Intellectual Asset Management recognized Crowell & Moring in its IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, awarding the firm a gold band ranking as one of the top four firms handling patent litigation and transactions in Belgium, and a silver ranking for the firm’s Chicago office. The firm was also recommended nationally in the United States for trade secrets litigation. This marks the tenth consecutive year that the firm has been ranked in the guide in Belgium.
IAM notes that the firm is “a go-to address for patent litigation in Belgium and is home to a group of impressive, knowledgeable, high-quality attorneys,”while in Chicago, the firm was recognized as having “the technical expertise and contentious experience to advise a broad range of patrons.”
Individual lawyers recommended in the guide include:
Belgium
- Kristof Roox (Gold – Belgium, Litigation and Transactions)
- Jurgen Figys (Silver – Belgium, Litigation and Transactions)
- Jan-Diederik Lindemans (Silver – Belgium, Litigation and Transactions)
United States
- William H. Frankel (Silver – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
- James R. Sobieraj (Silver – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
- Laura A. Lydigsen (Bronze – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
- Mark H. Remus (Bronze – United States: Illinois, Litigation)
- Kent M. Walker (Bronze – United States: D.C. Metro Area, Litigation)
- Vincent J. Galluzzo (Recommended – United States: National, Trade Secret Litigation)
- Joseph F. Hetz (Recommended – United States: Illinois, Prosecution)
- Anne Elise Herold Li (Recommended – United States: National, Trade Secret Litigation)
- Andrew D. Stover (Recommended – United States: Illinois, Prosecution)
IAM Patent 1000 conducts over 1,800 interviews with in-house counsel and other lawyers to gather market intelligence on leading firms and individuals and develop its recognitions. To see the firm’s full rankings in the Patent 1000, please visit here.
About Crowell & Moring LLP
Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service as well as its programs and initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
