2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac Ranks Morris Nichols' Patent Litigation Practice Second Busiest in US

January 2009

Wilmington, DE – January 13, 2009 – Law360 released the results of its ranking of the busiest patent practices in the United States and recognized Morris Nichols as the number two ranked firm.

Published by Portfolio Media, Inc., the Litigation Almanac ranks patent practices by number of cases for which the firms were retained as counsel over a one-year period.  The Almanac tracks litigation trends, with data culled from over 500,000 federal cases and input from more than 200 participating law firms.

The top five busiest US patent practices:

1. Fish & Richardson
2. Morris Nichols
3. Jones Day
4. Kirkland & Ellis
5. Morrison & Foerster
                                                               Source: Law360 Litigation Almanac