Press Releases

CHICAGO – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, has been ranked as a top Chicago IP practice by the Practical Law Company’s (PLC) Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006. The firm shared the highest ranking, (“Leading”) for a Chicago IP practice with just one other firm.

The survey also ranks individual attorneys and, out of the 22 IP attorneys listed for all of Chicago, four members of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione made the list. The four Brinks attorneys listed in the Yearbook are Jerome Gilson, Raymond W. Green, Roy E. Hofer and Gary M. Ropski. The Yearbook’s rankings are based on responses to surveys of in-house counsel in companies listed in the PLC Law Department Profiles and on interviews with private practitioners. “It is a distinct honor to know that we, as a firm and as individual practitioners, are held in such high esteem by both our clients and peers,” said Brinks president Gary M. Ropski.

PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2006 provides law firm and individual lawyer recommendations by core commercial practice areas in over 80 jurisdictions worldwide. The recommendations are based on responses to surveys of in-house counsel in companies listed in the PLC Law Department Profiles and on interviews with private practitioners. The Practical Law Company also publishes the PLC Cross-border Quarterly and thePLC Law Department Quarterly and is based in London, England.

Founded in 1917, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is based in Chicago with three other offices across the country serving the intellectual property needs of clients from around the world. The firm is one of the largest IP law firms in the country, with more than 150 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agentsspecializing in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, intellectual asset management, and technology and licensing agreements. Brinks routinely handles assignments in fields as diverse as electrical, chemical, mechanical, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, Internet and computer technology, as well as in trademarks or brand names for a wide variety of products and services.