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Research Triangle n Silicon ValleyVentura County n Washington, D.C.

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What Others Are Saying About the Intellectual Property Group

IP LITIGATION STANDOUT •BTI Consulting Group named Alston & Bird as an IP Litigation Standout in the United

States. This designation relied on a survey of over 300 General Counsel and in-house litigation leaders. (August 2013)

TOPS IN U.S. CORPORATE IP LAW•Corporate Counsel continually recognizes the intellectual property practice at

Alston & Bird as a leader in corporate IP law. In its most recent list of “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies”, Alston & Bird was ranked in top three for IP Litigation representation and in the top ten for Patent Prosecution representation. (October 2013)

TIER 1 RANKING •U.S. News – Best Lawyers recognized Alston & Bird’s intellectual property practice on

their list of “Best Law Firms” for 2013. The firm ranked nationally in Tier 1 for Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; and Trademark Law. (November 2013)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION•Corporate Counsel’s 2013 ITC Survey “Still the One” publication ranked Alston & Bird’s

ITC Section 337 practice eight out of the Top 20 ITC practices in the nation. This designation was based on the most new Section 337 investigations in 2012. (July 2013)

•Alston & Bird ranked second in the nation for the most new U.S. ITC cases in 2010 in “Welcome to Patent Law’s Hottest Venue” in the National Law Journal. (January 2011)

“More than half of

Alston & Bird’s IP partners are regularly ranked in

The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America’s

Leading Lawyers for Business, Legal Elite or Super Lawyers.

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PARAGONS OF PROSECUTION•Intellectual Asset Management Magazine deemed

our patent prosecutors as Paragons of Prosecution in the industrials patent classification (top 10 firms in the United States for patent quality). (May/June 2012)

THE BEST ATTORNEYS IN AMERICA AND BEYOND•More than half of Alston & Bird’s IP partners are

regularly ranked in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Legal Elite or Super Lawyers.

•In 2012, Alston & Bird’s IP partners were ranked Band 1 in Chambers Global: Foreign Legal Advice – Taiwan. Attorneys are included in these publications following extensive surveying of their peers around the world.

TOPS IN U.S. PATENT LITIGATION & PATENT PROSECUTION•The International Legal Alliance Summit &

Awards honored Alston & Bird with a Gold Award in the category of U.S. Patent Litigation Firm of the Year and two Silver Awards in the categories of U.S. IP Patent Prosecution Firm and U.S. Global Strategy. Recognized firms were nominated based on suggestions by members of a panel jury and international rankings. (June 2013)

“TOP FIRM” FOR PATENTS •For another consecutive year, Alston & Bird was listed

as a “Top Patent Firm” by Intellectual Property Today, placing us in the 85th percentile among more than 271 firms included in the survey. (March 2013)

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT PATENT LITIGATION LEADER•Alston & Bird ranked 7th with 88 cases in the Federal

District Court category and 5th with 73 cases in the District Court Defense category on Corporate Counsel’s annual Patent Litigation Survey. We have appeared on this prestigious list since the early 2000s. (November 2013)

LITIGATION DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR•Alston & Bird’s IP Litigation Group was named an “IP

Litigation Department of the Year” by The Daily Report in Atlanta. The group was recognized for outstanding results and exemplary service for clients on both sides of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret cases. (April 2013)

HEAVY METALS•Alston & Bird’s IP Litigation, Patent Prosecution,

Licensing and ITC Section 337 practices all ranked highly in Intellectual Asset Management magazine’s adjunct publication, IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals. The firm earned Gold (the highest) rankings overall in both Georgia and North Carolina, and for the first time appeared in the Washington, D.C. litigation category, coming in with a Bronze ranking. (May 2013)

TOP TRADEMARK FIRMS•Alston & Bird ranked in the top third of U.S. firms on the

list of Top Trademark Firms by Intellectual Property Today. (May 2013)