BOSTON – Mintz has been recognized as one of the most active and high-performing International Trade Commission (ITC) law firms in the Patexia 2023 ITC Intelligence Report. The report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the best performing and most active ITC Section 337 attorneys and law firms, also named several of Mintz's intellectual property practitioners among the most active and best-performing in the country.
The annual report listed Mintz as the No. 15 best performing law firm representing complainants or respondents overall and the No. 4 best performing law firm representing complainants. The firm was also ranked among the top 25 most active law firms representing complainants or respondents overall and the No. 4 most active law firm representing complainants out of a survey of 200 ITC law firms representing complainants.
Furthermore, out of a survey of 2,558 ITC attorneys representing complainants, Mintz attorneys comprise 20% of the 50 best performing – and 45% of the 20 most active – ITC attorneys representing complainants. Michael Renaud, Chair of Mintz's Intellectual Property Division, was ranked the 5th best performing and 6th most active ITC attorney representing complainants, along with Jonathan Engler, Matthew Karambelas, Marguerite McConihe, Michael McNamara, William Meunier, Sharon O'Brien, Adam Rizk, James Wodarski and Catherine Xu, who were ranked among the 50 most active and best performing attorneys representing complainants.
Patexia's ITC Intelligence Report covers the period between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, encompassing a total of 416 investigations.
Mintz's Intellectual Property Practice boasts an accomplished team of patent litigators with the knowledge of and experience with the ITC staff attorneys and Administrative Law Judges who are critical to success. Mintz is one of a select few firms ever to have achieved a General Exclusion Order in a 337 investigation, and the team has successfully represented parties on both sides of ITC cases. Learn more about Mintz's ITC Practice here.
Founded in 2010, Patexia Inc. is an intellectual property community and information service. The 2023 ITC Intelligence Report is based on data obtained from public sources, including the ITC's Electronic Document Information System, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records), as well as self-reported by attorneys on the Patexia website.