Recent achievements include:

• In one of the two most important Supreme Court patent wins of the year, our lawyers secured a victory for client Roche in Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, a case involving patent rights to inventions developed using federal funds.  This was the first patent case in which the Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit notwithstanding the Solicitor General urging reversal.
• The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision for client i4i in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership, upholding the clear and convincing evidence standard for alleged patent infringers mounting an invalidity defense.
• We successfully represented Broadcom in a case against Emulex involving Broadcom patents relating to storage area networking technology and high-speed data communications. At trial, we obtained judgment as a matter of law that Emulex infringed two Broadcom patents, and a jury verdict confirming that none of the patents was invalid. Following trial, we obtained a permanent injunction precluding Emulex from infringing going forward.
• We obtained a jury verdict for client Contour Design, a small New Hampshire-based company that designs and sells ergonomic computer mouse products, in a suit against its former Taiwanese manufacturer, Chance Mold Steel Co., Ltd., for breach of a nondisclosure agreement and trade secret misappropriation.
• We achieved a record-breaking patent ruling reversal for Abbott Laboratories when a $1.67 billion patent-infringement verdict against Abbott and its bestselling drug Humira® was overturned by a federal appeals court.

• American Lawyer – Named WilmerHale an "IP Litigation Group of the Year" finalist in 2012. They also named WilmerHale its 2008 Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year. The magazine also ranked the firm as one of four finalists in this category in its 2004 and 2006 issues, its two biennial contests to date.
• Boston Business Journal – Named WilmerHale as the "Area's Largest IP Law Firm" in the 2013 and 2012 editions of its annual survey, marking the eighth time WilmerHale has placed first in this listing
• Chambers Europe: Leading Lawyers for Business – Ranked 19 WilmerHale lawyers and seven firm practices, including Intellectual Property, to their 2012 edition
• Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers – Recognized WilmerHale in 2012 and 2013 as a leading law firm in the US and in Germany in the area of intellectual property and praised our IP practice as being "an absolutely outstanding team that gives everything you want from a law firm"
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Named our intellectual property practice among the 2013 shortlist of leading IP law firms in the United States
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Ranked our practice number one in Massachusetts for the past nine years (2003-2012). Chambers USA 2011 and 2012 also ranked our national practice number one, noting that our teams "are outstanding at all levels, combining first-rate technical and legal acumen and great trial skills." In addition, Chambers USA 2012 ranked our California, DC and New York intellectual property practices.
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business – Recognized WilmerHale in 2012 as a leading law firm, and individually ranked 10 WilmerHale partners in the area of intellectual property
• Daily Journal – Named two of WilmerHale's IP litigation victories to their "Top Verdicts" in 2012 list, calling attention to California's most widely-watched rulings of the year. Recognized for being closely followed and examined across the nation, the cases, Apple v. Samsung and Mformation v. Research in Motion were featured.
• Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – Named the firm as "best-in-class" in patent litigation and licensing in California, Massachusetts, New York and Washington DC
• Law360 – WilmerHale was named "IP Group of the Year" in 2011 and was selected as one of only five "IP Groups of the Year" in 2010
• Managing IP Magazine (MIP) – Selected WilmerHale as the "Patent Contentious Firm of the Year" in 2013, 2012 and 2011, and also recognized the firm as the "Pharmaceutical IP Litigation Firm of the Year" in 2013. MIP also honored Bill Lee (2013 and 2012) and Seth Waxman (2012), naming them among the list of "Outstanding US IP Practitioners of the Year."
• PLC Cross-border Life Sciences Handbook – WilmerHale is listed in the2011/2012 edition as a leading law firm in the US for life sciences in patent litigation; highly recommended for patent counseling. The 2009/10 edition lists our Intellectual Property and Patent Counseling practices as "highly recommended" in the US.
• The Best Lawyers in America – Lists seven WilmerHale IP Litigation lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2013 rankings
• The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa – Recognized the firm in 10 various practice areas, including intellectual property in 2012
• The Legal 500 United States – Ranked WilmerHale's intellectual property practice in the "Top Tier" in the 2011 edition of its annual guidebook
• The National Law Journal – WilmerHale was one of 20 elite law firms named to 2012 and 2013 Intellectual Property Hot List
• US News Media Group and Best Lawyers – Our intellectual property practice is ranked in the first tier nationally and in Boston in the inaugural 2010 Best Law Firm rankings

WilmerHale compiles lists of certiorari petitions that raise patent-law issues. This page contains a consolidated list of all recently pending, granted and denied petitions, organized in each listing in reverse chronological order by date of certiorari petition.

Patent Law and the Supreme Court: Certiorari Petitions Pending

Patent Law and the Supreme Court: Certiorari Petitions Granted

Patent Law and the Supreme Court: Certiorari Petitions Denied

For more information on these petitions or other patent appeal matters, contact:

Joseph J. Mueller (+1 617 526 6396, joseph.mueller@wilmerhale.com)
Thomas G. Saunders (+1 202 663 6536, thomas.saunders@wilmerhale.com)
Leslie Pearlson (+1 617 526 6809, leslie.pearlson@wilmerhale.com)