Managing IP’s Corporate IP Stars list is an annual publication which recognises in-house practitioners for their contributions to the protection and management of their company's IP assets and/or influence in the IP community. The list is separate from Managing IP’s 50 Most Influential People in IP.
Below is our confirmed Corporate IP Stars list for 2020/21. We will now start creating practitioner profiles on IP STARS’ website (www.ipstars.com) to allow us to follow and publish more information about them.
We know there are other individuals who deserve to be recognised; if you have suggestions, please send them to research@managingip.com and we will consider them for next year’s list. Please also contact us if you have questions or need the Corporate IP Star ranking logo.
Congratulations to all the individuals who made this year’s list.
Americas
Name |
Company Name |
Kevin Rhodes |
3M |
Alejandra Tironi Guerra |
Abbott Laboratories |
Adam Chiss |
AbbVie |
Sara Vanderhoff |
adidas |
Dana Rao |
Adobe |
J Scott Evans |
Adobe |
Karen Robinson |
Adobe |
Rekha Hanu |
Akorn Pharmaceuticals |
Todd Spalding |
Alexion Pharmaceuticals |
Brian Anderson |
Allergan |
Thomas Poche |
Allergan |
Dana Brown Northcott |
Amazon |
Scott Hayden |
Amazon |
Chris Jacobs |
AMD |
Maxine Graham |
American Express |
Nathan A Machin |
Amgen |
Wendy Whiteford |
Amgen |
Lars Taavola |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals |
Amy Hulina |
Amneal Pharmaceuticals |
Federico Bueno Icaza |
Anheuser-Busch InBev |
Olga Kalinina |
Apotex |
David Melaugh |
Apple |
Noreen Krall |
Apple |
Scott Gelin |
Apple |
Tom LaPerle |
Apple |
Stephen Adams |
Applied Materials |
Rosanne Yang |
Ascena Retail |
Denise Lacombe |
AstraZeneca |
Brian Gaffney |
AT&T |
David Cho |
AT&T |
Steven Spears |
Baker Hughes |
Todd Mikesell |
Ball Corporation |
Keith Agisim |
Bank of America |
Laura DeMoor |
Baxter Healthcare |
Gonzalo Rovira |
Bayer |
Jacqueline De Gagné |
Bayer |
Aseem Mehta |
Bayer Healthcare |
Cheryl Chadwick |
BIC |
Luisa Bigornia |
BioMarin |
Todd Messal |
Boston Scientific |
Thomas R Kingsbury |
Bridgestone Americas |
Henry Hadad |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Scott Brown |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Mark Terrano |
Broadcom |
Ryan Phillips |
Broadcom |
Bradley Blanche |
Broadcom |
Dawn Atlas |
Calvin Klein |
Rebecca Borden |
CBS Corproration |
Kenneth Dow |
Century Therapeutics |
Robert Feldman |
Citrix Systems |
Jeff Sears |
Columbia University |
David L Marcus |
Comcast Cable Communications |
Rouz Tabaddor |
CoreLogic |
Marcus Delgado |
Cox Enterprises |
Shelby Walker |
CRISPR Therapeutics |
Sara Hoverstock |
Crocs |
Sharon Barner |
Cummins |
Carl Rowold |
Danaher Corporation |
Anthony Peterman |
Dell |
Theresa Conduah |
dosist |
Cullen Pendleton |
Dow Chemical |
Michael Glackin |
Dow Chemical |
Sesha Kumar |
Dr Reddy's Laboratories |
Kristi Wilkens Whalen |
E & J Gallo Winery |
Alexis Garcha |
E & J Gallo Winery |
Amber Leavitt |
eBay |
AnneMarie Kaiser |
Edwards Lifesciences |
Donna Meuth |
Eisai |
Paul Gagnon |
Element AI |
Bruce Longbottom |
Eli Lilly and Company |
Steven Caltrider |
Eli Lilly and Company |
Laura Fritts |
Emory University |
Guy Donatiello |
Endo Pharmaceuticals |
