The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable achievements and developments in the past 12 months. The shortlist below is based on information obtained during the research for the 2019 edition of IP STARS (concluded in January 2019).
Trophies will be presented to the winners at the awards ceremony on March 7 at the Royal Lancaster London, Westbourne Suite, W2 2TY. Special awards including regional and impact case awards will also be presented at the ceremony.
To reserve a table at the ceremony, please contact Nick Heath at nheath@managingip.com or on +44 (0) 20 7779 8692. Further booking details can be found here.
Our awards programme changed in 2018. Read more about this and our research process below. The EMEA Awards ceremony will be followed by our Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong on March 20 and Americas Awards in New York on April 4. The shortlists for the Asia-Pacific Awards and Americas Awards will be published this month.
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Contentious
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Salomonowitz Horak
Schönherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Wiltschek Plasser
Prosecution
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Haffner & Keschmann
Kliment & Henhapel
Puchberger & Partner
Schönherr
Schwarz & Partner
Sonn & Partner
Torggler & Hofinger
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
Altius
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Stibbe
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Brantsandpatents
De Clercq & Partners
Kirkpatrick
Pronovem
VO
Trade Mark Contentious
Altius
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
Copyright/Design
Altius
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Kromann Reumert
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
AWA
COPA Copenhagen Patents
Guardian IP Consulting
Inspicos
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trade Mark Contentious
Accura
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Løje Arnesen & Meedom
Lundgrens
Plesner
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
AWA
Chas Hude
Patrade
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Løje Arnesen & Meedom
Lundgrens
Plesner
Copyright
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Lassen Ricard
Løje Arnesen & Meedom
Lundgrens
FINLAND
Contentious
Backström & Co
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Papula-Nevinpat
Seppo Laine
FRANCE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Armengaud Guerlain
August Debouzy
Bird & Bird
DTMV & Associés
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Patent Prosecution
Brevalex
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Cabinet Plasseraud
Casalonga
Germain & Maureau
Lavoix
Regimbeau
Santarelli
Trade Mark Contentious
Allen & Overy
Armengaud Guerlain
Bird & Bird
DTMV & Associés
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Trade Mark Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Cabinet Plasseraud
Casalonga
Germain & Maureau
Lavoix
Regimbeau
Santarelli
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Cabinet d’avocats Artlaw
Cabinet Boespflug Avocats
Cabinet Christophe Caron
Cabinet Vercken & Gaullier
Deprez Guignot Associés
Nomos
Boutique Firm of the Year
Armengaud Guerlain
Bardehle Pagenberg
Casalonga
Cousin & Associés
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Arnold Ruess
Bird & Bird
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kather Augenstein
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent Attorney & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
df-mp
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Samson & Partner
Vossius & Partner
Patent Prosecution
Bardehle Pagenberg
Boehmert & Boehmert
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler
Maiwald
Samson & Partner
Vossius & Partner
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Harmsen Utescher
Harte-Bavendamm
Hogan Lovells
Klaka
Lorenz Seidler Gossel
Lubberger Lehment
Taylor Wessing
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Boehmert & Boehmert
Eisenführ Speiser
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Meissner Bolte
Vossius & Partner
Copyright/Design
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Boehmert & Boehmert
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben
Noerr
Taylor Wessing
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Danubia
Oppenheim
SBGK
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
A&L Goodbody
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Trade Mark Contentious
A&L Goodbody
DFMG Solicitors
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Philip Lee
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Copyright
Beauchamps
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Philip Lee
William Fry
Patent Prosecution
FRKelly
Hanna Moore + Curley
PurdyLucey
Tomkins
Trade Mark Prosecution
DFMG Solicitors
FRKelly
Mason Hayes & Curran
PurdyLucey
Tomkins
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Patent Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Eitan Mehulal Sadot Advocates & Patent Attorneys
Luthi + Webb
Luzzatto & Luzzatto
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Trade Mark Contentious
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Trade Mark Prosecution
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
IP Transactions
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Patent Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
Jacobacci & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti
Studio Torta
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trade Mark Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
GLP
Jacobacci & Partners
Studio Torta
Copyright/Design
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
Martini Manna
Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati
Simmons & Simmons
Trevisan & Cuonzo
NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Vondst
Patent Prosecution
AOMB
Arnold & Siedsma
De Vries & Metman
EP&C
NLO
VO
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Copyright/Design
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
KLOS
Visser Schaap & Kreijger
NORWAY
Contentious
BAHR
Grette
Kluge
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Wikborg Rein
Prosecution
Acapo
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Protector IP
Zacco
POLAND
Contentious
Baker McKenzie
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Wardyński & Partners
Prosecution
JWP
Kondrat & Partners
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
Patpol
Polservice
PORTUGAL
Patent Contentious
Abreu Advogados
Baptista Monteverde e Associados
Garrigues
PLMJ
VdA
Trade Mark Contentious
Abreu Advogados
Baptista Monteverde e Associados
Garrigues
PLMJ
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
VdA
Prosecution
AG da Cunha Ferreira
J Pereira da Cruz
JE Dias Costa
RCF Protecting Innovation
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Contentious
Muşat & Asociaţii
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Ratza & ratza
Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii
Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners
Prosecution
Cabinet M Oproiu
Milcev Burbea
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Petošević
Rominvent
RUSSIA
Patent Contentious
A Zalesov & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Trade Mark Contentious
A Zalesov & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Prosecution
ARS-Patent
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
SOUTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Bouwers
ENSafrica
Kisch IP
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
IP Transactions
