Awards & Rankings
Awards & Rankings
05.14.13
Managing Intellectual Property magazine has named 10 Pillsbury partners to its inaugural “IP Stars” list, a new state-by-state analysis of the IP market. Inclusion is based on surveys conducted in over 80 countries and rankings are based on extensive research among IP practitioners. Pillsbury attorneys were recognized in the areas of patent prosecution, patent contentious, trademark prosecution, trademark contentious, copyright & counseling. Those included on the 2013 list are from California: Evan Finkel, Bobby Ghajar, Richard L. Kirkpatrick and Richard H. Zaitlen. From Virginia: William P. Atkins, Jack S. Barufka, Bryan P. Collins, Raj S. Davé, James G. Gatto and William K. West.
About Pillsbury’s IP Team
Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice advises clients on developing successful and comprehensive IP strategies by protecting, managing, asserting, defending and leveraging their IP assets. We field a team of more than 100 IP attorneys, plus technical consultants and patent agents, in Northern Virginia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York, San Diego, Sacramento, Tokyo, London and other offices around the country and abroad. Our IP team has a wide range of advanced scientific and technical degrees in areas including electrical and mechanical engineering, chemistry, biology, physics and a number of other technical disciplines.