Roy Maharaj |
Ericsson |
Gregg Marrazzo |
Estée Lauder Companies |
Rita Odin |
Estée Lauder Companies |
Jonathan Zerger |
Excel Industries |
Isabelle Chabot |
EXFO |
Melody Schottle |
Exxon Mobil Corporation |
Debbie Segers |
Fidelity National Information Services |
John Ritsick |
Flex Ltd |
Caldwell Camero |
Fluke Corporation |
Greg Brown |
Ford Motor Company |
Ali Ahmed |
Fresenius Kabi USA |
David Ayres |
Garmin International |
Sam Korte |
Garmin International |
Laura Storto |
Genentech |
Charles Wong |
Genentech |
Laurie Hill |
Genentech |
Michael Lee |
General Motors |
Gretchen Stroud |
Gilead Sciences |
Patricia Thayer |
Gilead Sciences |
Gillian M Fenton |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Mark Rachlin |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Stasia Ogden |
GlaxoSmithKline |
John Colgan |
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Michael Lee |
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Catherine Lacavera |
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Paul Vanasse |
Hasbro |
Vaishali Udupa |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
Victoria Heppell |
Hoffmann-La Roche |
Greg Ansems |
Honeywell International |
Jason Skinder |
Honeywell International |
Cynthia Bright |
HP |
Owais Siddiqui |
HTC |
Vince Lam |
HTC |
George Macdonald |
Hubbell |
Richard "Rick" Musgrave |
Husky Injection Molding |
Manny Schecter |
IBM |
John Flynn |
IBM |
William Noon |
Illumina |
Allon Stabinsky |
Intel Corporation |
Benjamin R Ostapuk |
Intel Corporation |
Andrew Isztwan |
InterDigital Communications |
Cheryl Tubach |
J M Huber Corporation |
Diane Yee |
Janssen |
Dean (Bo) Garner |
Johnson & Johnson |
Jake Feldman |
Johnson & Johnson |
Paul Coletti |
Johnson & Johnson |
Matthew Hult |
Juul Labs |
Ewa Abrams |
Kering Americas |
Kristin S Westgard |
Koch Industries |
Maria K Nelson |
Kyocera International |
John Peterson |
LabCorp |
Arturo Ishbak Gonzalez |
LEGO Group |
Hongsun Yoon |
LG Electronics USA |
Mini Bhatt |
Lupin |
Jay Paranjpe |
Magna International |
Nirav Raj Parikh |
Masco Corporation |
Thomas McClenahan |
Masimo Corporation |
Colm J Dobbyn |
MasterCard Worldwide |
Michael Moore |
Mattel |
Shari Wollman |
Mattel |
Angela Steele |
McDonald’s |
Chad Hanson |
Medtronic |
Guadalupe Garcia Crespo |
Mercado Libre |
Andrew Vu |
Mercedes-Benz North America |
Gerard Devlin |
Merck Sharp & Dohme Co |
Mary Morry |
Merck Sharp & Dohme Co |
Jennifer Yokoyama |
Microsoft Corporation |
Brianna Hinojosa-Smith |
Microsoft Corporation |
Elena Grimme |
Microsoft Corporation |
Robert Lytle |
Microsoft Corporation |
Brad Smith |
Microsoft Corporation |
Erik Saarmaa |
MKS Instruments |
Thomas Jenkins |
Mylan |
Benjamin G Jackson |
Myriad Genetics |
Christopher Murphy |
NCR Corporation |
Chip Lutton |
Nest |
Bryce Coughlin |
Netflix |
Hilary Ware |
Netflix |
Jeremy Kaufman |
Netflix |
Barbara Quinn Miller |
Netflix |
Brian Fogarty |
Nike |
Jaime Lemons |
Nike |
Kristen Knecht Downer |
Nike |
Devon Pritchard |
Nintendo |
Ron Antush |
Nokia |
Corey Salsberg |
Novartis |
Peter Waibel |
Novartis |
James Parsons |
Nutanix |
Jennifer Wuamett |
NXP Semiconductors |
Tiki Dare |
Oracle |
Sergio Barragan |
PepsiCo |
Janet Silverberg |
PepsiCo |
Joe Ferretti |
PepsiCo |
