With wide-ranging knowledge, a broad blend of backgrounds, and a wealth of career experience, Hogan & Hartson’s intellectual property (IP) lawyers adroitly handle the full breadth of IP issues faced by clients worldwide. In the United States, Europe, and Asia, Hogan & Hartson has been recognized as having a leading IP practice.

Our IP group is composed of more than 120 lawyers, including more than 40 registered patent attorneys and patent agents. Many hold advanced degrees, including Ph.D.s, and have hands-on experience in industry, business, and government. Our IP lawyers put their skills and experience to work in solving clients’ most difficult IP challenges. We handle patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation in U.S. courts, European courts, the International Trade Commission, and, with the assistance of local counsel, forums throughout the world. We also provide patent and trademark prosecution and counseling and sophisticated analysis and opinions. Our high standards and integrity have earned us widespread recognition by courts, adversaries, and clients as pragmatic IP litigators and problem solvers. Bolstering our worldwide reach and decades of experience is our ability to draw upon the knowledge of other Hogan & Hartson lawyers in fields such as U.S. Food & Drug Administration, tax, health, competition, and antitrust law. Combined, these strengths uniquely position us to provide creative and cost-effective solutions to our clients.

Our IP practice is truly global; our lawyers are located in 22 offices in 10 countries and on four continents. In the United States, they are located in Baltimore, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Outside the United States, we have IP lawyers in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Berlin, Caracas, Geneva, Hong Kong, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Warsaw. Working with local counsel as necessary under applicable bar rules, our IP litigators can and do handle litigation in virtually every state in the United States and in many important countries of the world. Our Washington, D.C., base gives our intellectual property attorneys ready access to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Commission, and key regulatory institutions. Our international reach and established relationships with IP attorneys and agents in jurisdictions in which we do not practice enable us to help our clients devise and implement worldwide IP strategies.

Awards and Rankings

• Recognized as a top patent firm by Intellectual Property Today (2005-2009)
• Recognized as a top trademark firm by Intellectual Property Today (2006-2009)  
• Recognized IP litigation practice, Legal 500 US (2007)  
• Top-tier ranking in patent litigation appeals by Legal 500 US (2007)
• Recognized U.S. practice in the categories "ITC," "patent contentious," and "trademark contentious," Managing Intellectual Property (2009-2010); and in the category "copyright" (2010) 
• Recognized IP practice in the category "patent litigation: hi tech electronics and IT," Legal 500 US (2009)
• Recommended by Legal 500 US as one of only six law firms as having “specific expertise in International Trade contentious patent litigation” (2007)
• Two of only 14 lawyers recommended by Legal 500 US (2007) as leading in ITC patent litigation in the United States are from Hogan & Hartson
• Recommended for Intellectual Property in New York, Japan, Russia, and Poland by PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2009)
• Leading business process outsourcing practice in the United States, Chambers USA (2006-2009)  
• IP practice in Japan ranked in tier two among "foreign firms/patents" by Managing Intellectual Property (2009-2010); and among "foreign firms/trademark and copyright" (2010) 
• Recognized IP practice in Japan, Chambers Asia (2009)
• Top-tier ranking for the Tokyo office in international firms and joint ventures by Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2009-2010)
• Recommended foreign firm for IP in China, Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2007)
• Leading IP practices in Colorado and Northern Virginia, Chambers USA (2007-2009)
• Recognized IP practice in Russia in the category "trademark/copyright contentious" by Managing Intellectual Property (2010)
• Recognized IP practices in France (full-service firm), Germany (patents - dispute resolution), and Poland, Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa (2008)
• Recognized IP practice in Poland and Russia, Chambers Europe (2009)
• Individual members of the IP group honored by:
  - American Nuclear Society
  - Baltimore Magazine
  - Brooklyn Bar Association
  - California Lawyer
  - Chambers Asia
  - Chambers Europe
  - Chambers Global
  - Chambers USA
  - Federal Bar Association
  - Global Counsel 3000
  - Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association
  - International Who’s Who of E-Commerce Lawyers
  - International Who's Who of Lawyers
  - International Who's Who of Professionals
  - Legal 500 US
  - Legal 500 US, Vol. II: Intellectual Property, Media, Technology, and Telecommunications
  - Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa
  - Legal Business
  - Los Angeles Magazine
  - National Law Journal
  - PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook
  - Southern California Super Lawyers
  - State Bar of California
  - The Best Lawyers in America
  - Virginia Business Magazine
  - Virginia Super Lawyers
  - Who’s Who in America
  - Who’s Who in American Law
  - Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
  - Who’s Who in the World
  - Who’s Who Legal
  - Who's Who in the East