Managing IP hosted the EMEA Awards 2020 on what was a fantastic evening to honour the best IP achievements by law firms and in-house counsel last year.
Nearly 400 guests, all looking suitably glamorous, joined us at the Marriott Grosvenor Square in London to find out who won, and why, in a whole host of categories.
You can find all of the winners below, and you can also see the shortlist of winners here. We also plan to publish a supplement with all of the winners and images from the evening.
Now we look to New York, where we will host the Americas Awards 2020 on March 26 at Lotte New York Palace. You can view the shortlists here.
Congratulations to all the winning firms in EMEA this year!
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
Gassauer-Fleissner
Trade Mark Contentious
Schwarz Schönherr
Prosecution
Puchberger & Partner
Copyright & Design
Dorda
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
Crowell & Moring
Trade Mark Contentious
NautaDutilh
Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Copyright & Design
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
Plougmann Vingtoft
Trade Mark Contentious
Lundgrens
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Zacco
Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Plesner
Copyright & Design
Plesner
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Borenius
Patent Prosecution
Boco IP
Trade Mark Contentious
Roschier
Trade Mark Prosecution
Kolster
Copyright & Design
Roschier
FRANCE
Patent Contentious
August Debouzy
Patent Prosecution
Plasseraud IP
Trade Mark Contentious
Hogan Lovells
Trade Mark Prosecution
Plasseraud IP
Copyright & Design
Allen & Overy
Boutique Firm of the Year
Armengaud Guerlain
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
df-mp
Patent Prosecution
Grünecker
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Harmsen Utescher
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Vossius & Partner
Copyright & Design
SKW Schwarz
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
Danubia
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
Whitney Moore
Patent Prosecution
PurdyLucey
Trade Mark Contentious
Mason Hayes & Curran
Trade Mark Prosecution
Tomkins
Copyright & Design
McCann FitzGerald
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Luthi + Webb
Patent Prosecution
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Trade Mark Contentious
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Trade Mark Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
IP Transactions
Herzog Fox & Neeman
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Patent Prosecution
Jacobacci & Partners
Trade Mark Contentious
IP Law Galli
Trade Mark Prosecution
SIB (Società Italiana Brevetti)
Copyright & Design
DLA Piper
NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Prosecution
NLO
Trade Mark Contentious
Brinkhof
Copyright & Design
Brinkhof
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
Jackson Etti & Edu
NORWAY
Contentious
Thommessen
Prosecution
Bryn Aarflot
POLAND
Contentious
Wardyński & Partners
Prosecution
Patpol
Copyright & Design
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
PORTUGAL
Contentious
VdA
Prosecution
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii
RUSSIA
Patent
Hogan Lovells
Trade Mark
Gowling WLG
Copyright & Design
Baker McKenzie
SOUTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
SPAIN
Patent Contentious
Clifford Chance
Patent Prosecution
ABG Intellectual Property
Trade Mark Contentious
Elzaburu
Trade Mark Prosecution
Noerr
Copyright
ECIJA
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Sandart & Partners
Patent Prosecution
Kransell & Wennborg
Trade Mark Contentious
Westerberg & Partners
Trade Mark Prosecution
Groth & Co
Copyright
Westerberg & Partners
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
Rentsch Partner
Patent Prosecution
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
Trade Mark
Walder Wyss
IP Transactions
Bär & Karrer
TURKEY
Patent
Deris
Trade Mark
Gün + Partners
Copyright & Design
Gün + Partners
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Aequo
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Contentious
Al Tamimi & Company
Prosecution
Saba IP
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Pinsent Masons
Patent Contentious (Patent Attorney & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
EIP
Patent Prosecution
J A Kemp
Trade Mark Contentious (Law Firms)
Bristows
Trade Mark Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Stobbs IP
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Potter Clarkson
Copyright
Wiggin
Design
Gowling WLG
IP Transactions
Linklaters
IP Set
8 New Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
Simon Malynicz QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Ashton Chantrielle
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Burness Paull
Prosecution
HGF
IP Transactions
Dentons
Practitioner of the Year
David Rose, Mishcon de Reya
REGIONAL AWARDS
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Spoor & Fisher
MIDDLE EAST
Firm of the Year
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
EUROPE
Patent Contentious
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Prosecution
Hoffmann Eitle
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Design
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
Ellex Raidla
BENELUX
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Chiever
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year
AWA
Cross-border Telecoms Patent Team of the Year
For IPCom's work: Bardehle Pagenberg, Bristows, df-mp and Hengeler Mueller
For Unwired Planet's work: EIP, Osborne Clarke, df-mp and Fieldfisher
Global Firm of the Year for IP
Baker McKenzie
SPECIAL AWARDS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Derk Visser (EIP)
For Visser's contributions to the understanding of European patent law and practice.
