We hosted the Americas Awards 2023 ceremony last night, April 27, to recognise and celebrate remarkable intellectual property achievements by law firms, companies and individuals last year.
More than 190 guests joined us at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City to find out who won, and why, in a whole host of categories. We thank all our guests and event partners for making the Americas Awards 2023 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 EMEA Awards 2023 ceremony, which will be hosted on June 21. See the shortlist here.
Congratulations to all the winners!
CANADA
Copyright Firm of the Year – Canada
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year – Canada
Smart & Biggar
Patent Disputes Firm of the Year – Canada
Gowling WLG
Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year – Canada
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year – Canada
Gowling WLG
IP Transactions Firm of the Year – Canada
Torys
IP Boutique Firm of the Year – Canada
Bereskin & Parr
Copyright Practitioner of the Year – Canada
Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Trademark Practitioner of the Year – Canada
Jim Holloway, Baker McKenzie
Patent Practitioner of the Year – Canada
Julie Desrosiers, Fasken
Transactions Practitioner of the Year – Canada
Edward Fan, Torys
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Firm of the Year – Argentina
Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
Firm of the Year – Bolivia
Moreno Baldivieso
Patent Firm of the Year – Brazil
Dannemann Siemsen
Trademark Firm of the Year – Brazil
Bhering Advogados
Copyright & Design Firm of the Year – Brazil
Trench Rossi Watanabe
Firm of the Year – Caribbean
Miniño Abogados
Firm of the Year – Central America
Arias
Firm of the Year – Chile
Carey
Firm of the Year – Colombia
Cavelier Abogados
Firm of the Year – Ecuador
Bustamante Fabara
Patent Firm of the Year – Mexico
Olivares
Trademark Firm of the Year – Mexico
Basham Ringe y Correa
Firm of the Year – Paraguay
Ferrere Abogados
Firm of the Year – Peru
Estudio Echecopar
Firm of the Year – Uruguay
Fischer Abogados
Firm of the Year – Venezuela
Hoet & Partners
Practitioner of the Year – Latin America
Juan Carlos Ojam, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
UNITED STATES
REGIONAL AWARDS
US Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year (Northeast)
Bookoff McAndrews
US Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year (South)
Ballard Spahr
US Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year (Midwest)
Shook Hardy & Bacon
US Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year (West)
Holland & Hart
US Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (Northeast)
Williams & Connolly
US Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (South)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
US Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (Midwest)
Sidley Austin
US Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (West)
Fish & Richardson
US Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (Northeast)
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
US Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (South)
Alston & Bird
US Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (Midwest)
Mayer Brown
US Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year (West)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
US Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year (Northeast)
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
US Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year (South)
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
US Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year (Midwest)
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
US Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year (West)
Knobbe Martens
US Copyright Firm of the Year (East)
Mayer Brown
US Copyright Firm of the Year (West)
Loeb & Loeb
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year – United States
Fenwick & West
Patent Disputes Firm of the Year – United States
WilmerHale
Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year – United States
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year – United States
Knobbe Martens
Copyright Firm of the Year – United States
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Appellate Firm of the Year – United States
WilmerHale
ITC Firm of the Year – United States
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Life Sciences IP Litigation Firm of the Year – United States
Williams & Connolly
IP Transactions Firm of the Year – United States
Ropes & Gray
PTAB Firm of the Year
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
IP Boutique Firm of the Year – United States
Desmarais
Firm to Watch – United States
Morrison & Foerster
IP Transactions Practitioner of the Year
Charan Sandhu, Weil Gotshal & Manges
PTAB Practitioner of the Year
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Patent Prosecution Practitioner of the Year
Ahsan Shaikh, McDermott Will & Emery
Trademark Prosecution Practitioner of the Year
Danny Awdeh, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Appellate Practitioner of the Year
Steven Horowitz, Sidley Austin
STATE CATEGORIES
Litigator of the Year – California
Joseph Re, Knobbe Martens
Litigator of the Year – Colorado
Rob Brunelli, Sheridan Ross
Litigator of the Year – DC Metro
Douglas Rettew, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Litigator of the Year – Delaware
Anne Shea Gaza, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Litigator of the Year – Georgia
Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Litigator of the Year – Illinois
Bradley Cohn, Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Litigator of the Year – Massachusetts
William Lee, WilmerHale
Litigator of the Year – Minnesota
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
Litigator of the Year – New York
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Litigator of the Year – Pennsylvania
Eric Kraeutler, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Litigator of the Year – Texas
Alexandra (Lexie) White, Susman Godfrey
Litigator of the Year – Washington
Andres Healy, Susman Godfrey
SPECIAL AWARDS
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Americas Firm of the Year for IP
Baker McKenzie
Americas In-house IP Leader of the Year
Stephen Wurth, Qualcomm
Americas In-house Copyright Team of the Year
Oracle
Americas In-house Patent Team of the Year
Qualcomm
Americas In-house Trademark Team of the Year
Monster Energy
IMPACT CASES OF THE YEAR
CANADA
Benjamin Moore & Co v Attorney General of Canada (2022 FC 923)
Firm: Ridout & Maybee
Merck Canada et al v Canada (2022 QCCA 240)
Firm: Fasken
Nova Chemicals Corp v Dow Chemical (2022 SCC 43)
Firm: Smart & Biggar
Pharmascience Inc v Teva Canada Innovation (2022 FCA 2)
Firm: Aitken Klee
Paid Search Engine Tools v Google Canada (2021 FC 1435)
Firm: Gowling WLG
SOCAN v Entertainment Software Association (2022 SCC 30)
Firm: Cassels Brock & Blackwell
UNITED STATES
AK Futures v Boyd Street Distro (9th Circuit 2022)
Firm: Morrison & Foerster
California Institute of Technology v Broadcom (Fed Cir 2022)
Firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Centripetal Networks v Cisco Systems (Fed Cir 2022)
Firm: WilmerHale
Meenaxi Enterprise v The Coca-Cola Company (Fed Cir 2022)
Firm: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Nichino America v Valent USA (3rd Cir 2022)
Firm: Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Nippon Shinyaku v Sarepta Therapeutics (Fed Cir 2022)
Firm: Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Open Sky Industries v VLSI Technology (PTAB 2022)
Firm: WilmerHale
Qualcomm v Apple (Fed Cir 2022)
Firm: Jones Day
Unicolors v H&M Hennes & Mauritz (US Supreme Ct 2022)
Firm: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
University of California v Broad Institute (PTAB 2022)
Firm: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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 18th year, the programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas and award categories here.
Each year, our research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners, and their clients through interviews, email, and online surveys. We ask firms and in-house teams to complete their respective research forms here. This year's awards are based on last year's developments and information.
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 win an award or be shortlisted based on our independent research findings alone.
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. 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 Delinian (formerly Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) and promoted on our website.
If you have questions or feedback about the Americas Awards, please contact Chris Adams. Readers can also contact our head of research Kingsley Egbuonu about the Managing IP Awards programme.
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. The programme is widely regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. The previous winners of the Managing IP Awards can be found here.
