Insights
News, recognition and commentary.
Firm announcements, results, peer recognition, and articles written by our attorneys.
Recognition
Andrew Oliver selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Andrew Oliver was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2026.
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Andrew Oliver listed in The Best Lawyers in America
Andrew Oliver was listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Intellectual Property, in the 2027 edition. It is the firm's first listing in Best Lawyers.
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Chambers USA ranks the firm in Intellectual Property for Cleveland and Silicon Valley
Chambers and Partners ranked the firm in Intellectual Property in its 2026 USA Spotlight guide, in two regions: Cleveland, where Himanshu Amin is the named key contact, and Silicon Valley, where Andrew Oliver is.
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77th in Harrity's 2026 Top Patent Firms list
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 77th in its 2026 Top Patent Firms list, which counts US utility patents granted in the preceding calendar year — 889 for the firm in 2025.
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Andrew Oliver listed in the IAM Patent 1000
Andrew Oliver is listed in the IAM Patent 1000 under United States: California.
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Two partners ranked in the Legal 500 Ohio Elite intellectual property table
The Legal 500 ranked Himanshu Amin in tier 3 and Patrica S. Murphy in tier 4 of the intellectual property table in its US Elite guide for Ohio.
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Jordan Scharf named an Ohio Rising Star
Jordan Scharf was selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list in Intellectual Property for 2026 and 2027.
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73rd by issued patents in the Patent Bots PatentVerse ranking
Patent Bots ranked the firm 73rd of 712 law firms by number of issued US patents in its PatentVerse listing, on 880 patents.
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Vinay V. Joshi selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Vinay V. Joshi was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2026.
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Andrew Oliver selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Andrew Oliver was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2025.
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85th in Harrity's 2025 Top Patent Firms list
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 85th in its 2025 Top Patent Firms list, on 809 US utility patents granted in 2024.
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Vinay V. Joshi selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Vinay V. Joshi was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2025.
News
Ninth Circuit affirms judgment and fee award for the firm's client
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment confirming an arbitration award for the firm's client, together with the award of attorneys' fees and costs. Vinay Joshi argued the appeal; Andrew Oliver was on the brief.
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Andrew Oliver selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Andrew Oliver was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2024.
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53rd in Harrity's 2024 Top Patent Firms list
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 53rd in its 2024 Top Patent Firms list, on 1,087 US utility patents granted in 2023.
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Eighth in Tech Center 3700 in the Patent Bots quality rankings
Patent Bots ranked the firm 8th in the United States for patent quality in USPTO Technology Center 3700.
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Vinay V. Joshi selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Vinay V. Joshi was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2024.
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Andrew Oliver selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Andrew Oliver was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2023.
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Harrity ranks the firm 41st on 2022 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 41st on 1,231 US utility patents granted in 2022, in its Top Patent Firms 2022 list.
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Brian Baker named an Ohio Rising Star
Brian Baker was selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list in Intellectual Property for 2023.
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Second in the country for patent quality in Tech Center 1700
Patent Bots ranked the firm second in the United States for patent quality in USPTO Technology Center 1700.
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Vinay V. Joshi selected to Northern California Super Lawyers
Vinay V. Joshi was selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list in Intellectual Property Litigation for 2023.
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Harrity ranks the firm 37th on 2021 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 37th on 1,232 US utility patents granted in 2021, in its Top Patent Firms 2021 list.
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First in the country for patent quality in Tech Center 1700
Patent Bots ranked the firm first in the United States for patent quality in USPTO Technology Center 1700, and 8th among firms issued at least 500 patents in the preceding year.
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Harrity ranks the firm 47th on 2020 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 47th on 1,188 US utility patents granted in 2020, in its Top Patent Firms 2020 list.
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Tenth in Tech Center 1700 in the Patent Bots quality rankings
Patent Bots ranked the firm 10th in the United States for patent quality in USPTO Technology Center 1700.
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Harrity ranks the firm 71st on 2019 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 71st on 875 US utility patents granted in 2019, in its Top Patent Firms 2019 list.
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Harrity ranks the firm 77th on 2018 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 77th on 720 US utility patents granted in 2018, in its Top Patent Firms 2018 list.
News
The firm leaves the Key Tower penthouse for Pinecrest
Amin, Turocy & Watson signed a long-term lease for 6,200 square feet at Pinecrest in Orange Village, leaving the penthouse it occupied atop Key Tower in downtown Cleveland.
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Harrity ranks the firm 91st on 2017 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 91st on 648 US utility patents granted in 2017, in its Top Patent Law Firms for 2017 list.
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Gregory Turocy and Himanshu Amin teach patent prosecution at Case Western Reserve
Gregory Turocy and Himanshu S. Amin taught Patent Preparation and Prosecution 2 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in the spring 2018 semester.
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Andrew Oliver leads the Bay Area intellectual property Inn of Court
Andrew Oliver served as President of the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court for the 2017–2018 term.
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Harrity ranks the firm 92nd on 2016 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 92nd on 591 US utility patents granted in 2016, in its Top Patent Firms 2016 list.
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Harrity ranks the firm 86th on 2015 patent grants
Harrity Patent Analytics placed the firm 86th on 634 US utility patents granted in 2015, in its Top Patent Firms 2015 list.
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Legals Finest Global 200 award and top ranking for intellectual property law
Himanshu received the Legals Finest Global 200 award, and top ranking for intellectual property law in the U.S. for 2015-2016.
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Award for Intellectual Property Law
Himanshu Amin receives 2015 Client Choice Award for Intellectual Property Law.
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Four ATW Litigators Named Northern California Super Lawyers
Amin, Turocy & Watson LLP partners Vinay Joshi, Andrew Oliver, Joshua Van Hoven, and Daniel Bedell have been named Northern California Super Lawyers. Vinay was named a Northern California Super Lawyer, while Andrew, Josh…
News
ATW Trial Team Prevails at International Trade Commission
In an investigation before the United States International Trade Commission, Amin, Turocy & Watson's patent litigation team won a defense victory for its client HiTi, when the judge issued an initial determination findin…
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USPTO Recognizes Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
CLEVELAND, OH, May 1, 2007 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) thanked the law firm of Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP for making their electronic filing system, EFS-Web, a success.
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Himanshu Amin selected to Ohio Super Lawyers
Himanshu S. Amin was selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list in 2007, in Intellectual Property.
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Listed as Go To Firm
CLEVELAND, OH - In Corporate Counsel - The Law Firms of Choice, the firm was listed by Microsoft Corporation, Rockwell Automation, and AT&T Wireless as a "Go To" firm of choice for intellectual property law.
By Corporate Counsel - The Law Firms of Choice
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National Survey Ranks Ohio Patent Law Firm
CLEVELAND, OH - A survey of patent quality published in IP Law & Business showed that Ohio-based intellectual property law firm Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP ranked in the top ten in chemical patents.
By Power Prosecutors - The Firms That Prosecuted the Best Patents in 2002
Publication
A Little Knowledge can Hurt! The Quandary of a Balanced IPR Policy
co-authored with Michele Herman for the AIPLA Spring 2006 Meeting Papers
By Thomas Watson
Publication
Licensing of Business Method Patents
published and presented at the 16th Annual Joint Seminar Program of the New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Associations’ Meeting Papers in April 2000
By Thomas Watson
Publication
Protective Orders in Patent Litigation
co-authored with Stephen C. Timmins, which was published in the National Law Journal’s July 2001 intellectual property section
By Thomas Watson
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