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Spoor & Fisher
Webber Wentzel
Werksmans Attorneys
SPAIN
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Elzaburu
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Prosecution
ABG Intellectual Property
Balder
Curell Suñol
Durán-Corretjer
Herrero & Asociados
Pons IP
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Cuatrecasas
Elzaburu
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Trade Mark Prosecution
Abril Abogados
BomhardIP
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
Herrero & Asociados
Hogan Lovells
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Mannheimer Swartling
Roschier
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Brann
Kransell & Wennborg
Ström & Gulliksson
Valea
Zacco
Trade Mark Contentious
Lindahl
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Trade Mark Prosecution
AWA
Brann
Groth & Co
Valea
Zacco
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Danowsky & Partners
Mannheimer Swartling
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Rentsch Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer
Times Attorneys
Trade Mark
FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Troller Hitz Troller
Weinmann Zimmerli
Wild Schnyder
IP Transactions
Bär & Karrer
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Niederer Kraft Frey
Pestalozzi
TURKEY
Firm of the Year
Ankara Patent Bureau
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Aequo
Asters
Doubinsky & Osharova
Gorodissky & Partners
Mikhailyuk Sorokolat & Partners
Pakharenko & Partners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Firm of the Year
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Saba IP
The Legal Group
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Gowling WLG
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Pinsent Masons
Powell Gilbert
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent Attorney & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
EIP
HGF
Marks & Clerk
Potter Clarkson
Venner Shipley
Patent Prosecution
Boult Wade Tennant
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
Dehns
Elkington + Fife
J A Kemp
Kilburn & Strode
Venner Shipley
Trade Mark Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
Mishcon de Reya
Stephenson Harwood
Taylor Wessing
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Barker Brettell
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
Kilburn & Strode
Maucher Jenkins
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Mishcon de Reya
Taylor Wessing
Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Lee & Thompson
RPC
Taylor Wessing
Wiggin
Designs
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
IP Transactions
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Clifford Chance
Gowling WLG
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
Taylor Wessing
IP Set
8 New Square
11 South Square
Blackstone Chambers
Hogarth Chambers
Three New Square
IP Barrister of the Year
Daniel Alexander QC, 8 New Square
Douglas Campbell QC, Three New Square
Simon Malynicz QC, Three New Square
Charlotte May QC, 8 New Square
Thomas Mitcheson QC, Three New Square
Adrian Speck QC, 8 New Square
Justin Turner QC, Three New Square
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Patent Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Trade Mark Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Copyright
Brodies
Burness Paull
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Prosecution
Creation IP
HGF
Lawrie IP
Lincoln IP
Marks & Clerk
Murgitroyd
IP Transactions
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
REGIONAL AWARDS
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Bowmans (Coulson Harney)
ENSafrica
Jackson Etti & Edu
Spoor & Fisher
BALTIC/EASTERN EUROPE
Firm of the Year
AAA Legal Services
Cobalt
Ellex
Metida
Petošević
Triniti
Zivko Mijatovic & Partners
BENELUX
Boutique Firm of the Year
Calysta
Cape IP
Inteo
Leeway
Petillion
Signify
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Chiever
De Clercq & Partners
Gevers
NLO Shieldmark
Office Freylinger
VO
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Altius
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Van Innis & Delarue
EUROPE
Firm to Watch
A Zalesov & Partners (Russia)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron (France)
Peterreins Schley (Germany)
Potter Clarkson (United Kingdom)
Times Attorneys (Switzerland)
Westerberg & Partners (Sweden)
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Carpmaels & Ransford
Elkington + Fife
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
VO
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Altius
Bird & Bird
Fieldfisher
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Unverzagt von Have
IP Transactions
Allen & Overy
Covington & Burling
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
Taylor Wessing
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year
AWA
Groth & Co
Plougmann Vingtoft
Roschier
Zacco
MIDDLE EAST
Contentious
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Prosecution
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Saba IP
SMAS Intellectual Property
Firm to Watch
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates
Eversheds Sutherland
Gowling WLG
Hadef & Partners
Simmons & Simmons
SPECIAL AWARDS
In-House Patent Team of the Year (Europe)
AbbVie
Actavis Group
Eli Lilly and Company
Huawei Technologies
Novartis
Qualcomm
Syngenta
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Unwired Planet
In-House Trade Mark Team of the Year (Europe)
Adidas
Christian Louboutin
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mondelēz International
Nestlé
Red Bull
Starbucks Corporation
The Scotch Whisky Association
In-House Patent Team of the Year (Global)
Actavis Group
Bayer
Eli Lilly and Company
Huawei Technologies
Nokia
Qualcomm
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Unwired Planet
Awards research process
The research for the awards was conducted by our IP STARS research team, with input from Managing IP’s editorial team. Each year our research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners and their clients through interviews, email and online surveys. Before compiling the shortlists, research analysts also review publicly available information (such as court or IP office data) and existing data we hold on firms. A firm can be shortlisted even if it did not make a submission.
The research is rigorous and impartial. No firm can pay to be included or to influence the results. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research. The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of ranking, can win any of our awards. Learn more about IP STARS research at www.ipstars.com/general/about.
If you have any questions about the shortlists or research please contact the research editor, Kingsley Egbuonu kingsley.egbuonu@managingip.com.
About our new awards programme
Managing IP's first awards ceremony (in 2006) was attended by more than 130 guests including the late Sir Hugh Laddie, who was presented with a lifetime achievement award. This industry-leading IP awards programme has expanded in recent years. Since 2008, we’ve held a Global Awards ceremony (excluding North America) in London and a North America ceremony in Washington DC.
Following feedback from guests, we changed the format in 2018: the coverage of our North America Awards expanded to include South America and the ceremony moved to New York City; the London ceremony (formerly the Global Awards ceremony) became the Managing IP EMEA Awards; and we launched the Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong. Among other things, this new regional format allows us to feature more award categories.
