We hosted the Americas Awards 2022 ceremony last night, April 7, to recognise and celebrate remarkable intellectual property achievements by law firms, companies and individuals last year.
More than 150 guests joined us at the Lotte New York Palace in New York City to find out who won, and why, in a whole host of categories. The ceremony was our first in-person awards event since we suspended such events in 2020 because of the pandemic. We thank all our guests and event partners for making the Americas Awards 2022 a success.
You can find all of the winners below, and the shortlist is here. We intend to share more information about the awards, including photos, on LinkedIn (e.g. here and here) and Twitter (@IP_STARS and @ManagingIP), so keep an eye on our social media pages.
All the firms, companies and individuals recognised this year can contact our Americas business development manager George Reeves to discuss various opportunities to share their achievements with our audience and the IP community.
We now turn our attention to the Asia-Pacific Awards 2022, which will be announced online on June 1. See the shortlist here.
Congratulations to all the winners.
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Firm of the Year
Marval O’ Farrell & Mairal
BOLIVIA
Firm of the Year
Moreno Baldivieso
BRAZIL
Patent
Licks Attorneys
Trademark
Daniel Law
Copyright & Design
Gusmão & Labrunie
CARIBBEAN
Firm of the Year
Miniño Abogados
CENTRAL AMERICA
Firm of the Year
Arias
CHILE
Firm of the Year
Sargent & Krahn
COLOMBIA
Firm of the Year
Cavelier Abogados
ECUADOR
Firm of the Year
CorralRosales
MEXICO
Patent
Dumont
Trademark
Baker McKenzie
PANAMA
Firm of the Year
Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán
PERU
Firm of the Year
BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados
URUGUAY
Firm of the Year
Fischer Abogados
VENEZUELA
Firm of the Year
Hoet & Partners
PRACTITIONER OF THE YEAR
Adriana Barrera, BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados (Peru)
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Copyright
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Patent Contentious
Gowling WLG
Patent Prosecution
Smart & Biggar
Trademark Contentious
Smart & Biggar
Trademark Prosecution
Borden Ladner Gervais
IP Transactions
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
IP Boutique
Smart & Biggar
Practitioner of the Year (Copyright)
Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark)
Justine Wiebe, Borden Ladner Gervais
Practitioner of the Year (Patent)
Bradley White, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)
Vincent Yip, McCarthy Tétrault
UNITED STATES
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution (Northeast)
Bookoff McAndrews
Patent Prosecution (South)
Haynes and Boone
Patent Prosecution (Midwest)
Armstrong Teasdale
Patent Prosecution (West)
Fenwick & West
Patent Contentious (Northeast)
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious (South)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Patent Contentious (Midwest)
Sidley Austin
Patent Contentious (West)
O'Melveny & Myers
Trademark Prosecution (Northeast)
Arent Fox
Trademark Prosecution (South)
Alston & Bird
Trademark Prosecution (Midwest)
Greenberg Traurig
Trademark Prosecution (West)
Holland & Hart
Trademark Contentious (Northeast)
Kelly IP
Trademark Contentious (South)
Pirkey Barber
Trademark Contentious (Midwest)
Robins Kaplan
Trademark Contentious (West)
Sideman & Bancroft
Copyright (East)
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Copyright (West)
King & Spalding
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Patent Contentious
Arnold & Porter
Trademark Prosecution
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Contentious
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Copyright
Loeb & Loeb
Appellate
Arnold & Porter
ITC
Alston & Bird
Life Sciences IP Litigation
Weil Gotshal & Manges
IP Transactions
Weil Gotshal & Manges
PTAB
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
IP Boutique
Durie Tangri
Firm to Watch
Allen & Overy
Practitioner of the Year (PTAB)
Brent Babcock, Loeb & Loeb
Practitioner of the Year (Patent Prosecution)
Michael Drapkin, Holland & Hart
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark Prosecution)
Monica Riva Talley, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)
Hannah England, Ropes & Gray
Practitioner of the Year (Appellate)
Thomas Goldstein, Goldstein & Russell
STATE CATEGORIES
Litigator of the Year
California
Darin Snyder, O’Melveny & Myers
Colorado
Mindy Sooter, WilmerHale
Delaware
Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Fish & Richardson
DC Metro
Michael McKeon, Fish & Richardson
Georgia
Jason Rosenberg, Alston & Bird
Illinois
Thomas Rein, Sidley Austin
Massachusetts
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Michigan
John S Artz, Dickinson Wright
Minnesota
Andrew Hansen, Fox Rothschild
New York
Elizabeth Weiswasser, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Pennsylvania
Steven Maslowski, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Texas
Travis Wimberly, Pirkey Barber
Washington
Melanie Mayer, Fenwick & West
SPECIAL AWARDS
Americas Firm of the Year for IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
In-house IP Leader of the Year
Brett Alten, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
In-house Copyright Team of the Year
Google
In-house Patent Team of the Year
Samsung Electronics
In-house Trademark Team of the Year
The Coca-Cola Company
IMPACT CASES
CANADA
Loblaws Inc v Columbia Insurance Company (Federal Court of Appeal)
Smart & Biggar
Hidden Bench Vineyards & Winery Inc v Locust Lane Estate Winery Corp (Federal Court)
Borden Ladner Gervais
Apotex v Shire (Federal Court of Appeal)
Gowling WLG
Western Oilfield Equipment Rentals v M-I LLC (Federal Court of Appeal)
Borden Ladner Gervais
York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Supreme Court of Canada)
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt and Borden Ladner Gervais
UNITED STATES
Amgen v Sanofi (Federal Circuit)
Arnold & Porter
The Coca Cola Company v Meenaxi Enterprise (TTAB)
Alston & Bird
Google v Oracle (US Supreme Court)
Goldstein & Russell
Hetronic International v Hetronic Germany (10th Circuit)
Jenner & Block
In re Samsung Electronics (Federal Circuit)
O'Melveny & Myers
Intel v Qualcomm (Federal Circuit)
WilmerHale
Minerva v Hologic (US Supreme Court)
Sidley Austin
Philanthropist.com v The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists (TTAB)
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
United States v Arthrex (US Supreme Court)
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Zuma Press v Getty Images (2nd Circuit)
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Research methodology
The Managing IP Awards programme is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. Now in its 17th year, the programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions.
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, our researchers evaluated work data supplied by firms and, where applicable, reviewed publicly available information such as court and IP office records. They focused on work done or concluded in the previous year, particularly looking for case studies that were of great significance to clients and/or IP law and practice. Firms, companies and individuals can also be shortlisted based on the researcher's independent research findings.
The research for the IP STARS rankings and the Managing IP Awards programme is rigorous and impartial. There is no fee for participating in our research, but participation does not guarantee recognition.
The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP, and no firm or individual can pay to influence the results. Any firm, regardless of its ranking in IP STARS, can win the Managing IP award.
The Managing IP Awards programme is distinct and separate from any other legal industry awards programmes organised by Euromoney and promoted on our website.
Please contact Chris Adams or Kingsley Egbuonu if you have any questions about the Managing IP Americas Awards.
History of the Managing IP Awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremonies attract hundreds of guests, including in-house counsel and prominent public officials in the IP industry. It is widely regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. In total, more than 1,000 guests attended the ceremonies in 2019 and 2020.
The Managing IP Awards programme has evolved and grown over the years. We now host regional ceremonies instead of a global ceremony in London, and the research covers more than seven practice areas and over 50 jurisdictions.
See all the previous winners here.
