Brian Tufte was recognized as being one of the leading patent practitioners world-wide, as published in “IAM” Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2018″. The IAM Patent 1000 identifies individual and firm expertise in all major areas of patent law and practice. Through an extensive research process conducted by a team of highly qualified, full-time analysts, the IAM Patent 1000 identifies the top patent practitioners, as well as leading patent law and attorney firms, in 41 of the world’s most important jurisdictions and 18 US states.