Awards will be presented in national, regional and state categories for the United States and national only for Canada.
The winners will be announced at Managing IP's 8th annual North America Awards Ceremony, taking place at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 18 2015.
Please contact Alissa Rozen at arozen@euromoneyny.com or 212-224-3673 to reserve your table or individual seats.
US NATIONAL AWARDS
Patent prosecution
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Patent contentious
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
McKool Smith
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Trade mark prosecution
Arent Fox
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Fenwick & West
Foley & Lardner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
K&L Gates
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trade mark contentious
Cooley
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Pirkey Barber
Copyright
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Durie Tangri
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Plaintiff IP
Desmarais
McKool Smith
Niro Haller & Niro
Robins Kaplan
Susman Godfrey
Specialty IP
Desmarais
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Knobbe Martens
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Pharma IP litigation
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Life sciences and biotech
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Goodwin Procter
Jones Day
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Morrison & Foerster
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
International Trade Commission
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Alston & Bird
Covington & Burling
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
White & Case
PTAB
Cooley
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Haynes & Boone
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
US REGIONAL AWARDS
Patent prosecution northeast
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Foley & Lardner
Kenyon & Kenyon
Oblon McClelland Maier and Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Sughrue Mion
Patent prosecution south
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Stites & Harbison
Patent prosecution Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Foley & Lardner
Harness Dickey & Pierce
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McDermott Will & Emery
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent prosecution west
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Fenwick & West
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton
Knobbe Martens
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins Coie
Patent contentious northeast
Covington & Burling
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Ropes & Gray
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Winston & Strawn
Patent contentious south
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Duane Morris
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Norton Rose Fulbright
Susman Godfrey
Patent contentious Midwest
BakerHostetler
Faegre Baker Daniels
Jenner & Block
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Robins Kaplan
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
Patent contentious West
Cooley
Durie Tangri
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Knobbe Martens
Morrison & Foerster
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Perkins Coie
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Trade mark prosecution northeast
Arent Fox
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kenyon & Kenyon
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Sughrue Mion
Trade mark prosecution south
Alston & Bird
Baker Botts
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Trade mark prosecution Midwest
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jones Day
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McDermott Will & Emery
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade mark prosecution west
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
K&L Gates
Knobbe Martens
Perkins Coie
Trade mark contentious northeast
Arent Fox
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trade mark contentious south
Haynes & Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Smith Gambrell & Russell
Trade mark contentious Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jones Day
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Leydig Voit & Mayer
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trade mark contentious west
Cooley
Fenwick & West
K&L Gates
Keker & Van Nest
Knobbe Martens
Perkins Coie
Copyright northeast
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Jenner & Block
King & Spalding
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Proskauer Rose
Weil Gotshal & Manges
WilmerHale
Copyright south
Alston & Bird
Arnold & Porter
Duane Morris
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Copyright Midwest
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Jenner & Block
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kirkland & Ellis
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Copyright west
Davis Wright Tremaine
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
Greenberg Traurig
Jenner & Block
Loeb & Loeb
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
US STATE AWARDS
California
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Roger Cook, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jeffrey Fisher, Farella Braun + Martel
Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Michael Jacobs, Morrison & Foerster
Joseph Re, Knobbe Martens
Clem Roberts, Durie Tangri
Jonathan Rotter, Kaye Scholer
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Colorado
James Brogan, Cooley
Thomas Franklin, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Tim Getzoff, Holland & Hart
John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross
Joseph Smith, Barlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
Greg Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney
Delaware
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols
Richard Horwitz, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson
John Shaw, Shaw Keller
Roger Smith, Morris Nichols
Georgia
Holmes Hawkins, King & Spalding
John Haynes, Alston & Bird
Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Thad Kodish, Fish & Richardson
Frank Smith, Alston & Bird
Mitchell Stockwell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Illinois
Michael Abernathy, K&L Gates
Ken Adamo, Kirkland & Ellis
Kevin Flowers, Marshall Gerstein & Borun
George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn
Brad Lyerla, Jenner & Block
David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
Massachusetts
Lee Bromberg, McCarter & English
Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
J Anthony Downs, Goodwin Procter
Anthony Fitzpatrick, Duane Morris
WIlliam Lee, WilmerHale
Matthew Lowrie, Foley & Lardner
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Michigan
Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman
Joseph Coppola, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
Susan Kornfield, Bodman
Robert Tuttle, Brooks Kushman
New Jersey
Scott Christie, McCarter & English
David DeLorenzi, Gibbons
Charles Lizza, Saul Ewing
Robert Rhoad, Dechert
Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig
New York
Mark Abate, Goodwin Procter
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Nicholas Groombridge, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Richard Mandel, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Robert Perry, King & Spalding
R Bruce Rich, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Ohio
David Cochran, Jones Day
James Liles, Porter Wright
David Mancino, BakerHostetler
Cristina Moser, BakerHostetler
Dave Schmit, Frost Brown Todd
David Shouvlin, Porter Wright
Pennsylvania
Martin Black, Dechert
Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump
Dale Heist, BakerHostetler
Cynthia Kernick, Reed Smith
Patrick Joseph McElhinny, K&L Gates
David Wolfsohn, Duane Morris
Texas
Bill Barber, Pirkey Barber
Samuel Baxter, McKool Smith
Jane Politz Brandt, Thompson & Knight
Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
Thomas Melsheimer, Fish & Richardson
Jonathan Suder, Friedman Suder Cooke
Charles Walker, Norton Rose Fulbright
David Weaver, Vinson & Elkins
Virginia
Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Greg Gardella, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Bassam Ibrahim, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
J Michael Martinez de Andino, Hunton & Williams
Michael Shebelskie, Hunton & Williams
Charles Suh, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Washington (state)
Ramsey Al-Salam, Perkins Coie
David Burman, Perkins Coie
Douglas Greenswag, K&L Gates
Paul Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney
Jerry Riedinger, Perkins Coie
David Tellekson, Fenwick & West
Washington, DC
Donald Dunner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
J Michael Jakes, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
David Kiernan, Williams and Connolly
Thomas Mason, Cooley
Michael McKeon, Fish & Richardson
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
PTAB
Jamie Beaber, Mayer Brown
Tim Bianchi, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale
Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Jeffrey Kushan, Sidley Austin
David McCombs, Haynes & Boone
Scott McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Mike Rosati, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
CANADA AWARDS Patent prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Patent contentious
Dimock Stratton
Goodmans
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose Fulbright
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Trade mark prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Trade mark contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Copyright
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Specialty IP firm
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Outstanding Canada IP practitioner
Mark Evans, Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
François Guay, Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Robert MacDonald, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault
Andrew Reddon, McCarthy Tétrault
Cynthia Rowden, Bereskin & Parr
ADDITONAL AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED
In-house teams of the year
Outstanding individual achievement in IP
Lifetime achievement
Cases of the year
Please contact Alissa Rozen at arozen@euromoneyny.com or 212-224-3673 to reserve your table or individual seats.