Mauriel Kapouytian Woods has completed our merger with Maschoff Brennan, effective January 1, 2024. The formal name of this new intellectual property and technology law firm is Maschoff Brennan Gilmore Israelsen & Mauriel (dba Maschoff Brennan). We invite our clients and friends to learn more about our expanded capabilities and the strategic opportunities provided by our new firm.
U.S. News & World Report–Best Lawyers announced its 2023 law firm rankings earlier this year and again recognized MKW as a “Best Law Firm” nationally for Patent Law and regionally (New York City) for Patent Law, Patent Litigation, and Intellectual Property Litigation. Since its first listing in 2021, MKW’s national ranking in Patent Law has risen each year and is now Tier 1.
Rory Radding of MKW has been appointed to the New York Bar Association’s newly created Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency. As recently reported in Law360, Rory will join finance leaders, professors, crypto and block chain experts, and attorneys from Foley Hoag, Perkins Coie, Drohan Lee, and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP on the task force. The task force plans to study and make recommendations regarding regulating virtual currencies and digital assets in New York. Read more about Rory here.
We are pleased to welcome Vincent Ma to MKW. Vincent brings to MKW several years of experience litigating IP matters. He has handled federal and states court cases in California, arbitrations under JAMS and AAA, and trademark oppositions and cancellations at the TTAB. As a patent attorney, his work is informed by years of experience as an engineer at elite technology companies, both abroad and in Silicon Valley. Read more about Vincent here.
The U.S. News & World Report–Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2022 rankings again recognize MKW as a “Best Law Firm” nationally for Patent Law and regionally (New York City) for Patent Law, Patent Litigation, and Intellectual Property Litigation. MKW’s ranking in Patent Law moved up a tier in the national rankings and remained “Tier 1” in the New York regional rankings.