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 April 4 at Essex House in New York City. Special awards will also be presented at the ceremony.
To reserve a table at the ceremony, please contact Nicholas 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 Awardsceremony will be held in London on March 7 and the Asia-Pacific Awards ceremony will be hosted in Hong Kong on March 20. All the shortlists and previous winners can be found on our dedicated awards page here.
Congratulations to all the firms shortlisted this year.
CANADA
Canada Copyright
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler
Torys
Canada Patent Contentious
Aitken Klee
Belmore Neidrauer
Fasken
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Patent Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Trademark Contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Trademark Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada IP Specialty Firm
Aitken Klee
Bereskin & Parr
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Canada Outstanding IP Practitioner
Kelly Gill, Gowling WLG
Trent Horne, Aird & Berlis
Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones
Jason Markwell, Belmore Neidrauer
Peter Wilcox, Belmore Neidrauer
NATIONAL CATEGORIES – LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
Argentina Copyright
Berton Moreno + Ojam
G Breuer
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Palacio & Asociados
Argentina Patent
Berken IP
G Breuer
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Argentina Trademark Firm of the Year
Allende & Brea
Berton Moreno + Ojam
Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouche
G Breuer
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Argentina Innovation & Technology
Berken IP
G Breuer
Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
Mitrani Caballero Ruiz Moreno Abogados
BRAZIL
Brazil Patent
Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
Bhering Advogados
Dannemann Siemsen
Gusmão & Labrunie
Kasznar Leonardos
Licks Attorneys
Brazil Trade Mark
Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
Daniel Law
Dannemann Siemsen
Gusmão & Labrunie
Kasznar Leonardos
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Brazil Innovation & Technology
Barreto Veiga e Advogados
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Demarest Advogados
Kasznar Leonardos
Veirano Advogados
CHILE
Chile Copyright
Albagli Zaliasnik
Alessandri
Carey
Sargent & Krahn
Silva
Chile Patent
Alessandri
Carey
Johansson & Langlois
Sargent & Krahn
Villaseca Abogados
Chile Trade Mark
Albagli Zaliasnik
Alessandri
Carey
Sargent & Krahn
Silva
Villaseca Abogados
Chile Innovation & Technology
Albagli Zaliasnik
Alessandri
Carey
Sargent & Krahn
Silva
COLOMBIA
Colombia Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Brigard & Castro
Cavelier Abogados
Lloreda Camacho & Co
Triana Uribe Michelsen
Colombia Patent
Brigard & Castro
Cavelier Abogados
Lloreda Camacho & Co
Olarte Moure & Asociados
Colombia Trade Mark
Baker McKenzie
Brigard & Castro
Cavelier Abogados
Lloreda Camacho & Co
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Colombia Innovation & Technology
Baker McKenzie
Brigard & Castro
Cavelier Abogados
Lloreda Camacho & Co
MEXICO
Mexico Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados
Hogan Lovells BSTL
Jalife Caballero
Olivares
Mexico Patent
Arochi & Lindner
Basham Ringe y Correa
Becerril Coca & Becerril
Hogan Lovells BSTL
Olivares
Uhthoff Gómez Vega & Uhthoff
Mexico Trade Mark
Arochi & Lindner
Baker McKenzie
Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados
Olivares
Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
Mexico Innovation & Technology
Arochi & Lindner
Ava
Becerril Coca y Becerril
Méndez + Cortés
Olivares
Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
PERU
Peru Patent
Allende & García
Barreda Moller
Estudio Colmenares & Asociados
Estudio Muñiz
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados
Peru Trade Mark
Allende & García Abogados
Barreda Moller
Barrera & Asociados
Estudio Colmenares & Asociados
Pierola & Asociados
Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados
REGIONAL CATEGORIES – LATIN AMERICA
Latin American Firm to Watch
Barrera & Asociados (Peru)
Cervieri Monsuárez & Asociados (Uruguay)
Estudio Benedetti (Panama)
Licks Attorneys (Brazil)
Miniño Abogados (Caribbean)
Romero Corral (Ecuador)
Latin American Influential Individual
María del Carmen Arana, Estudio Colmenares (Peru)
Ana María Castro Wey, Lloreda Camacho (Colombia)
Juan Pablo Egaña, Sargent & Krahn (Chile)
Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete, Kasznar Leonardos (Brazil)
Juan Carlos Ojam, Berton Moreno + Ojam (Argentina)
Luis Schmidt, Olivares (Mexico)
UNITED STATES
US NATIONAL CATEGORIES
US – Copyright
Arnold & Porter
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Kirkland & Ellis
Weil Gotshal & Manges
US – Patent Contentious
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
US – Patent Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Trade Mark Contentious
Banner & Witcoff
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pirkey Barber
US – Trade Mark Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Haynes and Boone
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pirkey Barber
US – Appellate
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Goodwin Procter
Irell & Manella
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Weil Gotshal & Manges
WilmerHale
US – ITC
Covington & Burling
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
US – Life Sciences IP Litigation
Fish & Richardson
Latham & Watkins
Paul Hastings
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Williams & Connolly
Winston & Strawn
US – Plaintiff Firm
Covington & Burling
Desmarais
McKool Smith
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Susman Godfrey
US – Transactional Firm
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Ropes & Gray
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
US – PTAB Firm
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Haynes and Boone
Paul Hastings
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Specialty IP Firm
Desmarais
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US – Firm to Watch
Irwin IP
Reichman Jorgensen
Sideman & Bancroft
Xsensus
US REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Copyright: East
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Winston & Strawn
Copyright: West
Arnold & Porter
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
Munger Tolles & Olson
O’Melveny & Myers
Patent Contentious: Northeast
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious: South
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Susman Godfrey
Patent Contentious: Midwest
