Managing IP hosted a gala dinner on June 15 to recognise law firms, companies, and practitioners for their intellectual property work achievements last year. Some of the photos from the event can be found here.
More than 500 guests joined us at the Royal Lancaster London to find out who won, and why, in a whole host of categories. We were delighted to have Jo Caulfield as our presenter and Munich court patent judge Hubertus Schacht as one of our special guests.
One of the special awards last night was the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to Willem Hoyng of Hoyng Rokh Monegier for his illustrious career and contributions to the European IP community.
You can find all the winners below and the shortlists here. The reasons we read out at the ceremony for the winners highlighted in orange below will be published in September on their pages on ipstars.com.
The EMEA Awards ceremony concludes the 17th annual Managing IP Awards programme. Please read about our Americas Awards and Asia-Pacific Awards.
Congratulations to all the winners!
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Geistwert
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution
Copyright
Dorda
Practitioner of the Year
Rainer Schultes, Geistwert
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Prosecution
Copyright & Design
Van Innis & Delarue
Practitioner of the Year
Tanguy de Haan, NautaDutilh
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark (Law Firms)
Gorrissen Federspiel
Trademark (Patent and Trademark Attorney Firms)
Copyright & Design
Plesner
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Kasper Frahm, Plesner
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Kim Wagner, Plougmann Vingtoft
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Berggren
Trademark Prosecution
Berggren
Copyright & Design
Eversheds Sutherland
FRANCE
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
August Debouzy
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Casalonga
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Casalonga
Patent Prosecution
Plasseraud IP
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Copyright
Vercken & Gaullier
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan, Bird & Bird
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnaud Casalonga, Casalonga
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Eisenführ Speiser
Patent Prosecution
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Trademark (Law Firms)
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Copyright
Nordemann
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Axel Verhauwen, Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Sandra Pohlman, df-mp (Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman)
HUNGARY
Firm of the year
Danubia
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution
DFMG Solicitors
Copyright & Design
Mason Hayes & Curran
IP Transactions & Advisory
Practitioner of the Year
Aoife Murphy, Whitney Moore
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
S Horowitz & Co
Trademark Contentious
S Horowitz & Co
Patent Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Trademark Prosecution
IP Transactions & Advisory
Herzog Fox & Neeman
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Copyright & Design
Practitioner of the Year
Cesare Galli, IP Law Galli
THE NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution
Copyright
bureau Brandeis
IP Transactions & Advisory
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Tobias Cohen Jehoram, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Herman Witmans, VO
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
NORWAY
Patent Contentious
Trademark (Law Firms)
Hjort
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Patent Prosecution
Copyright
Wiersholm
Practitioner of the Year
Ida Gjessing, Gjessing Reimers
POLAND
Advisory & Contentious
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Prosecution
JWP
Copyright & Design
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
PORTUGAL
Advisory & Contentious
Prosecution
Simões Garcia Corte Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
SOUTH AFRICA
Patent
Trademark
IP Transactions & Advisory
ENSafrica
SPAIN
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Elzaburu
Copyright
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Miguel Vidal-Quadras, Vidal-Quadras & Ramon
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Carlos Morán, Elzaburu
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Copyright & Design
Vinge
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Trademark Contentious
Patent Prosecution
Isler & Pedrazzini
Trademark Prosecution
IP Transactions & Advisory
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
TURKEY
Contentious
Prosecution
Copyright & Design
Gün + Partners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advisory & Contentious
Prosecution
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Stobbs IP
Patent Prosecution
Mewburn Ellis
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
CMS
Copyright
Design
Gowling WLG
IP Transactions & Advisory
IP Set
11 South Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
Iain Purvis QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Jaani Riordan
IPEC Firm of the Year
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Prosecution
IP Transactions & Advisory
Burness Paull
UNITED KINGDOM
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Spoor & Fisher
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Under review
EUROPE
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
EPO Proceedings Firm of the Year
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Patent Prosecution
Grünecker
Trademark (Law Firms)
Hogan Lovells
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
HGF
Copyright
Design
Bird & Bird
IP Transactions & Advisory
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
Ellex
BENELUX
Trademark (Law Firms)
NautaDutilh
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnold & Siedsma
Patent (Law Firms)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
VO
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year (Patent)
Firm of the Year (Trademark)
AWA
Global Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
IN-HOUSE
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Nokia
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trademark)
Hasbro
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Copyright)
Sony
Europe In-House Leader of the Year
Clemens Heusch, Nokia
SPECIAL AWARDS
Europe Cross-border Patent Litigation Team of the Year
For AutoStore: Arnold Ruess (Germany), Kirkland & Ellis (UK), and Onsagers (Norway).
For Stephen Thaler (Dabus): Hepp Wenger Ryffel (Switzerland), Köllner & Partner (Germany), Ryan Abbott (UK), Times Attorneys (Switzerland), and Williams Powell (UK).
For InterDigital: Arnold Ruess (Germany), df-mp (Germany), and Gowling WLG (France and UK).
