BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fish & Richardson announced today that Cynthia Johnson Walden, a principal and Practice Group Leader of the firm's Trademark and Copyright Group, has been named to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2012 list of "Top Women of Law."  This prestigious award is given to an elite group of women lawyers who have made important contributions to the legal community through outstanding leadership, vision, passion, and advocacy.  Walden will be honored at a reception on October 12, 2012 in Boston.

As Practice Group Leader, Walden oversees all of the trademark and copyright cases at Fish, which has been named a "Top Trademark Law Firm" by World Trademark Review for the past two years and received a National "Tier 1" ranking in Trademark Law in the 2011 Best Law Firms survey conducted by US News Media Group and Best Lawyers.

Walden's practice includes all aspects of trademark law, ranging from U.S. and foreign prosecution, client counseling, domain name and Internet-related issues, trademark dilution, trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and trademark litigation.  She also focuses her practice on copyright prosecution, client counseling, and copyright litigation, and has extensive experience with false-advertising and unfair competition matters and corporate due diligence. 

Walden received her J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1995 and her B.S., cum laude, from Dartmouth University in 1990.  She has been selected for inclusion in The Legal Media Group "Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners" annually since 2008.

Fish & Richardson is a global law firm providing strategic counseling and litigation services to innovative clients who seek to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property (IP).  With more than 375 attorneys and technology specialists practicing IP strategy and counseling, IP litigation, and business litigation, Fish is known for its superior technical expertise.  Fish has been named top patent litigation firm in the country for eight straight years, a premier IP firm for America's biggest companies, and an elite top tier law practice.  For more information, visit www.fr.com or follow @fishrichardson on Twitter.

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