NEW YORK, January 22, 2025: Morgan Lewis has been recognized by Law360 as part of its 2024 Practice Groups of the Year awards for Intellectual Property. The annual series honors the lawyers and firms that have played an integral role in landmark litigation and major matters that shaped the legal industry in the last year.
In 2024, the IP practice secured multiple victories handling high-profile copyright, patent, and trade secret litigations on behalf of technology, retail, pharmaceutical, and medical device clients at the trial and appellate levels and before the fast-paced International Trade Commission. This is the second time that Law360 has selected the firm’s IP practice for its innovative representation of clients.
Morgan Lewis’s IP practice anticipates an impactful 2025 with a focus on significant case developments, including a key opinion on means-plus-function claims and antibody-related patents for biotechnology clients. The team is also preparing for the evolving influence of artificial intelligence on litigation, research and development, and patent prosecution, along with an expected rise in trade secret disputes, while gearing up for high-stakes patent infringement and trade secrets trials on behalf of multinational and US-based clients.
“Having a globally integrated IP platform means less complexity for our clients and greater focus on what matters—achieving results more efficiently, no matter how technical or jurisdictionally complex the issues,” said Louis W. Beardell, Jr., leader of Morgan Lewis’s global IP practice. “When you combine our worldwide teams with our deep trial, technical, and transactional capabilities, it creates a dynamic where we can solve problems faster and more effectively. Being a full-service practice means we handle everything from day-to-day patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters filings to complex IP due diligence to high-stakes litigation under one roof.”
The IP practice boasts a 200+ lawyer and professional team in the United States, Europe, and Asia, encompassing 70+ lawyers and professionals with advanced degrees, including 50 Ph.D. holders. Among the practice’s strengths, including trial-ready IP disputes teams, a deep scientific and technical bench, and a market-leading IP due diligence practice, the IP team works in tandem with other Morgan Lewis practices, including corporate, transactions, labor and employment, and appellate, to provide competitive and cross-disciplinary representation to clients.
Morgan Lewis’s global IP practice recently expanded in key European hubs in 2024, including patent and trademark litigation team hires in London, Munich, and Paris.
Read Law360’s profile of Morgan Lewis’s intellectual property practice.