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Managing IP North America Awards shortlist announced

Managing IP has revealed the nominees for the North America Awards 2014. The winners will be announced on March 25 during a ceremony at The Willard InterContinental in Washington DC

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Awards will be presented in national, regional and state categories for the US and national only for Canada.

For more information on the North America Awards, contact Alissa Rozen at arozen@euromoneyny.com

The awards take place the same day as Managing IP’s US Patent Forum.


US NATIONAL AWARDS

COPYRIGHT NATIONAL

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman

Debevoise & Plimpton

Durie Tangri

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Jenner & Block

Loeb & Loeb

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS NATIONAL

Cooley

Debevoise & Plimpton

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

Pirkey Barber

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION NATIONAL

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Fenwick & West

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

K&L Gates

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

PATENT CONTENTIOUS NATIONAL

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Irell & Manella

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Morrison & Foerster

Sidley Austin

WilmerHale

PATENT PROSECUTION NATIONAL

Dorsey & Whitney

Fenwick & West

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Knobbe Martens

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Covington & Burling

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Kirkland & Ellis

Morrison & Foerster

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Steptoe & Johnson

WilmerHale

SPECIALTY IP FIRM OF THE YEAR NATIONAL

Banner & Witcoff

Desmarais

Durie Tangri

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Kenyon & Kenyon

Knobbe Martens

Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

PLAINTIFF IP FIRM OF THE YEAR

Desmarais

McKool Smith

Niro Haller & Niro

Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi

Susman Godfrey

PHARMA IP LITIGATION

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Irell & Manella

Jones Day

Paul Hastings

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

LIFE SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Goodwin Procter

Jones Day

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray

US REGIONAL AWARDS

COPYRIGHT NORTHEAST

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman

Debevoise & Plimpton

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Jenner & Block

Kirkland & Ellis

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Proskauer Rose

WilmerHale

COPYRIGHT SOUTH

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

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

McDermott Will & Emery

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS NORTHEAST

Debevoise & Plimpton

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green

TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS SOUTH

Haynes & Boone

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

King & Spalding

Norton Rose Fulbright

Pirkey Barber

Smith Gambrell & Russell

TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS MIDWEST

Banner & Witcoff

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Jones Day

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS WEST

Cooley

Dorsey & Whitney

Fenwick & West

K&L Gates

Keker & Van Nest

Perkins Coie

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION NORTHEAST

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kenyon & Kenyon

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION SOUTH

Baker Botts

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Greenberg Traurig

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Norton Rose Fulbright

Pirkey Barber

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION MIDWEST

Brinks Gilson & Lione

Foley & Lardner

Husch Blackwell

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION WEST

Cooley

Fenwick & West

Greenberg Traurig

K&L Gates

Knobbe Martens

Perkins Coie

PATENT CONTENTIOUS NORTHEAST

Arnold & Porter

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Gibson Dunn

Jones Day

WilmerHale

PATENT CONTENTIOUS SOUTH

Alston & Bird

Baker Botts

Duane Morris

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

McKool Smith

Susman Godfrey

PATENT CONTENTIOUS MIDWEST

Baker Hostetler

Frost Brown Todd

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Sidley Austin

PATENT CONTENTIOUS WEST

Cooley

Dorsey & Whitney

Durie Tangri

Fenwick & West

Irell & Manella

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles & Olson

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

PATENT PROSECUTION NORTHEAST

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Foley & Lardner

Kenyon & Kenyon

Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier and Neustadt

Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

PATENT PROSECUTION SOUTH

Alston & Bird

Baker Botts

Bracewell & Giuliani

Greenberg Traurig

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

King & Spalding

Norton Rose Fulbright

PATENT PROSECUTION MIDWEST

Banner & Witcoff

Foley & Lardner

Harness Dickey

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Shook Hardy & Bacon

PATENT PROSECUTION WEST

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Knobbe Martens

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg

Perkins Coie

STATE AWARDS

CALIFORNIA

Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella

John Crittenden, Cooley

Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri

Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Kelly Klaus, Munger Tolles

Alexander MacKinnon, Kirkland & Ellis

Michael Rhodes, Cooley

Darryl Woo, Fenwick

COLORADO

Jim Brogan, Cooley

Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart

Charlene Krogh, Dorsey & Whitney

John Posthumus, Sheridan Ross

David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Joseph Smith, Jr, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott

