Fish & Richardson top on patent litigation activity

Boston-based Fish & Richardson leads the activity rankings on patent litigation in the US, followed by Farney Daniels and DLA Piper.

16 May 2014

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The Lex Machina rankings, shown in the 2013 Patent Litigation Year in Review, show that the 350-lawyer Fish & Richardson had 308 open cases in 308. Farney Daniels had 216 and DLA had 188. Winston & Strawn came in 4th (165) and Kirkland & Ellis 5th (154). Apple was the most commonly named defendant in 2013 cases, followed by Amazon. A total of 6,092 cases were filed in the US District Courts as patent cases in the year, up 12.4 per cent on 2012. Source: Lex Machina