Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2020

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Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2020

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We have published the shortlists for the Managing IP Asia-Pacific Awards 2020

The Managing IP awards programme recognises remarkable achievements and developments in the past year. The normal format is to publish the shortlist online and then announce the winners at a special ceremony.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to cancel this year’s Americas ceremony (in New York City) and Asia-Pacific ceremony (in Shanghai) and announce the winners online instead.

We have already announced the winners for the Americas  Awards. Read about the EMEA Awards here.

To conclude the 15th annual Managing IP Awards programme, we can now reveal the shortlists for the Asia-Pacific Awards. The winners list will be published online in June and also featured in the autumn edition of our magazine.

Our Asia-Pacific business development manager Matthew Siu will contact firms in due course. Please contact me if you have any questions about the research for the MIP awards.

Our thoughts are with our readers and others affected by the pandemic.

JURISDICTIONAL CATEGORIES

AUSTRALIA

Patent Contentious

Allens

Davies Collison Cave

Gilbert + Tobin

Herbert Smith Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

MinterEllison

Shelston IP

Patent Prosecution

Davies Collison Cave

FB Rice

FPA Patent Attorneys

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Shelston IP

Spruson & Ferguson

Trade Mark Contentious

Ashurst

Clayton Utz

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Gilbert + Tobin

King & Wood Mallesons

Trade Mark Prosecution

Davies Collison Cave

FB Rice

Griffith Hack

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Spruson & Ferguson

Copyright

Allens

Ashurst

Banki Haddock Fiora

Clayton Utz

Gilbert + Tobin

MinterEllison

IP Transactions & Advisory

Allens

Ashurst

Clayton Utz

Gilbert + Tobin

Herbert Smith Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

CHINA

Patent Contentious

Fangda Partners

King & Wood Mallesons

LexField Law Offices

Lifang & Partners

Liu Shen & Associates


Patent Prosecution

CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office

China Patent Agent (HK)

King & Wood Mallesons

Liu Shen & Associates

Trade Mark Contentious

AnJie Law Firm

CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office

Fangda Partners

King & Wood Mallesons

Lawjay Partners

Wanhuida Intellectual Property

Trade Mark Prosecution

King & Wood Mallesons

LexField Law Offices

NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys

Wanhuida Intellectual Property

Copyright

AnJie Law Firm

Fangda Partners

Global Law Office

Lifang & Partners

Foreign Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Deacons

Hogan Lovells

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

HONG KONG SAR

Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Deacons

Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu Solicitors & Notaries

Mayer Brown

Robin Bridge & John Liu

INDIA

Patent Contentious

Anand & Anand

K & S Partners

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners

Rajeshwari & Associates

Singh & Singh

Patent Prosecution

Anand & Anand

K & S Partners

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Remfry & Sagar

RK Dewan & Co

Subramaniam & Associates 

Trade Mark Contentious

Anand & Anand

Inttl Advocare

K & S Partners

Rahul Chaudhry & Partners

Remfry & Sagar

SS Rana & Co


Trade Mark Prosecution

Anand & Anand

K & S Partners

Krishna & Saurastri Associates

Remfry & Sagar

RK Dewan & Co


Copyright

Anand & Anand

Beruar & Beruar

Mason & Associates

Saikrishna & Associates

Singh & Singh

IP Transactions & Advisory

AZB & Partners

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

IndusLaw

Khaitan & Co

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

INDONESIA

Contentious

Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners

K & K Advocates  

Rouse (in association with Suryomurcito & Co)

SKC Law 


Prosecution

Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners 

Januar Jahja & Partners

K & K Advocates 

Rouse (in association with Suryomurcito & Co)

SKC Law

JAPAN

Trade Mark

Abe Ikubo & Katayama 

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 

Shiga International Patent Office

Sugimura & Partners 

TMI Associates 

Yuasa and Hara


Patent Contentious

Abe Ikubo & Katayama 

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 

Ohno & Partners

TMI Associates

Uchida & Semajima Law Firm 

Yuasa and Hara

Patent Prosecution

Aoyama & Partners 

Shiga International Patent Office

Sugimura & Partners 

TMI Associates 

Yuasa and Hara

Foreign Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Hogan Lovells

Paul Hastings 

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 


MALAYSIA

Trade Mark Contentious

Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff

Christopher & Lee Ong

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Shearn Delamore & Co

Skrine

Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie)

Patent Contentious

Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff

Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill  

Shearn Delamore & Co

Skrine 

Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie)


Prosecution

Henry Goh & Co

Marks & Clerk

Shearn Delamore & Co

Skrine 

Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie)

