HOUSTON – Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA, is again on the Houston Business Journal’s list of leading Houston intellectual property law firms.
The HBJ law guide article, 2019 largest Houston-area intellectual property law firms, reports that AZA ranks seventh.
AZA has 16 lawyers in its IP stable, including experienced trial lawyers and lawyers with technical backgrounds in chemistry, electrical engineering, software and biochemistry. The team boasts three board certified trial lawyers and several licensed as patent attorneys before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
“Litigation thoroughbred Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos has successfully resolved disputes across virtually all technologies, industry sectors and forums; its lawyers’ gift for constructing tightly woven and compelling narratives works in any setting,” wrote IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals in its 2018 edition, ranking AZA among the best Texas patent litigation firms for the fourth year in a row.
“This Houston trial boutique dazzles in patent infringement cases across the United States and beyond,” the magazine said in 2017. The international IAM intellectual property magazine survey also named AZA partners Demetrios Anaipakos and Amir Alavi among the best Texas patent litigators.
The 2018 IPR Intelligence Report by Patexia Inc. named AZA the seventh best-performing law firm in the country in a study of more than 1,100 firms active in Inter Partes Review (IPR) patent cases over the last five years.
The firm also has lawyers who focus on trademark, copyright and trade secret cases.
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C., or AZA, is a Houston-based law firm that is home to true courtroom lawyers with a formidable track record in complex commercial litigation, including energy, intellectual property, and business dispute cases. AZA is recognized by Chambers USA 2019 among the best in Texas commercial law; by U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms as one of the country’s best commercial litigation firms for seven years running including 2019; and previously by Law360 as a Texas Powerhouse law firm. National corporate counsel named AZA one of the country’s best in client service among law firms serving the Fortune 1000.