Come plaintiff or defendant, trial or not, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s intellectual property lawyers were up to the challenge during the past year. Skadden, with more than 70 intellectual property lawyers based mostly in New York and Palo Alto, Calif., secured victories in 2012 for clients including medical-device giant Medtronic Inc., Morgan Stanley and software developer Aspen Technology Inc.
Palo Alto partner James Elacqua, chairman of Skadden’s patent-litigation practice, said many of the firm’s intellectual property lawyers have years of trial experience, leading plaintiffs and defendants to bring their "crown jewels" to the firm. "They want someone who’s done it before," he said.
