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http://www.carpmaels.com
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP is a leading European intellectual property firm which has been at the vanguard of intellectual property work for over 200 years. It has long-standing client relationships in the Asia, North America and across Europe. The firm's patent work spans all areas of technology from life-saving pharmaceuticals to ground-breaking biotechnology, and medical devices to consumer electronics. The firm is held in very high regard for its handling of patent revocation cases before the EPO and is top-ranked by the leading legal directories,including Managing IP (MIP), Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IAM Patent 1000.

http://www.shp-ip.com
With a vast experience in Europe and Germany and on an international level, Stolmár & Partner with its main office in Munich is a steadily growing IP law firm with at present 15 highly qualified patent, trademark and design attorneys and 30 paralegals and technical specialists. Our attorneys are admitted to practice before the European Patent Office (EPO), the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), Germany's Federal Patent Court, the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). Further before the French (INPI), the Swiss (IGE), the Austrian Patent Office and the USPTO. Besides the Munich office, Stolmár & Partner has branch offices in Stuttgart, Murten (Switzerland) and most recently also in Seoul. Additional technical and scientific specialists provide in-depth competence in various technical areas. The technical focus of Stolmár & Partner is predominantly in the area of chemistry , materials science, pharmaceuiticals, IT/softwar, semiconductors, automotive and household appliances. A special focus of Stolmár & Partner are besides prosecution of patent and trademark cases patent opposition proceedings before the EPO, trademark opposition before the OHIM and invalidation (nullity) proceedings before the Federal Patent Court in patent and Trademark Cases and before OHIM in Trademark matters. Further, Stolmár & Partner is known for patent and trademark litigation in Germany and assistance in IPOs and M & A.

http://www.gorodissky.com/
Gorodissky & Partners is the top IP boutique in Russia. 140 IP professionals provide a full range of IP services for domestic and international clients. With the headquarters in Moscow, Gorodissky & Partners has additional branch offices in St. Petersburg, N Novgorod, Krasnodar, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Perm (all in Russia) and Kiev (Ukraine).
Gorodissky & Partners deals with all types of IP in various business sectors, including aviation and automotive, banking and financial, biotechnology and life sciences, consumer products and retail, energy and utilities, hotels and leisure, mechanical and industrial, oil and gas, sports, media and entertainment, nanotechnology and telecoms.
Our patent/trademark attorneys provide clients and associates with professional and cost-effective services in a wide variety of practice areas: patenting, inventions and utility models, trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin, industrial designs, plant varieties, copyright, domain names, due diligence as well as patent searches, translation of patent and scientific-technical documents.
Our lawyers have extensive experience in the enforcement of IP rights, representing clients in courts, before administrative bodies, the police and customs authorities, providing transaction support, IP valuation and fulfilling due diligence regarding IP rights.
The firm’s patent/trademark attorneys and IP lawyers are members of AIPPI, FICPI, LESI, INTA, MARQUES, ECTA, PTMG, IFA, AIPLA, ABA and the Russian Chamber of Patent Attorneys.

http://www.awapatent.com
Awapatent is one of Europe’s leading consultancy firms in intellectual property. We strive to be the champion in IP for every client.
Our clients are innovation-intensive companies and include many of the world’s most well-known brands and patent portfolios. We help them turn their ideas and innovations into business opportunities. Our work is continuously awarded in different national and international rankings.
Awapatent’s 160 patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law possess extensive skills in issues relating to patents, design protection, trademark protection, marketing law, disputes, contracts and risk analyses. About 65 of them are European Patent Attorneys and 35 of them European Trademark or Design Attorneys.
Awapatent was founded in 1897 and has today 300 employees at 14 offices in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. In 2013 we reported sales of EUR 63.2 million.