For Illumina Cambridge: Bugge Valentin (Denmark), Hoyng Rokh Monegier (France), Clifford Chance (Spain), Homburger (Switzerland), Powell Gilbert (UK), Rospatt Osten Pross (Germany), Trevisan & Cuonzo (Italy), and Westerberg & Partners (Sweden).
For British American Tobacco: Kirkland & Ellis (UK), Trevisan & Cuonzo (Italy), and Vossius & Partner (Germany).
Lifetime Achievement Award
Willem Hoyng, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
IMPACT CASES
AUSTRIA
PA Fassbinder v Klaus Pauscha (Supreme Court)
Firm: Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
CZECH REPUBLIC
Adama Nováka v Pavlu Dominikovi (Supreme Court)
Firm: Štaidl Leška
ESTONIA
Estonian Performers Union (EEL) v MTÜ Urban Style
Firms: PwC Legal and TRINITI
GERMANY
Lindt & Sprüngli v Confiserie Heilemann (Federal Court of Justice)
Firms: Gleiss Lutz and Rohnke Winter
Hohenloher Landschwein (Federal Court of Justice)
Firm: Hildebrandt
ÖKO-Test Verlag v Dr Rudolf Liebe Nachf (Federal Court of Justice)
Firm: Nadine Dinig
InterDigital v Xiaomi (Regional Court Munich)
Firm: Arnold Ruess
IP Bridge v TCT and HTC (Federal Court of Justice)
Firm: Hoffmann Eitle
FRANCE
B. Braun Medical v INPI (Paris Supreme Court)
Firm: August Debouzy
IRELAND
Aviareto v Global Closing Room (High Court)
Firm: Pinsent Masons
ISRAEL
Unipharm v Sanofi (Supreme Court)
Firm: Adi Levit
THE NETHERLANDS
Spinnin’ Records v Martin Garrix (Supreme Court)
Firms: Houthoff and Pels Rijcken
POLAND
Audi v KS (Supreme Court)
Firm: GKR Legal
SPAIN
Grupo Cornavin v Grupo Alvic FR Mobiliario (Supreme Court)
Firms: PONS IP
UNITED KINGDOM
Illumina Cambridge v Latvia MGI Tech SIA & Ors (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Powell Gilbert
Vestel v Access Advance (England & Wales Court of Appeal)
Firms: Bristows and Powell Gilbert
FibroGen v Akebia Therapeutics (England & Wales Court of Appeal)
Firms: Carpmaels & Ransford and Potter Clarkson
TuneIn Inc v Warner Music UK (England & Wales Court of Appeal)
Firm: Wiggin
Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed (England & Wales Court of Appeal)
Firm: Ronald Fletcher Baker
Facebook Ireland v Voxer IP (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories (UK Supreme Court)
Firm: Sidley Austin
Dr Reddy's Laboratories v Warner-Lambert Company (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Kirkland & Ellis
InterDigital v Lenovo (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Gowling WLG
British Recorded Music Industry v BT & Ors (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: DLA Piper
Young Turks v BT (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Lee & Thompson
Swatch v Apple (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Haseltine Lake Kempner
Salt Ship Design v Prysmian Powerlink (England & Wales High Court)
Firm: Holman Fenwick Willan
EUROPE
Hasbro Inc v the EUIPO (EU General Court)
Firm: Kunze Rechtsanwälte
T 1127/16 (EPO)
Firm: Santarelli
The Yokohama Rubber Co v Pirelli Tyre (EU Court of Justice)
Firm: Taliens
Lego v EUIPO (EU General Court)
Firm: BomhardIP
G1/19 (EPO)
Firm: Venner Shipley
VG Bild-Kunst (EU Court of Justice)
Firms: Nordemann and Pinsent Masons
CV-Online v Melons (EU Court of Justice)
Firm: Cobalt
Mircom International Content Management & Consulting v Telenet (EU Court of Justice)
Firms: Bird & Bird and Fieldfisher
T 2431/19 (EPO)
Firm: Westphal Mussgnug & Partner
J 0014/19 (EPO)
Firm: Simmons & Simmons
Ferrari v Mansory Design (EU Court of Justice)
Firm: Rospatt Osten Pross
Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (EU Court of Justice)
Firm: Elzaburu
Research methodology
Each year our research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners and their clients through interviews, email, and online surveys. The shortlists are based on the information obtained during the research period (September 2021 - February 2022) for the 2022 edition of IP STARS.
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, mainly looking for case studies of great significance to clients and/or IP law and practice. Firms or 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 to pay to participate in our research, but participation does not guarantee recognition.
Commercial relationships with Managing IP do not influence the awards, and no firm or individual pay to influence the results. Any firm or individual, regardless of their 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 Kingsley Egbuonu if you have questions about the Managing IP Awards.
History of the Managing IP Awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The programme has evolved over the years to become the legal industry’s biggest and most respected IP awards.
Now in its 17th year, the programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Please read about the practice areas and award categories here.
We host three regional ceremonies, which attract hundreds of guests, including in-house counsel and prominent public officials in the industry.
Please see all the previous winners here.