Gregory Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney

DELAWARE

Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell

Rudolf Hutz, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg

Douglas McCann, Fish & Richardson

Adam Poff, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor

Philip Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon

GEORGIA

William Boice, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

William Dyer, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Holmes Hawkins, King & Spalding

Woody Jameson, Duane Morris

Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Douglas Salyers, Troutman Sanders

ILLINOIS

Meredith Martin Addy, Steptoe & Johnson

Kevin Flowers, Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Bruce Gagala, Leydig Voit & Mayer

James Hurst, Winston & Strawn

George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn

David Pritikin, Sidley Austin

MASSACHUSETTS

Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery

Tony Downs, Goodwin Procter

Matthew Lowrie, Foley & Lardner

William Lee, WilmerHale

Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart

Donald Ware, Foley Hoag

MICHIGAN

Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman

Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey

Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

Michael Stewart, Rader Fishman & Grauer

Robert Tuttle, Brooks Kushman

NEW JERSEY

Scott Christie, McCarter & English

David DeLorenzi, Gibbons

Robert Rhoad, Dechert

Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig

Richard Woodbridge, Fox Rothschild

NEW YORK

Gregory Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis

David Benyacar, Kaye Scholer

David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton

Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis

Janet Cullum, Cooley

Michael Elkin, Winston & Strawn

Bruce Keller, Debevoise & Plimpton

Richard Lehv, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

OHIO

Megan Dortenzo, Thompson Hine

Steven Goldstein, Frost Brown Todd

Calvin Griffith, Jones Day

James Liles, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

Thomas Shunk, Baker Hostetler

Meredith Wilkes, Jones Day

PENNSYLVANIA

Martin Black, Dechert

Dianne Elderkin, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Dale Heist, Baker Hostetler

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Eckert Seamans

Gregory Lavorgna, Drinker Biddle & Reath

Patrick McElhinny, K&L Gates

TEXAS

Randall Brown, Haynes & Boone

Louis Pirkey, Pirkey Barber

Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith

Barton Showalter, Baker Botts

Jonathan Suder, Friedman Suder Cooke

Stephen Susman, Susman Godfrey

VIRGINIA

Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

William Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Arthur Neustadt, Oblon Spivak McCelland Maier & Neustadt

Bill Schulman, Stites & Harbison

Brian Riopelle, McGuire Woods

Michael Shebelskie, Hunton & Williams

WASHINGTON STATE

Nathan Alexander, Dorsey & Whitney

Bill Christiansen, Cooley

Douglas Greenswag, K&L Gates

Patchen Haggerty, Perkins Coie

Paul Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney

Jeffrey Nelson, Graham & Dunn

David Tellekson, Fenwick & West

WASHINGTON DC

Greg Castanias, Jones Day

Don Dunner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Robert Garrett, Arnold & Porter

Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn

Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin

Stephen Routh, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Paul Smith, Jenner & Block

Seth Waxman, WilmerHale

Matt Wolf, Arnold & Porter

CANADA AWARDS

CANADA PATENT CONTENTIOUS

Dimock Stratton

Goodmans

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose Fulbright

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

CANADA PATENT PROSECUTION

Bereskin & Parr

Borden Ladner Gervais

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Norton Rose Fulbright

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

CANADA TRADEMARK CONTENTIOUS

Bereskin & Parr

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

CANADA TRADEMARK PROSECUTION

Bereskin & Parr

Borden Ladner Gervais

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

CANADA COPYRIGHT

Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

McCarthy Tétrault

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

CANADA SPECIALTY IP FIRM

Bereskin & Parr

Dimock Stratton

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

OUTSTANDING CANADA IP PRACTITIONER

Anthony Creber, Gowling Lafleur Henderson

François Guay, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault

Andrew Reddon, McCarthy Tétrault

Guy Régimbald, Gowling Lafleur Henderson

 

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