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Patent Contentious: West
Durie Tangri
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Morrison & Foerster
Perkins Coie
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Patent Prosecution: Northeast
Choate Hall & Stewart
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Patent Prosecution: South
Alston & Bird
Fish & Richardson
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Patent Prosecution: Midwest
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McAndrews Held & Malloy
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Prosecution: West
Dorsey & Whitney
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Trade Mark Contentious: Northeast
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trade Mark Contentious: South
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pirkey Barber
Trade Mark Contentious: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Latham & Watkins
Loeb & Loeb
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Contentious: West
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Loeb & Loeb
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Sideman & Bancroft
Trade Mark Prosecution: Northeast
Arent Fox
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trade Mark Prosecution: South
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Trade Mark Prosecution: Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Barnes & Thornburg
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Dorsey & Whitney
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade Mark Prosecution: West
Fenwick & West
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins Coie
US OUTSTANDING IP LITIGATORS
Outstanding Litigator: California
Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Michael Jacobs, Morrison & Foerster
Jonathan Singer, Fish & Richardson
Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey
Robert Van Nest, Keker Van Nest & Peters
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Outstanding Litigator: Colorado
Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart
John Posthumus, Polsinelli
David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mindy Sooter, WilmerHale
Gregory Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney
Outstanding Litigator: Delaware
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Karen Jacobs, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
David Moore, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt
Outstanding Litigator: District of Columbia
David Berl, Williams & Connolly
Shannon Bloodworth, Perkins Coie
Ruffin Cordell, Fish & Richardson
Bruce Genderson, Williams & Connolly
J Michael Jakes, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
David Kelly, Kelly IP
Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
Outstanding Litigator: Georgia
William Brewster, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Patrick Flinn, Alston & Bird
R Charles Henn, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Robin McGrath, Duane Morris
Outstanding Litigator: Illinois
David Callahan, Latham & Watkins
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Floyd Mandell, Katten Muchin Rosenman
David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
Christopher Renk, Banner & Witcoff
Steven Trybus, Jenner & Block
Outstanding Litigator: Massachusetts
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag
William Lee, WilmerHale
Lisa Pirozzolo, WilmerHale
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Litigator: Michigan
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
J Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn
John LeRoy, Brooks Kushman
Steven Susser, Carlson Gaskey & Olds
Outstanding Litigator: Minnesota
Felicia Boyd, Barnes & Thornburg
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
Timothy Kenny, Norton Rose Fulbright
J Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers
Dorothy Whelan, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Litigator: New Jersey
Scott Christie, McCarter & English
David De Lorenzi, Gibbons
Gerard Norton, Fox Rothschild
Robert Rhoad, Dechert
Bruce Sales, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
Outstanding Litigator: New York
David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Nicholas Groombridge, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Josh Krevitt, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Raymond Nimrod, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Laura Popp-Rosenberg, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Elizabeth Weiswasser, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Outstanding Litigator: Pennsylvania
Robert Baron, Ballard Spahr
Martin Black, Dechert
Diane Siegel Danoff, Dechert
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Eric Kraeutler, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Hara Jacobs, Ballard Spahr
Outstanding Litigator Award: Texas
Peter Ayers, Law Office of Peter J Ayers
Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
John Keville, Winston & Strawn
Michael McKool, McKool Smith
Phillip Philbin, Haynes and Boone
Louis Pirkey, Pirkey Barber
Max Tribble, Susman Godfrey
Outstanding Litigator: Virginia
Jeffrey Berkowitz, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Bryan Collins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Robert Mattson, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Todd Walters, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Outstanding Litigator: Washington
Pam Jacobson, K&L Gates
J Michael Keyes, Dorsey & Whitney
Ryan McBrayer, Perkins Coie
Eric Miller, Perkins Coie
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Outstanding Litigator: PTAB
Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin
Lori Gordon, King & Spalding
David McCombs, Haynes and Boone
Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Dorothy Whelan, Fish & Richardson
Outstanding Appellate Practitioner
Gregory Castanias, Jones Day
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
Paul Clement, Kirkland & Ellis
William Jay, Goodwin Procter
Eric Miller, Perkins Coie
Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
SPECIAL AWARDS
Global Firm of the Year for IP
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
Norton Rose Fulbright
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Global In-House Trademark Team of the Year
adidas
Anheuser-Busch InBev
BMW
Converse
Ferrero Group
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mondelēz International
Starbucks Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
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 or Chris Adams (US editor) chris.adams@euromoneyny.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.