http://www.skgf.com
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is the seventh largest intellectual property law firm in the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., for 36 years, the firm has helped companies strategize, build, license, leverage, and enforce worldwide IP portfolios, including strategic advice on portfolio strategies; counsel on worldwide oppositions, reexaminations, and inter partes reviews; litigation and appeals in U.S. district courts, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States International Trade Commission; and licensing and technology transfer. The firm is a leader in Patent Office litigation proceedings with involvement in nearly 250 cases at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to date. With respect to ITC investigations, there are only a few law firms in the United States that are qualified to represent you. Even fewer have the technical know-how, the depth of knowledge in patent law, and the commitment to service you’ll receive from Sterne Kessler. The Sterne Kessler team includes individuals that speak more than twenty different languages, including many key Asian languages spoken by parties often before the ITC.
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox 是全美第七大知识产权事务所。本所位于华盛顿特区,成立三十六年来,致力于为客户提供知识产权保护的战略制定以及实施,包括专利和商标申请,提供质疑 (oppositions)、复审 (reexaminations) 、多方复审 (inter partes reviews) 等法律程序;在美国联邦地方法院、联邦巡回上诉法院 、国际贸易委员会等机构就专利和商标侵权案进行起诉或辩护;以及为客户提供专利许可和技术转让等服务。本所在复审和多方复审领域居于领先地位,迄今已参与近250件案件的多方复审。本所在代理涉及国际贸易委员会的案件上也是独树一帜。我们的律师能够熟练运用包括中文在内的二十多种常用语言。

http://www.minesoft.com
Minesoft is a global patent information solutions provider. Our solutions encompass IP research, monitoring and analysis, IP document retrieval, patent archiving and competitive intelligence systems.
Our strong in-house development team continually enhances a product range that is at the forefront of today’s patent information sector, including PatBase (a global patent database), Patent Order (a rapid patent document delivery service) and PatentArchive (a patent information management system).
Minesoft clients include leading patent-litigating law firms, patent attorneys, national patent offices and large corporations from around the world.

http://www.fitzpatrickcella.com
At Fitzpatrick, IP is not just a practice area – it is our sole focus. We have one of the premier patent litigation and prosecution practices and consistently appear in the list of top litigation and patent prosecution firms.
Our practice is dedicated exclusively to intellectual property (“IP”), and we cover the spectrum of intellectual property services, including applying for patent and trademark protection, litigation, appeals, interferences, post-grant challenges (e.g., IPRs), alternative dispute resolution, licensing, opinions, corporate transactions and due diligence. The firm provides these services to clients from virtually every industry, including aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, chemicals, computers, consumer goods, electronics, energy, financial services, industrial equipment, manufacturing, marine, medical devices, nanotechnology, networks, pharmaceuticals, software, semiconductor technologies and telecommunications. As new technologies emerge, the firm is at the forefront in developing strategies for their intellectual property protection. Over 95% of the firm’s attorneys hold scientific or technical degrees and many also have substantial industry experience in various fields of technology including chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, software and computers.

http://www.incoshare.com/
北京合享新创信息科技有限公司是亚洲领先的知识产权信息服务商,为全球创新机构提供技术情报平台及咨询服务解决方案,旨在面向企业的技术创新和市场竞争、政府投资决策和资源配置等活动开展科技情报挖掘,全面提升创新管理能力,有效控制知识产权决策风险。秉承“诚信、专业、优质”的服务理念,我们的产品和服务得到了政府部门、国内外大中型企业和科研机构、欧美知识产权咨询机构等客户的广泛好评。
合享新创应用行业前沿的科技大数据加工和应用技术,开发了世界首个可用中文检索和浏览全球专利的科技创新情报平台——IncoPat。IncoPat首次实现了中外专利价值度排序功能,可帮助企业快速聚焦高价值专利,借鉴顶尖技术,规避侵权风险,发掘技术商机。作为国家知识产权示范城市指定检索教学工具,IncoPat涵盖了102个国家自1782年以来的1亿余件专利数据,可实现全球专利信息的实时、快速更新,为企事业单位提供全面、权威、优质和前沿的专利情报支持。
合享新创开发了全球首个关注中国上市公司创新能力的评价系统——IncoIndex上市公司创新指数。IncoIndex通过在大数据中挖掘优质专利的特性和规律,引入20余个分析指标,建立了科学的专利价值度分析模型,对上市公司的创新能力和创新活跃度进行客观评价,旨在优化资本市场的资源配置,引导资本向创新型企业流动,激发市场创新活力,为政府机构的产业创新管理决策提供支持。
公司拥有一支具有多行业技术背景和丰富从业经验的知识产权咨询团队,针对企业的不同诉求,可提供专利检索、专利分析、专利挖掘和布局、专利价值评估、知识产权评议、知识产权战略管理和运营咨询等定制化的咨询服务解决方案,并建立了“一对一”的顾问式培训服务体系,帮助企业实现高起点、高效率、低成本、低风险的技术创新,充分挖掘知识产权价值,加快技术成果产业化,提升企业核心竞争力。

