Established 1920
Tel: +44 (0)20 7583 4055
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7785 9355
Email: nbolter@cooley.com
Website: www.cooley.com
Contact: Nicholas Bolter - Partner
Number of partners: 300
Number of practitioners: 900
Practice Areas: • Aerospace & Defence • Automobiles & Parts • Chemicals • Consumer Product Manufacturing • Financial Services • Food & Drink Producers • Health Care • Industrial Engineering • Media • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences • Retail • Software & Computer Services • Sports • Technology, Hardware & Electronics • Telecommunications • Travel & Leisure
Cooley's lawyers solve legal issues for entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors and established companies. Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, often where innovation meets the law.
In January 2015, Cooley established its first European office in London. Cooley's UK practice has strengths across many of its core practice areas, among them corporate/M&A, venture capital, technology and life sciences transactions, IP, complex high-stakes litigation, insurance & reinsurance, financial services regulation, tax, competition, employment, compensation & benefits, data protection and privacy.
- Cooley has 900 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States, China and Europe
- 300 partners in a single-tier partnership
- 2000 employees worldwide
- Fully integrated IP prosecution, counseling and litigation practice
- Recognised as Elite "Top 5 Innovative Law Firm" by Financial Times
- Named London Office of the Year 2015 by Legal Week at the British Legal Awards
- Named “IP Litigation Department of the Year 2015,” by The Recorder
- Cooley is one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For"
- The Human Rights Campaign selected Cooley for the "National Ally of Justice" award
Sector expertise
We provide a comprehensive range of IP services across numerous sectors with a particular focus on technology and life sciences.Our trade mark team advise individuals through to multi-national companies, including some of the world's most well-known brands, on selection, acquisition, exploitation and enforcement of trade marks, brands and designs throughout the EU and worldwide.
Our IP litigation team resolves IP and technology disputes and members of our team have acted in High Court litigation, before the Court of Justice of the European Union and in numerous arbitrations in a broad array of disputes ranging from complex patent litigation, copyright and online trade mark infringement.
Our patent prosecution practice offers clients the full range of patent drafting and prosecution services in Europe and the US, EPO opposition work and general patent-related advice including freedom to operate analyses, infringement and validity opinions, due diligence and management of global technology including the life-sciences, mechanical and high-tech sectors.
On the transaction side, our specialist life sciences transaction team has significant experience advising on matters involving patents and know-how including advising clients in the sector on licensing, collaboration and joint venture agreements and a range of commercial contracts. Similarly our technology and media team advises on various agreements for clients in the technology sector involving trade marks and copyright.
Last updated 1st August 2016
2018
United States (National)
Patent contentious
Tier 1 |
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
Fish & Richardson |
Irell & Manella |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Morrison & Foerster |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan |
WilmerHale |
PTAB litigation
Tier 1 |
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
Fish & Richardson |
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox |
WilmerHale |
Trade mark contentious
Tier 1 |
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Debevoise & Plimpton |
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu |
Kelly IP |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
Pirkey Barber |
Tier 2 |
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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman |
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson |
2017
California
Copyright
Recommended |
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Covington & Burling |
Davis Wright Tremaine |
DLA Piper |
Jones Day |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Paul Hastings |
Weil Gotshal & Manges |
Winston & Strawn |
Patent contentious
Trade mark contentious
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Davis Wright Tremaine |
Irell & Manella |
Jones Day |
K&L Gates |
Manatt Phelps & Phillips |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
Ropes & Gray |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
Winston & Strawn |
Trade mark prosecution
Highly Recommended |
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Cooley |
Fenwick & West |
Greenberg Traurig |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear |
Loeb & Loeb |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Recommended |
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Jones Day |
K&L Gates |
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp |
Morrison & Foerster |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
Colorado
Intellectual property
Highly Recommended |
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck |
Cooley |
Dorsey & Whitney |
Holland & Hart |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
Merchant & Gould |
Perkins Coie |
Sheridan Ross |
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner |
Hogan Lovells |
Lathrop Gage |
Leyendecker & Lemire |
Polsinelli |
Sherman & Howard |
New York
Patent prosecution
Highly Recommended |
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Fish & Richardson |
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Ladas & Parry |
Recommended |
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BakerHostetler |
Cooley |
Jones Day |
Proskauer Rose |
Ropes & Gray |
White & Case |
United States (National)
Life sciences
Tier 1 |
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
Fish & Richardson |
Goodwin Procter |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear |
Sidley Austin |
WilmerHale |
Tier 3 |
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Arnold & Porter |
Choate Hall & Stewart |
Cooley |
Foley & Lardner |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
Latham & Watkins |
Williams & Connolly |
Copyright
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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman |
Durie Tangri |
Fish & Richardson |
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu |
Jenner & Block |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Virginia
Intellectual property
Highly Recommended |
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney |
Cooley |
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner |
Nixon & Vanderhye |
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt |
Oliff |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
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Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch |
Goodman Allen Donnelly |
Harness Dickey & Pierce |
Hunton & Williams |
LeClairRyan |
Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe |
Renaissance IP Law Group |
Stites & Harbison |
Washington
Intellectual property
Highly Recommended |
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Davis Wright Tremaine |
Dorsey & Whitney |
K&L Gates |
Perkins Coie |
Seed IP |
The individuals below are listed in the 2017 edition of IP STARS. The stars for 2018 will be announced in May.