Tricia McDermott Thompkins |
Perry Ellis International |
Jonathan Cullen |
Pfizer |
Ken Patel |
Procter & Gamble |
Alex Rogers |
Qualcomm |
Anna Dalla Val |
Ralph Lauren |
Kenneth Doroshow |
Recording Industry Association of America |
David B Perry |
Red Hat |
Larry Coury |
Regeneron |
Michael J Rider |
ResMed Corp |
Julia Pike |
Sandoz |
Maria Isabel Giacchetti de Moraes |
Sanofi |
Kevin R Hamel |
SAP |
Samir N Pandya |
SAP |
Sunjay Mohan |
SAP |
Cynthia Greer |
Sirius XM |
Alfonso Lúa |
Sky México |
Michael Edelman |
Sony Corporation |
Peter Toto |
Sony Corporation |
Phyllis Turner-Brim |
Starbucks |
Adam Strauss |
Stryker |
Jessica Jamieson |
Takeda |
Josh Death |
TD Bank |
John Cheek |
Tenneco |
Colman B Ragan |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Staci Julie |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Tatiana Cordova Ocadiz |
The Coca-Cola Company |
Roger Kennedy |
The Walt Disney Company |
Gillian Thackray |
Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Mark Campagna |
TiVo |
Christian Dowell |
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Kristin Manley |
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Paul Brown |
UL |
Jonathan Stroud |
Unified Patents |
Alasdair McMullan |
Universal Music Group |
Charlotte Whitaker |
USAA |
Kerry Flynn |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
Nathan Edwards |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
Timothy Bedard |
Visa |
Megan L Martin |
Warner Bros Entertainment |
Patrick Perkins |
Warner Bros Entertainment |
Van Nguy |
Waymo |
Margaret Walker |
Xerox Corporation |
David Alban |
Xylem |
Christopher D James |
Zoox |
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Asia Pacific
Name |
Company Name |
Jonathan Carter |
APRA AMCOS |
David Ho |
Alibaba |
Jun Tan |
Baidu |
Jessica Chan |
Burberry |
Hideki Sanatake |
Canon |
Aarti Deodhar |
Cipla |
Nishant Sharma |
Dolby Laboratories |
B Dinesh Kumar |
Dr Reddy's Laboratories |
Andrew Davey |
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare |
Surajit Atha |
General Electric |
Vijayalakshmy Malkani |
Hindustan Unilever |
Emil Zhang |
Huawei Technologies |
Jason Ding |
Huawei Technologies |
Faiz Rahman |
Infosys |
Kyung Hwa Min |
LG Corporation |
Jeon Saeng-Gyu |
LG Corporation |
Victoria Lovatt |
Mundipharma |
Ping Chu |
Nike |
Fan (Kent) Yang |
Novartis |
Pankaj Aseri |
Novartis |
Daniel Yan |
Philips |
Kamal Sharma |
Procter & Gamble |
Zhang Xiaolin |
Qualcomm |
Daniel Shim |
Samsung Electronics |
Munish Sudan |
Tata Steel |
Yunyun Diao |
Tencent |
Naoki Yamamuro |
Toyota Motor Corporation |
Anna Olsen (Gibson) |
Treasury Wine Estates |
Louisa Xu |
Treasury Wine Estates |
Michael Yu |
Unilever |
Joseph Zhou |
Xiaomi |
Haibing Wang |
Xiaomi |
ZiAng Zhuang |
Xiaomi |
Oliver Hu |
ZTE Corporation |
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Europe, Middle East & Africa
Name |
Company Name |
Katherine Hinterberg |
Abbott Laboratories |
Toni Santamaria |
Accord Healthcare |
Christof Wolpert |
adidas |
Sarah Talbot |
adidas |
Charlotta Ljungdahl |
Air Liquide |
Olivier Gicquel |
Airbus |
Pieter van den Bulck |
Anheuser-Busch InBev |
Jakob Balling |
Arla Foods |
Daryl Bradley |
ARM |
Ton van Hoef |
ASML |
Michelle Jones |
Astex Pharmaceuticals |
