Fish & Richardson is a global intellectual property law firm founded in Boston in 1878. It provides IP legal services to innovative companies, from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, and employs more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists across the United States, Europe and China. The firm has operated for nearly 150 years.
Its practice covers four areas: IP litigation; patent prosecution and strategy; post-grant proceedings; and trademark and copyright counseling. The firm's teams include technology specialists working alongside attorneys, and its culture is described as tech-savvy, with an emphasis on intelligence, curiosity and confidence.
Fish & Richardson states that it values diversity of people, experiences and perspectives, and has been recognised as one of the country's top firms for diversity, equity and inclusion. It runs the School of Fish STEM programme and the 1L Emerging Leaders Fellowship, both aimed at building the next generation of legal professionals.