Zaid Ibrahim & Co 


NEW ZEALAND

Contentious

AJ Park

Baldwins Intellectual Property

Chapman Tripp

James & Wells

Simpson Grierson

Prosecution

AJ Park

Baldwins Intellectual Property

Ellis Terry

James & Wells

Simpson Grierson


PHILIPPINES

Firm of the Year

Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia

Federis & Associates 

Quisumbing Torres

Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan 

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan


SINGAPORE

Trade Mark Contentious

Amica Law

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Bird & Bird ATMD

Drew & Napier

Ravindran Associates

Trade Mark Prosecution

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Bird & Bird ATMD

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson

Donaldson & Burkinshaw

Drew & Napier

Ravindran Associates

Patent Contentious

Allen & Gledhill

Amica Law

Bird & Bird ATMD

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson

Drew & Napier

Ravindran Associates


Patent Prosecution

Bird & Bird ATMD

Drew & Napier

Marks & Clerk

McLaughlin IP

Spruson & Ferguson 

Viering Jentschura & Partner

Copyright & Design

Allen & Gledhill

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson

Ravindran Associates

WongPartnership

IP Transactions & Advisory

Allen & Gledhill

Amica Law

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Dentons Rodyk & Davidson

Drew & Napier

WongPartnership

SOUTH KOREA

Trade Mark Contentious

Bae Kim & Lee 

Cho & Partners

Kim & Chang 

Lee & Ko

Yulchon

Trade Mark Prosecution

FirstLaw PC

Kim & Chang

Lee International IP & Law Group

Muhann Patent & Law Firm

Nam & Nam

Patent Contentious

Bae Kim & Lee 

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

Shin & Kim

Yulchon 

Patent Prosecution

Bae Kim & Lee 

FirstLaw PC

Kim & Chang

Lee International IP & Law Group

Muhann Patent & Law Firm

Nam & Nam 

Copyright

Bae Kim & Lee

Kim & Chang 

Lee & Ko

Shin & Kim 

Yulchon 


TAIWAN

Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Formosa Transnational

Lee and Li

Tsai Lee & Chen


THAILAND

Contentious

Baker McKenzie 

Domnern Somgiat & Boonma 

Satyapon & Partners 

Tilleke & Gibbins

Prosecution

Baker McKenzie 

Domnern Somgiat & Boonma 

International Legal Counsellors Thailand

Satyapon & Partners 

Tilleke & Gibbins 

VIETNAM

Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

IPMax

Pham & Associates

Rouse

Tilleke & Gibbins

Vision & Associates

REGIONAL CATEGORIES

IP Boutique

Amica Law

Anand & Anand

Davies Collison Cave 

LexField Law Offices

Marks & Clerk

Rouse

Spruson & Ferguson

Patent

Anand & Anand

Baker McKenzie

Davies Collison Cave

King & Wood Mallesons

Lee & Ko

Tilleke & Gibbins 

Yuasa and Hara

Trade Mark

Baker McKenzie

Drew & Napier

Kim & Chang

King & Wood Mallesons

Remfry & Sagar

Tilleke & Gibbins 

TMI Associates

IP Transactions & Advisory

Allens

Baker McKenzie

Hogan Lovells

Khaitan & Co

King & Wood Mallesons

Nishimura & Asahi

WongPartnership

IP Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Davies Collison Cave

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

King & Wood Mallesons

Rouse

Spruson & Ferguson

Tilleke & Gibbins

In-House IP Team of the Year

Alibaba 

Baidu

Fujifilm

HTC

Huawei Technologies

LG Corporation

Samsung Electronics

Tencent

Toyota Motor Corporation

Research methodology

The Managing IP awards programme is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the world. Now in its 15th year, the programme covers a broad range of IP practice areas and more than 30 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas at ipstars.com.

The research is primarily conducted by the IP STARS team. 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 the 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 2019, particularly looking for case studies that were of great significance to clients and/or IP law and practice. Firms or individuals can also be shortlisted based on our independent research findings.

The research for the IP STARS rankings and the Managing IP awards is rigorous and impartial. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research, and no firm or individual can pay to influence the results. The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of its ranking in IP STARS, can win any of our awards. Furthermore, the Managing IP awards programme is distinct and separate from any other awards programme organised by Euromoney's Legal Media Group (LMG).

If you have any questions about the MIP awards please contact Kingsley Egbuonu.

The history of the awards

Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremony that year was attended by more than 130 guests including the late Sir Hugh Laddie, who received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony.

We used to host a merged awards ceremony (excluding North America) in London and a separate ceremony in Washington DC for firms based in North America, but that changed two years ago. In 2018, our North America Awards expanded to include South America and the ceremony moved to New York City; the awards ceremony in London (formerly known as the Global IP Awards) became the EMEA Awards; and we launched a new Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong.

The Managing IP awards ceremonies attract guests and prominent figures in the IP industry from around the world, and it is regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry calendar. In total, more than 600 guests attended our awards in 2019.

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