical fibres, biomedical devices, electrical and optical connectors, GPS, printers, welding technologies and a broad range of automotive technologies.Mr Hannon’s current practice is devoted to patent prosecution, strategic counselling on patent procurement and litigation, opinion preparation on matters relating to infringement and validity and ...
Commentators acknowledge the continuing strength of the US patent litigation market. Non-practising entity (NPE) litigation is, in particular, a growth industry; the dollars spent on acquiring patents represent an investment that demands a return. Moreover, the number of public and private funds financing this sort of litigation is exploding, while the anti-joinder provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act have not had the anticipated chilling effect on the market.Fiercely fought battles between competitors are also on the rise; companies have seen Apple’s billion-dollar victory over Samsung and want to get in on the action. The International Trade Commission (ITC) ...