CBLH Fact Sheet
Our Firm
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP serves international, national, and local clients in a variety of legal disciplines. We are currently one of America’s leading law firms in the intellectual property field and has been recognized consistently by leading national publications as one of the most active patent litigation firms in the nation. Every year the Firm is responsible for obtaining hundreds of domestic patents for its clients.
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Our History:
Founded in 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware, the Firm began as an intellectual property firm, but soon added a business law practice. In 2001, the Firm established an office in Washington D.C. to have a presence closer to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other government entities. In 2005, the Firm extended its presence to the West Coast and opened an office in Los Angeles, California.
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Our Attorneys:
Our attorneys serve as lead counsel in trial and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the country, including the District of Delaware, Central District of California, the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission. The Firm is well versed in practice before the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court.
The Firm is comprised of over 100 attorneys, many with advanced technical degrees in engineering or in one of the physical or life sciences.
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Expert Sources:
Several attorneys serve as expert sources for the news media, and are willing to comment on:
- Bankruptcy
- Delaware Business Entities
- Delaware Corporate Law
- Electronic Discovery
- Integrated Banking
- Limited Liability Companies
- Limited Partnerships
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Patent Law
- Trademarks and copyrights, particularly in comic and graphic arts
- U.S. Companies protecting patents internationally
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Our Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property Law
- Antitrust
- Copyrights
- Counseling
- Due Diligence
- International Trade Commission
- Licensing, Transactions
- Patent Interferences
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Patent Reissue, Reexamination
- Trademarks
- Trademark and Copyright Litigation
- Unfair Competition and Trade Secret
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Business Law
- Banking & Financial
- Business Litigation
- Business Taxation
- Commercial Bankruptcy
- Commercial Real Estate
- Corporate
- Delaware Alternative Entities
- Other Business Law
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Our Clients:
Connolly Bove’s clients include well-known Fortune 100 companies as well as many middle market and emerging high-tech start-ups. Some of these clients are:
Intellectual Property Law
- Albemarle Corporation
- Ashland Inc.
- BASF Corporation
- Bayer AG
- Bayer HealthCare LLC
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Eastman Kodak Company
- FMC Corporation
- Gale Banks Engineering
- Henkel Corporation
- Invista
- MGI PHARMA, INC.
- NPS Pharmaceuticals
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Pfizer Inc
- Rohm and Haas Company
- Steelcase, Inc.
- Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc.
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Business Law
- Apple Inc.
- BB&T Leasing
- Christiana Bank
- Corporation Service Company
- CreditSuisse Group
- Ford Motor Company
- HealthSouth Corporation
- Hyatt Corporation
- Independent School Management
- Inland Real Estate Group
- The Mills Corporation
- New Castle County
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- State of Delaware
- Stoltz Management Company
- U.S. Bank, N.A.
- Verizon Communications, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
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Significant Cases
Awards
- In 2007, BestLawyers in America® recognized ten Connolly Bove attorneys, from all three offices, in both Intellectual Property and Business Law categories.
- ChambersUSA recognized three Connolly Bove attorneys in the Intellectual Property field.
- Delaware Today magazine recognized four attorneys for their work in Labor Law for Employees, Real Estate Law and Trusts and Estates Law.
- Washington SmartCEO magazine recognized two of our attorneys for their work in Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property.
- Two CBLH attorneys are members of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers.
- IP Law & Business magazine named Connolly Bove a top IP Firm based on interviews by the general counsel of Fortune 250 companies in November 2005.
- One attorney received the Andrew D. Christie Pro Bono Award, recognizing service to the Delaware Supreme Court.
- Three attorneys have received the Delaware District Court’s Caleb R. Layton III Award, an annual award given to individual who personify the qualities of public service.
- One attorney currently serves as Special Master for intellectual property litigation discovery disputes in the State of Delaware.
- IP Law & Business magazine recognized Connolly Bove for filing the most patent litigation cases in 2004.
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Our Offices:
Wilmington, DE
The Nemours Building
1007 N. Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-9141 |
Washington, DC
1875 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 331-7111 |
Los Angeles, CA
333 S. Grand Avenue
Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 787-2500 |
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Media Relations Contact:
Joann Winterle
Wilmington, DE
Direct: (302) 888-6250
Fax: (302) 255-4322
Email: marketing@cblh.com
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