Practitioner | Ranking | Practice Area | Industry | Location |
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Berets, Keith | Trade mark star - Colorado, Patent star - Colorado | Copyright, IP transactions, Patent strategy & counseling | Biotechnology, Chemistry, Medical device, Pharmaceutical, Renewable energy, Technology hardware | Colorado |
Bolter, Nicholas | Trade mark star - United Kingdom | Trade mark litigation, Trade mark office proceedings, Trade mark prosecution, Trade mark strategy & counseling | Computer technology & services, Entertainment & media, Fashion & luxury goods, Food & beverage, Retail | United Kingdom (England) |
Christiansen, Bill | Patent star - Washington | Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Computer technology & services, Electrical, Gaming, Oil & gas, Technology hardware | Washington |
Crittenden, John | Trade mark star - California, Patent star - California | Copyright, Patent prosecution, Trade mark litigation, Trade mark office proceedings, Trade mark prosecution, Trade mark strategy & counseling | Computer technology & services, Electronics, Medical device, Technology hardware, Telecommunication | California |
Elrifi, Ivor | Patent star - New York | IP transactions, Patent litigation, Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Biotechnology, Chemistry, Medical device, Pharmaceutical | New York |
Ghajar, Bobby | Trade mark star - California | Copyright, Trade mark litigation, Trade mark prosecution, Trade mark strategy & counseling | California | |
Hutter, Christopher | Patent star - Virginia | Designs, IP transactions, Patent litigation, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Biotechnology, Chemistry, Medical device, Pharmaceutical | Virginia |
Keefe, Heidi | Patent star - California | Patent litigation, Patent office proceedings, Patent strategy & counseling | Aerospace & defence, Construction & materials, Mechanical, Oil & gas, Renewable energy | California |
Langer, Matthew | Patent star - New York | Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Automotive, Biotechnology, ICT & software, Medical device, Pharmaceutical | New York |
Murphy, Colm | Patent star - United Kingdom | Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | United Kingdom (England) | |
Pietrantonio, Frank | Patent star - Virginia, Trade mark star - Virginia | Patent litigation, Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Biotechnology, Chemistry, FMCG, Food & beverage, Pharmaceutical | Virginia |
Rhodes, Michael | Trade mark star - California, Patent star - California | Copyright, Patent litigation, Trade mark litigation | Electrical, Electronics, ICT & software, Medical device, Renewable energy, Telecommunication | California |
Smith, Stephen | Patent star - District of Columbia | Patent litigation | Financial services, Renewable energy | Virginia, District of Columbia |
Talbot, C Scott | Patent star - Virginia | IP transactions, Patent litigation, Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution, Patent strategy & counseling | Computer technology & services, ICT & software, Medical device, Technology hardware, Universities & research | Virginia |
Tuscan, Michael | Patent star - District of Columbia | Patent litigation, Patent office proceedings, Patent prosecution | Electrical, Electronics, Medical device, Technology hardware, Telecommunication | District of Columbia |
Weinstein, Mark | Patent star - California | California | ||
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