Howrey wins TMT team of the year at The Lawyer Awards in London

London, England, June 24, 2009…Howrey LLP has been awarded TMT team of the year at the The Lawyer Awards, held last night in London, United Kingdom. The judges of these prestigious awards, noted the remarkable run of successes in the most important patent cases of the year in the life sciences sector, enjoyed by Howrey’s London IP team.

Managing Partner of Howrey London and lead partner on a number of the successful cases, Mark Hodgson said of the win, "We are absolutely delighted to have been recognised in this way by The Lawyer magazine. We are proud of the successful and important outcomes in the Eli Lilly and Company v Human Genome Sciences, Inc and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. v Conor Medsystems Inc cases. These two cases are indicative both of the cutting edge nature of work being undertaken by this team and of the successes being achieved. This award recognises the hard work and dedication of our team."

In addition, the team handled a number of other important cases and matters in the past 12 months including: Motion Picture Association (joining ECJ reference proceedings concerning copyright and conditional access rights in relation to satellite decoder cards for access to TV broadcasts); Lundbeck v Generics UK (Court of Appeal decision on ‘Biogen’ sufficiency – appeal heard by House of Lords in Jan ‘09) and Eli Lilly v Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (first case in 30 years on selection patents).

In relation to non-patent work the IP team in London acts in trademark matters for a number of clients including household brand names such as Richemont (owner of brands such as Cartier, Van Clef, Dunhill), Abercrombie & Fitch and Cooper Industries.

For further information on the Awards please refer to www.thelawyer.com/awards

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