Patent/Trademarks

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP had the opportunity to encourage future inventors to pursue their dreams by participating in and sponsoring the Hagley Museum Invention Convention, a unique family-friendly event encouraging innovation, creativity, and imagination in young people through science, technology, and engineering.

Pierce Atwood LLP is proud to announce that its Boston patent attorney, Erik Saarmaa, has become a partner of the firm as of January 1, 2012. Erik has a broad-based practice focusing on counseling companies and investors in protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights private and public companies, including start-ups. He joined the firm in March 2010 as counsel.

International law firm Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce new leadership positions in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced that seven attorneys have been named to the partnership, effective January 1, 2012.

Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of five new associates to the firm, bringing the total number of firm wide attorneys to 242. The firm’s newest hires join many of the top practice groups; including intellectual property, litigation, corporate and financial services.

Moore & Van Allen has been named a 2012 Go-To Law Firm at the Top 500 Companies for delivering “exceptional work” to Fortune 500® in-house legal departments. The firm was specifically recognized by three different Fortune 500® clients for Corporate Transactions, Securities and Intellectual Property work.

The Gallop law firm in St. Louis earned highest rankings in the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firm” evaluations published by U.S. News Media Group and-Best Lawyers®.

James Kozuch, a senior partner at Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen and Pokotilow, Ltd., addressed entrepreneurs, inventors, authors, lawyers and students on “Intellectual Property Basics: Protection of Competitive Assets” at a program hosted by the Entrepreneurial Studies Group at Muhlenberg College.

Fenwick & West is pleased to announce that it has been ranked in 12 practice areas in the 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms” guide released by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers®. The firm’s IP Litigation and Patent Litigation groups, in particular, earned the highest “First Tier” ranking nationally. Fenwick was also nationally ranked in: