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(June 22, 2017, Washington, DC) — Steptoe’s Intellectual Property Group received five practice and 13 individual mentions for lawyers in the 2017 edition of Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine’s IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. In addition, Steptoe partner Charles Schill was again singled out as “Luminary.”
The IAM Patent 1000 is a guide designed to identify the top patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners in key jurisdictions worldwide. The results are based on a five-month long research process in which IAM conducted telephone interviews with patent specialists around the globe.
The following Steptoe partners are ranked in the 2017 IAM Patent 1000:
- John Abramic – Litigation (Illinois)
- Bill Abrams – Litigation (California)
- John Caracappa – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
- Boyd Cloern – Litigation (DC Metro Area)
- Tom Filarski – Litigation (Illinois) and Transactions (Illinois)
- Harold Fox – Prosecution (DC Metro Area)
- Vishal Gupta – Litigation (New York)
- John Molenda – Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (National) and Litigation (New York)
- Jay Nuttall – Litigation (Illinois)
- Charles Schill – International Trade Commission (National) and Luminary (DC Metro Area)
The firm’s Intellectual Property Group is ranked in the following practice areas in the 2017 IAM Patent 1000:
- Litigation (DC Metro Area)
- Litigation (Illinois)
- Litigation (New York)
- Prosecution (California)
- Transactions (Illinois)
Read more on the rankings in Intellectual Asset Management.
About Steptoe
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is an international law firm widely recognized for vigorous advocacy in complex litigation and arbitration, successful representation of clients before governmental agencies, and creative and practical advice in guiding business transactions. The firm has more than 500 lawyers and other professionals in offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