Gillian Davies (Hogarth Chambers)
For Davies's contributions to the understanding of copyright and related rights law.
Alexander von Mühlendahl (Bardehle Pagenberg)
For von Mühlendahl's contributions to the development and understanding of trade mark law in Europe. This award also recognises his work in the field of plant variety.
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Nokia
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trade Mark)
Liverpool Football Club
IMPACT CASES
DENMARK
Gilead Sciences v Sandoz
Winner(s): Bugge Valentin
FRANCE
IT Development SAS v Free Mobile SAS (C-666/18)
Winner(s): Bardehle Pagenberg and Nouveau Monde Avocats
IPCom v Lenovo
Winner(s): Bardehle Pagenberg
SPEDIDAM v INA (C‑484/18)
Winner(s): Cabinet Christophe Caron
GERMANY
Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena v Balema (C-432/18)
Winner(s): Squire Patton Boggs
Nokia v Continental AG
Winner(s): Arnold Ruess
Philips v Wiko
Winner(s): Eisenführ Speiser and Vossius & Partner
VG Media v Google (C‑299/17)
Winner(s): Hengeler Mueller and Redeker Sellner Dahs
Jostarndt Patentanwalts AG v IPCom (G 0002/19)
Winner(s): df-mp and Jostarndt Patentanwalts AG
Pelham GmbH v Ralf Hütter (C-476/17)
Winner(s): Schalast and SCHLARMANNvonGEYSO
IRELAND
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Clonmel Healthcare
Winner(s): Whitney Moore and William Fry
The Football Association Premier League v Eircom
Winner(s): Beauchamps
ISRAEL
Nestlé v Espresso Club Ltd
Winner(s): Barnea Jaffa Lande
NETHERLANDS
Nederlands Uitgeversverbond v Tom Kabinet (C-263/18)
Winner(s): bureau Brandeis
Philips v Asus
Winner(s): Hoyng Rokh Monegier
N V Nutricia v Fresenius Kabi Deutschland (T0694/16)
Winner(s): NLO (Netherlands)
PORTUGAL
Cofemel - Sociedade de Vestuário SA v G-Star RAW (C-683/17)
Winner(s): Garrigues
POLAND
Polish Filmmakers Association v Tomków (P 14/19)
Winner(s): Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
SOUTH AFRICA
Ascendis Animal Health v Merck Sharp Dohme Corporation
Winner(s): Brian Bacon and Kisch IP
SPAIN
Koton Mağazacilik Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ v EUIPO (C-104/18 P)
Winner(s): Curell Suñol
Club de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas v Adolfo Juan Martínez Sanchís (C-176/18)
Winner(s): Garrigues
SWITZERLAND
imtmedical AG v Hamilton Medical AG
Winner(s): IPrime Rentsch Kaelin and IPrime Legal
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)
Warner Music UK Ltd & Anor v Tunein Inc
Winner(s): Bird & Bird and Wiggin
Actavis v ICOS
Winner(s): Bird & Bird, Pinsent Masons and Taylor Wessing
Shanks v Unilever
Winner(s): Christopher J L Ryan, Henderson Chambers, and the late Keith Beresford
Kogan v Martin
Winner(s): Keystone Law
Nintendo Co v Sky UK & Ors
Winner: Mishcon de Reya
Sky v SkyKick (C‑371/18)
Winner(s): Fieldfisher and Mishcon de Reya
