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McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd

USA Guide 2023

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McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd

McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd

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Firm Overview

McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. is a premier, full-service intellectual property and technology law firm. From world-class patent portfolio development, trademark, and design protection to its exceptional record of litigation success against highly regarded law firms, McAndrews excels at all things IP. That is why the firm is relied upon by industry-leading companies, as well as businesses and innovators of all sizes and in virtually every technical field.

McAndrews is also uniquely positioned and structured to serve clients efficiently and effectively, providing exceptional lawyers, insights, service, and value. Clients appreciate the firm’s collaborative, team-based approach, as well as the extraordinarily high levels of hands-on senior-attorney attention its model affords. In addition, McAndrews’ IP-only focus delivers a competitive advantage to its clients in solving their IP challenges. McAndrews is also proud to note that over 70 percent of its attorneys have spent their entire career at the firm.

PRACTICE AREAS:

IP Litigation (Trial & Appellate),

Post-Grant Practice,

Patent Prosecution,

IP Transactions,

Design Rights,

Trademarks & Copyrights

Main Areas of Practice

IP Litigation (Trial & Appellate):

Since the day McAndrews was founded over three decades ago, intellectual property litigation has been a mainstay of our firm. Our IP litigation team is one of the nation’s largest, most highly qualified, and ultimately most effective. Our firm is uniquely positioned to efficiently and effectively service major IP litigation throughout the United States, as well as other matters. We are one of the largest single collections of lawyers with scientific and engineering degrees in one firm who are admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This allows McAndrews to bring more than just a token IP attorney or two to a trial team. Rather, McAndrews staffs a full roster of IP lawyers with significant litigation experience who will meet the demands of any client matter.

Post-Grant Practice

McAndrews’ post-grant practice provides clients with a unique combination of capabilities, experience, strategic insights, and hands-on expertise that delivers highly effective solutions in the post-grant trials created by the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011. Few firms bring to the post-grant landscape the assets McAndrews does, making it a leading choice for clients seeking to protect high-value IP rights and defend key interests in increasingly competitive markets. For decades, McAndrews attorneys have litigated the proceedings upon which the AIA challenges were modeled – patent interference litigation – at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Patent Prosecution:

Patent prosecution is one of the largest practices at McAndrews. Our deep experience with diverse technologies ranging from mechanical systems and pharmaceutical compounds to complex electrical systems and medical devices informs our approach to the development and management of industry-leading patent portfolios. Our patent team is nationally ranked for the quality of our work product. We prosecute patents for companies with extensive, complex patent portfolios, as well as for small startups that are seeking funding, and for countless firms in between.

IP Transactions:

Our IP transactional experience is exceptionally broad. In the past five years alone, McAndrews has been involved in IP transactions representing a total value of more than $15 billion. We typically work closely with other professionals whose complementary expertise will help shape a transaction – corporate counsel, attorneys from other firms, accountants, highest payout online casino representatives, technical experts, and others. We also frequently advise clients on cross-border transactions, and are experienced at helping evaluate global patent portfolios.

Design Rights:

Both in the United States and internationally, McAndrews is a design patent law firm of choice. We have been asked to protect some of the most recognizable, significant designs in the world. Our track record in the field speaks for itself. McAndrews has devised and implemented worldwide design right prosecution and enforcement strategies for some of the world’s largest companies in a wide range of industries such as nutritional products, beverages and beverage dispensing, furniture, medical devices, housewares, fashion and apparel, packaging, life sciences, toys, sporting goods, and consumer electronics. Whatever the product, if it has a distinct look and feel we can help protect it.

Trademarks & Copyrights:

At McAndrews, we offer skilled management of large, small, and single trademark and copyright portfolios. Our clients benefit from our deep knowledge of both U.S. and international law. That ensures effective, strategic counsel on the determination, adoption, and protection of trademarks, copyrighted material, trade secrets, brand names, brand marks, Internet-based assets, and other proprietary work. The breadth of our experience in preparing trademark opinions and in filing, prosecuting, and maintaining both U.S. and foreign trademark applications and registrations is evidenced by the substantial number of matters we handle in any given year.

Global Reach

In certain U.S. jurisdictions that require local counsel, we have strong relationships with firms and attorneys that can accommodate all needs. In non-U.S. jurisdictions, we have strong relationships with foreign counsel and regularly coordinate and manage matters successfully. We are actively involved in litigation in Canada, Europe, and Asia.

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McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd rankings

USA Guide 2023
Illinois
Intellectual Property
1 Department
Department
Intellectual Property
3
Intellectual Property
3
Band 3