Press Release January 2018 – Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. announces that Chris Hivick has joined the firm as an attorney. Prior to joining Fiala & Weaver, Mr. Hivick was an attorney for a multinational telecommunications and entertainment company and also worked at a law firm in the patent litigation department. Prior to law school, Mr. Hivick worked for an integrated circuit design startup company performing transistor level IC design, layout and verification. Mr. Hivick subsequently worked as a software design engineer in test for a multinational software company in product lines involving relational and hierarchical databases. Mr. Hivick has experience… Read more »

Press Release June 2017 Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C., has been included in the 2017 edition of IAM’s Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, an extensive guide identifying leading private practice patent professionals and firms in varying practice areas and regions around the world. Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. and/or individual members thereof have been named as leaders in patent law by IAM publications for nine years running. The IAM Patent 1000 features 48 country-specific chapters analyzing local patent professional services markets and detailing the firms and individuals identified as leaders in their respective fields. The tables and accompanying detailed editorial… Read more »

Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. has been named the IP Strategy Law Firm of the Year (US – DC) in the ACQ5 Law Awards 2016. ACQ is a premier global corporate magazine which yearly honors the most outstanding law firms, practice areas and individual/firm-wide professionals within the public and private sectors across the globe. Since 2008, the ACQ Law Awards have been celebrating achievement, innovation and brilliance in their annual awards. “Exceptional individuals, teams and firms across the marketplace represent the very best in their field from around the world and truly deserve the accolade of being an ACQ Law Award… Read more »

Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. was awarded Corporate LiveWire’s 2016 Innovation & Excellence Award in the category of IP Strategy Law Firm (USA). Awards Director, Elizabeth Moore, said “The Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence award winners have not only excelled within their respective sector but have also shown flexibility to adapt to industry changes.” The judging panel chooses the winners based on their innovation, client service and leadership.

Press Release March 2017   Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. was the recent recipient of Corporate LiveWire’s 2017 Innovation & Excellence Award in the category of Best in IP Strategizing Services (The Americas – Washington DC). According to Editor in Chief, James Drakeford, “Innovation and excellence is the enhancement or creation of a service or product which can either save time, money and/or improve results.”  Since 2015 the Innovation & Excellence Awards have been given to businesses and firms in all sectors of business that create and use new technology and strategies to set themselves apart from the competition. Click here to… Read more »

Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. recently received a category award in the ACQ Global Awards 2014 presented by ACQ, a premier global corporate magazine, as the US (DC) IP Strategy Law Firm of the Year. Since 2008, the ACQ Global Awards have been celebrating achievement, innovation and brilliance in their annual awards. “Exceptional individuals, teams and firms across the marketplace represent the very best in their field from around the world and truly deserve the accolade of being an ACQ Award winner,” said Jake Robson, Editor in Chief of ACQ. Over the last 11 years, ACQ (Acquisition Finance) magazine has firmly… Read more »

Press Release July 2014 Jeffrey S. Weaver, a Director at Washington, D.C., intellectual Property law firm Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C., has recently been included in the 2014 edition of Intellectual Asset Management’s Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Practitioners, an extensive guide honoring leading private practice patent professionals in varying practice areas and regions around the world.  Mr. Weaver is noted as having “a broad procurement and enforcement practice,” and “extensive engineering experience and the technical chops to adroitly handle the most complex mandates.” Mr. Weaver had been included in the list in 2013, as well as having been named one of the  250 “World’s… Read more »

Press Release July 31, 2014 Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C. was recently named the recipient of a 2014 Intellectual Property Award presented by Acquisition International magazine, winning in the category of IP Strategy Law Firm of the Year – Washington D.C. The Acquisition International Intellectual Property Awards celebrate the individuals and law firms who are involved in driving the intellectual property field. Nominees are voted on by a worldwide network of advisers, business insiders, clients and professionals in addition to being rigorously reviewed by an in-house research team. Click here to learn more about the 2014 Intellectual Property Awards.

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