Contact:
Harold J. McElhinny or
Catherine M. Polizzi
Morrison & Foerster maintains one of the largest intellectual property practices in the world, with approximately 350 lawyers
providing a full range of services, including counseling, prosecution, litigation, dispute resolution and licensing transactions
in patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters.
The firm’s practice has been consistently ranked by independent observers as one of the top intellectual property practices
in the world. Most recently, our IP litigation practice was one of three finalists honored in The American Lawyer’s prestigious 2008 IP Litigation Department of the Year contest. In 2007, the firm’s Intellectual Property practice earned the Tier 1 ranking by Chambers USA and was a Top 3 finalist for Chambers & Partners’ Global IP Firm of the Year award .
Morrison & Foerster’s IP practice serves clients in a wide range of industries, including biotechnology, medical devices and
healthcare; electronics, software, telecommunications, Internet and semiconductors; chemistry, chemical engineering and materials
science; and media and entertainment. The firm’s attorneys, including partners Tom Ciotti, Kate Murashige and Gladys Monroy,
have played a significant role in the creation and protection of many of the landmark patent portfolios in the information
technology and life science industries.
