General Info

With a historic client list that includes such innovators as Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers, Fish & Richardson is a world leader in intellectual property litigation. Founded in 1878, the firm successfully represented Alexander Graham Bell in more than 600 telephone patent cases from 1883-93. Today, Fish & Richardson files more than 4,200 patent applications each year and was rated by IP Law & Business magazine as the most active patent litigation firm in the United States. Some of the firm s more recent clients include 3M Innovative Properties, America Online, Bose Corporation, Intel and Porsche. The firm prosecuted and litigated many of the patents for these and other corporations dating back to the industrial revolution. Fish & Richardson employs more than 320 lawyers in nine locations throughout the United States, including offices in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.