Kai Brandt |
Audi |
Martin Siemann |
Audi |
Bobby Mukherjee |
BAE Systems |
Thorsten Dierkes |
BASF |
Tilman Breitenstein |
BASF |
Jörg Thomaier |
Bayer Intellectual Property |
Diane Hamer |
BBC |
Carola Beckmann |
Beiersdorf |
David Sugden |
beIN Media Group |
Claude Sprugnoli |
bioMérieux |
Jochen Volkmer |
BMW |
Jürgen Koch |
Bosch |
Richard Goddard |
BP |
Tracey Cooke |
British American Tobacco |
Scott Roberts |
BT |
Hanne Weywardt |
Carlsberg Breweries |
Lia Young |
Caterpillar |
Charles Clark |
Centrica |
Maria Pollick |
Clariant |
Martin Sick Nielsen |
Coloplast |
Guido Baumgartner |
Coty |
Måns Sjöstrand |
Daniel Wellington |
Frederik te Hennepe |
Danone |
Stephan Altmeyer |
Deutsche Telekom |
Katherine Tsang |
Diageo |
Rebecca Mitton |
Diageo |
Louise Butler |
Diageo |
George Sevier |
Dyson |
Ana Suarez-Miles |
Eli Lilly and Company |
Ivan Burnside |
Eli Lilly and Company |
Ellen Kristina Bergan (Rognlien) |
Equinor |
Gabriele Mohsler |
Ericsson |
Mathias Hellman |
Ericsson |
Peter Ericsson-Nestler |
Ericsson |
Yann Elias |
Ericsson |
Christian Loyau |
ETSI |
Beat Rauber |
F Hoffmann-La Roche |
Tessa Malamud-Cohen |
Ferring Pharmaceuticals |
Nathalie Ruffin |
Ferring Pharmaceuticals |
Rachel Cockburn Buhl |
Ferring Pharmaceuticals |
Claire Bennett |
Five AI |
Corinna Sundermann |
Fresenius Kabi |
Gavin Lawson |
Gilead Sciences |
Richard Easeman |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Sophie Bodet |
GlaxoSmithKline |
Ralf Uhrich |
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Beatrice Levy-Moulin |
Groupe Renault |
Rasmus Søby Dupont |
Grundfos |
Vanni Volpi |
Gucci |
Bjorn Norberg |
H & M Hennes & Mauritz |
Peter Yennadhiou |
HP |
Matthias Sachseder |
Huawei Technologies |
Georg Kreuz |
Huawei Technologies |
Belinda Gascoyne |
IBM |
Paul Leaves |
Imagination Technologies |
Susana Fernandez Martin |
Inditex |
Peter Berg |
Infineon Technologies |
Eeva Hakoranta |
InterDigital |
Alfred Chaouat |
InterDigital |
Jeremy Holmes |
IP Group |
Amanda Beaton |
Jaguar Land Rover |
Kana Enomoto |
Johnson & Johnson |
Stephane Hedarchet |
JTI (Japan Tobacco International) |
Ronald van Tuijl |
JTI (Japan Tobacco International) |
Riccardo Frediani |
Kering |
Jen Le Miere |
Kymab |
Jonathan Bamber |
Liverpool Football Club |
Nathalie Luis |
L'Oréal |
Delphine de Chalvron |
L'Oréal |
Hadrien Huet |
Louis Vuitton Malletier |
Malek Hannouf |
Louis Vuitton Malletier |
Sandra Georges |
LVMH |
Thomas Steffen |
Medtronic |
Fidel Porcuna de la Rosa |
Merck Group |
Stefan Horstmann |
Merck Group |
James Horgan |
Merck Sharp & Dohme |
Zeeger Vink |
MF Brands Group |
Mark Hodgin |
Mondelēz International |
Neil Trueman |
Mundipharma |
Jennifer Sunderland |
Mylan |
George Moore |
Mylan |
Olivier Corticchiato |
Nestlé |
Susanna Martikainen |
Nokia |
Clemens-August Heusch |
Nokia |
Dirk Weiler |
Nokia |
Adrian Howes |
Nokia |
David Lossignol |
Novartis |
Galit Gonen-Cohen |
Novartis |
Myrtha Hurtado Rivas |
Novartis |
Stanislas Barro |
Novartis |
Eva Kirstine Borgen |
Novo Nordisk |
Thomas Gipp |
NXP Semiconductors |
Lucy Wojcik |
Ocado |
Anton Druschits |
PepsiCo |
Lisa Ritchie |
Philip Morris International |
Laure Perset |
Philips |
Hugo Sakkers |
Philips |
Maaike van Velzen |
Philips |
Kevin Scott |
Philips |
