| Paul Hastings | Standout | Galderma Laboratories v Mylan Pharmaceuticals | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | Closed a loophole in the law that allowed generic drug manufacturers to have a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug before the equivalent branded drug patent expired. The result saved Galderma millions of dollars a year. It sets a precedent for patent infringement cases in the pharmaceutical industry. |
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| Cooley | Standout | Yahoo v Facebook | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | The firm helped Facebook see off a claim from Yahoo through the purchase of patents and a countersuit, ending in a strategic partnership in July 2012 that resolved all claims. |
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| Cooley | Standout | Onyx Pharmaceuticals v Bayer Corporation | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | Adopted a successful dual strategy of litigation and settlement talks with Bayer when it developed a drug that would impact on the drug on which the two companies had previously collaborated. |
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| Perkins Coie | Standout | Defence of HTC against Flashpoint Technology, an Apple subsidiary | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | While all other parties to the litigation settled, the firm, working on a tight budget, proved that mobile phone maker HTC had not infringed Flashpoint's smart phone patents through a calculated strategy. |
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| Seyfarth Shaw | Standout | Managing the Wolverine global trademark portfolio | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | Although Wolverine's trademark portfolio has increased, the firm has been able to reduce its fees through the development of existing tools and a new client-firm mobile app. |
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| Crowell & Moring | Highly commended | DuPont (US) v Kolon Industries (South Korea) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | In a large contested trade-secret case, the firm, through a combination of forensic discovery techniques and a multi-disciplinary team, managed to win a $919.9m award for client Du Pont. |
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| Debevoise & Plimpton | Highly commended | Bayer v Cipla | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | Moved quickly to take action against a rogue foreign company for patent and trademark infringement, successfully recovering all illegal profits made and empowering clients to take a tough stance against overseas violators. |
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| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Highly commended | Defending Nintendo's Wii games consoles | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Secured a change in venue for the trial proceedings from Texas to Washington, which enabled it to successfully defend Nintendo against a challenge from Motiva, the fitness company, which claimed to own the patent behind the Wii technology. |
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| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and O'Melveny & Meyers | Highly commended | Defending Apple against HTC of Taiwan | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | When the International Trade Commission ruled in favour of Apple, it reversed decades of precedent. Now infringement occurs at the point of importation of the patent rather than when it is used in the US. |
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| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | Highly commended | Putting together the technology consortium that bought Nortel's patent portfolio | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Acting for Ericsson, the firm structured Rockstar, a special purpose vehicle noted for its flexibility and simplicity. It encouraged members to join together and successfully bid for one of the most lucrative patent portfolios in history. |
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| Global IP Law Group | Commended | The sale of Nortel's patent portfolio to Rockstar, the technology consortium | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | Took a creative approach to packaging and evaluating the vast patent portfolio of client Nortel, and helped to achieve the largest patent sale in history, ultimately benefiting the creditors and pension holders in the bankrupt company. |
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| Latham & Watkins | Commended | Defending Cross Match, the identity solutions company | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | Transcribing and analysing witness evidence in real time during the trial enabled the firm to highlight inconsistencies in its opponent's case. As a result Suprema, the South Korean manufacturing company, is unable to sell its fingerprint scanning machines in the US. |
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| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Commended | Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | Navigating the successful $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility by client Google, dealing with a huge patent portfolio acquisition and increased security for its client. |
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| Jones Day | Commended | Defending Myriad Genetics against the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | The challenge from the ACLU contested that Myriad's human genome patents were invalid. After an initial loss, the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court ruled that isolated DNA molecules obtained in the laboratory are man-made, allowing the biotech industry to continue its practices. |
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| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Commended | Yahoo's $7.1bn equity sale to Alibaba, the Chinese company | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | Helped Yahoo sell $7.1bn of equity it held in Alibaba back to the Chinese company, also negotiating the continuing IP terms and future investments into China. |
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