http://www.boip.com.cn/
Established in 2004, Beyond Attorneys at Law is one of China's leading intellectual property firms, helping clients’ businesses thrive in China by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. Authorized by the China Trademark Office, The State Intellectual Property Office, and the Beijing Bureau of Justice, the firm has a depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Asia, the Americas and Europe
品源知识产权由北京品源知识产权代理有限公司、北京品源专利代理有限公司,北京市品源律师事务所组成,总部设在北京,在欧洲、美国、日本及全国主要城市设有十余个分支机构,员工近300名,上海分公司位于浦东新区张江高科技园区。自成立至今,品源的代理人和律师团队积累了丰富的国内、国际商标、专利、著作权、域名争议、反假冒、知识产权诉讼、特许连锁等法律实战经验,并一直致力于为广大国内外客户诠释最专业、最高效的知识产权法律服务。

http://www.questel.orbit.com/
Questel provides a comprehensive suite of web-based services for productivity and collaboration dedicated to intellectual property. Covering the entire innovation cycle, from idea to product, Questel’s offerings include:
- Competitive intelligence and technological landscape, Ideation management and innovation capture, Technology scouting and licensing-in, Invention management and prior-art searching, Portfolio management and pruning, Licensing-out and monetization. Our comprehensive and unique collection of intellectual property databases can be analyzed, shared and archived. For each stage of innovation, we also offer consulting services as well as IP elearning. Established in 1975, Questel is present in more than 30 countries with offices in Paris, London, Bonn, Washington, Sao Paulo, Tokyo and Shanghai. Trusted by more than 5,000 companies worldwide and 100,000 users, its solutions target a large audience across the business development, R&D, legal, financial and licensing departments.
Questel提供一系列完整的在线知识产权服务以帮助用户提高生产力并加强内部合作,服务内容涵盖企业知识产权生命周期从创意到产品的所有相关解决方案:竞争情报与技术地图; 构思管理与发明捕捉; 专利技术挖掘与对内许可; 发明管理与现有技术检索; 专利组合管理与修剪; 对外许可与IP资本化。
用户可以借助Questel独家全面的知识产权数据库对技术进行分析、共享和归档。在创新的各个阶段,Questel同时提供咨询服务以及在线学习解决方案,以帮助客户创造、利用、管理和运营知识产权资产。
自1975年成立以来,Questel的服务范围已经覆盖30多个国家,并在巴黎、伦敦、波恩、华盛顿、圣保罗、东京以及上海设立了办公室。全球范围内5000多家企业、约10万用户选择了Questel,而我们的解决方案也能为企业内部众多部门提供帮助,包括业务发展、研发、法务、财务及技术转让等部门。

http://www.smart-biggar.ca/
Smart & Biggar is Canada's largest and highest-ranked firm practising exclusively in intellectual property and technology law, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouverand Calgary. Related to Fetherstonhaugh - Canada's largest patent agency firm - through common partners, offices and personnel, we have been leaders in intellectual property and technology law for over a century. Our experience is unmatched and our goal is unwavering: to provide our clients with UNPARALLELED IP.

http://www.lungtin.com
Founded in 1994, Lung Tin Intellectual Property Agent. Ltd. (“Lung Tin”), one of the first Chinese intellectual property firms approved by the government to represent international clients in China, is headquartered in Beijing with branch offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and representative offices in Osaka and New York. Since its establishment, Lung Tin has grown into a prominent full service IP firm, having a network of strategic alliances worldwide to provide clients with global IP services.
The firm currently has about 90 attorneys out of over 200 staffs. About one third of the staffs hold advanced degrees, and about two-third use English as their working language. In addition, Japanese, Korean, German and French are also the working language in Lung Tin International.
隆天知识产权代理有限公司(隆天)1994年成立于香港,是中国第七家被批准的、最早的涉外知识产权代理公司之一,也是一家成熟的、拥有国际声望的知识产权代理公司。我们专注于为国内外客户提供专利、商标、版权等知识产权服务,现有员工220余人,业务总部设在北京,荣获中国知识产权报2013/2014年星级代理机构称号、中华商标协会2012-2014年优秀商标代理机构等荣誉。

http://www.stoel.com
Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. law firm, with a full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Established in 1907, the firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 12 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. We represent businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law.