Cesari and McKenna is a highly sought-after intellectual property law firm representing clients ranging from individuals to emerging and established companies. The firm assists its clients in identifying, assessing, securing, and transferring their intellectual-property rights, in enforcing those rights before courts and administrative agencies, and in defending its clients against the enforcement actions of others. The firm’s daily practice includes counseling clients on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, and members of the firm routinely litigate and negotiate disputes over issues ranging from customer lists to trade names.

Early on, Cesari and McKenna became recognized for its expertise in highly advanced and complex technologies such as computer architectures, software, and defense electronics. Today, the firm handles a complete range of technologies, including medical devices and industrial equipment to highly complex computer systems.

Our lawyers, most of whom are engineers or scientists themselves, have a passion for discovering and understanding new technology. Our technical expertise combined with our dedication to our clients and their businesses has resulted in our clients repeatedly calling on us to help them protect their most important and complex technologies. The firm’s experience has also been tapped in aid of strategic planning for high-technology enterprises.

We are creative problem solvers, and look forward to bringing our dedication and expertise to your intellectual property needs.

Of Note:

Boston's Best Lawyers: The Firm is pleased to announce that Martin J. O'Donnell was named one of Boston's Best Lawyer for the Intellectual Property Specialty in "Boston's Best Lawyer 2009 Edition

Super Lawyers:
Four of Cesari and McKenna's nine partners are named 2006 "Super Lawyers" by the publishers of Law & Politics and Boston magazine. Martin O'Donnell and Tom O'Konski were named super lawyers in the field of intellectual property litigation, and Michael Attaya and Michael Reinemann were named in the field of intellectual property. This honor is awarded to the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through independent research.

Corporate Counsel Survey:
Corporate Counsel recently surveyed the General Counsels of the Fortune 250 and asked them to identify their primary law firms for intellectual property and other practice areas. The results of the survey are summarized in the August/September 2006 edition of Small Firm Business. We are proud that Cisco Systems, Inc. identified Cesari and McKenna as its “go to” firm for intellectual property.

Fortune Magazine Survey:
Fortune Magazine recently listed the “go to” law firms for top US companies and Cisco Systems again listed Cesari and McKenna for intellectual property. The results of the survey are summarized in the May 14, 2007 edition of the magazine.

IEEE Spectrum review of clients:
“Quality—not quantity—counts when it comes to patent portfolios” according to IEEE Spectrum which reviewed the patent portfolios of more than 1,000 organizations and ranked them according to sector and value. We are pleased to report that several of our clients ranked in the top 10 within their respective sectors:

• in the Computer Peripherals and Storage sector, our clients Network Appliance, Inc. and Seagate Technology LLC ranked 6th and 7th, respectively
  
• in the Telecom Equipment sector, our client Cisco Systems, Inc. ranked 2nd
  
• in the Computer Systems and Software Sector, our client Hewlett-Packard Company ranked 2nd
  
• in the Universities/Education/Training sector, our client MIT ranked 1st

Complete rankings are available at www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov06/4699.