Gautier Engisch |
Procter & Gamble |
Shelley Duggan |
Procter & Gamble |
Mark Cruickshank |
RBS |
Charlie Everitt |
Reckitt Benckiser |
Sheila Henderson |
Richemont |
Jean-Marc Brunel |
Safran |
Nadia Spiccia |
Sandoz |
Brenda Panichi |
Sandoz |
Stefan Einar Stefansson |
Sandoz |
Kim Simelius |
Sandvik |
Charlotte Falck |
Sandvik |
Olivier Herbreteau |
Sanofi |
Lindesay Low |
Scotch Whisky Association |
Beat Weibel |
Siemens |
Oliver Pfaffenzeller |
Siemens |
Florian Cordes |
Sisvel Group |
Brett Shelton |
Sky International |
Emma Campbell |
Sky UK |
Denis Verrey |
SPEDIDAM |
Benoît Galopin |
SPEDIDAM |
Catherine Hillaert-Prevost |
SPI Group |
Jan-Willem Goedmakers |
Stamicarbon |
Sergio Mariani |
STMicroelectronics |
Filip De Corte |
Syngenta |
Nicolas Amelot |
Syngenta |
Anna-Lena (Skarin) Wolfe |
Tetra Pak |
Orly Alster |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Alastair Sayce |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Alpha Indraccolo |
Teva Pharmaceuticals |
Stefan Sergot |
The Premier League |
Lars Wallentin |
Thule Group |
Stephan Wolke |
ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property |
Mark Bearfoot |
Tommy Hilfiger |
Manisha A Desai |
UCB |
Bidemi Ademola |
Unilever |
Mercedes Lara |
Unilever |
Sarah Orchard |
Unilever |
James Berkeley |
Unilever |
Bernie McDonald |
Vaccitech |
Murielle Khairallah |
Valeo |
Sebastián Chames |
Viacom International Media Networks |
Jochen Meyer |
Vodafone |
Raymond Millien |
Volvo Cars |
Philippe Blanchet |
Wiko |
Juliane Buchinski |
ZTE |
Research methodology
The list was produced by the IP STARS research team, with input from Managing IP’s editorial team. This year’s list is primarily based on the information obtained during the research period for the 2020 edition of the IP STARS rankings and the Managing IP Awards programme (September 2019 to January 2020).
Before compiling the list, the IP STARS team reviewed available research data, including case studies submitted by law firms, recommendations by private practice and in-house practitioners, and publicly available information. We also factored in activities in the IP community and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
The IP STARS rankings are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or IP STARS. No firm/company or individual can pay to be included. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research, and participation does not guarantee ranking. All our rankings and listings are subject to change each year. Read more about our methodology here.
About IP STARS
IP STARS is the leading specialist guide to IP law firms and practitioners worldwide. The guide is an exclusive rankings publication: we do not rank all firms and individuals offering IP services.
Managing IP published its first legal directory in 1994 and rebranded it as IP STARS in 2013. The research for the guide covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 70 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected rankings publication in the IP industry. The IP STARS rankings are based on a weighted evaluation of information from different sources, including work data submitted by firms, independent research findings, and market feedback. Visit www.ipstars.com to learn more.
