Managing IP hosted the EMEA Awards 2021 today, March 30, to recognise remarkable intellectual property achievements by law firms and in-house counsel last year.
Registrants joined us online to find out who won, and why, in a whole host of categories. We had more than 100 awards, including the Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trademark), which was presented by Incopro.
Click here to watch the event. You can read the reasons and watch all the acceptance speeches here.
You can also see all the winners below (the shortlists are here).
The winners can contact our business development manager Nick Heath to discuss various opportunities to share their achievements with our audience and the IP community.
We now turn our attention to the Americas Awards 2021, which will be hosted on April 7 (3pm EST). Click here to register for the virtual event. The shortlists for the Americas Awards are here.
Congratulations to all the EMEA winners!
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
Geistwert
Trademark Contentious
Schoenherr
Patent Prosecution
Sonn & Partner
Trademark Prosecution
Puchberger & Partner
Copyright
Schoenherr
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Trademark Contentious
Stibbe
Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Copyright & Design
Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Plesner
Trademark Contentious
Bech‑Bruun
Patent Prosecution
Zacco
Trademark Prosecution
AWA
Copyright & Design
Plesner
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Borenius
Trademark Contentious
Roschier
Patent Prosecution
Kolster
Trademark Prosecution
Heinonen & Co
Copyright & Design
Eversheds Sutherland
FRANCE
Patent Contentious
August Debouzy
Trademark Contentious
Laude Esquier Champey
Patent Prosecution
Plasseraud IP
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Simmons & Simmons
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Casalonga
Copyright & Design
Taylor Wessing
Practitioner of the Year
Denis Schertenleib, Schertenleib Avocats
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Arnold Ruess
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Vossius & Partner
Patent Prosecution
Hoffmann Eitle
Trademark (Law Firms)
Harte-Bavendamm
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Copyright & Design
Boehmert & Boehmert
Practitioner of the Year
Cordula Schumacher, Arnold Ruess
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
Danubia
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
William Fry
Trademark Contentious
Mason Hayes & Curran
Prosecution
Hanna Moore + Curley
Copyright & Design
Mason Hayes & Curran
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Luthi + Webb
Trademark Contentious
Liad Whatstein & Co
Patent Prosecution
Luzzatto & Luzzatto
Trademark Prosecution
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
IP Transactions
Herzog Fox & Neeman
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Trademark Contentious
Spheriens
Patent Prosecution
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Trademark Prosecution
Spheriens
Copyright & Design
LGV Avvocati
THE NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Trademark Contentious
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Patent Prosecution
VO
Trademark Prosecution
Chiever
Copyright & Design
Houthoff
IP Transactions
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
Jackson Etti & Edu
NORWAY
Patent Contentious
Kvale
Trademark Contentious
Schjødt
Prosecution
Onsagers
Copyright & Design
Hjort
POLAND
Advisory & Contentious
JWP
Prosecution
Patpol
Copyright & Design
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
PORTUGAL
Advisory & Contentious
Garrigues
Prosecution
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
Simion & Baciu
RUSSIA
Patent
Hogan Lovells
Trademark
Baker McKenzie
Copyright & Design
Hogan Lovells
SOUTH AFRICA
Patent
Spoor & Fisher
Trademark
Adams & Adams
SPAIN
Patent Contentious
Grau & Angulo
Trademark Contentious
Grau & Angulo
Patent Prosecution
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Garrigues
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
PONS IP
Copyright
Garrigues
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Sandart & Partners
Trademark Contentious
Sandart & Partners
Patent Prosecution
Ström & Gulliksson
Trademark Prosecution
Groth & Co
Copyright & Design
Westerberg & Partners
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Trademark Contentious
Lenz & Staehelin
Patent Prosecution
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
IP Transactions
Homburger
TURKEY
Patent
Gün + Partners
Trademark
Gün + Partners
Copyright & Design
NSN Law Firm
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Doubinsky & Osharova
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advisory & Contentious
Al Tamimi & Company
Prosecution
Gowling WLG
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Powell Gilbert
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
EIP
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Stobbs IP
Patent Prosecution
Carpmaels & Ransford
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Potter Clarkson
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Wiggin
Copyright
Wiggin
Design
Gowling WLG
IP Transactions
Bristows
IP Set
8 New Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
Adrian Speck QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Stuart Baran
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Burness Paull
Prosecution
HGF
IP Transactions
Dentons
Practitioner of the Year
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
REGIONAL AWARDS
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Spoor & Fisher
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP)
EUROPE
Patent Contentious
Hogan Lovells
SPC/Patent Prosecution
Maiwald
Trademark
Baker McKenzie
Copyright & Design
Taylor Wessing
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
Cobalt
BENELUX
Trademark
NautaDutilh
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year
AWA
SPECIAL AWARDS
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Oxford University/Oxford University Innovation
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trademark) - in association with INCOPRO
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Europe Cross-border Patent Litigation Team of the Year
For Eli Lilly and Company (Pemetrexed patent): Hogan Lovells, VO, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, and König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse.
For Teva and others (Truvada SPC): Pinsent Masons, Taylor Wessing, Mishcon de Reya, df-mp, Maiwald, Grau & Angulo, Schertenleib Avocats, Ter Meer Steinmeister, and Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler.
IMPACT CASES
BELGIUM
SI Brompton Bicycle v Chedech/Get2Get (C-833/18)
Firm(s): Bird & Bird
DENMARK
Ilse Jacobsen (IJH A/S) v Morsø Skoimport
Firm(s): Berg Advokater and Lundgrens
FINLAND
The Finnish IP Office v Aarrekaivos (KHO 2020:73)
Firm(s): Eversheds Sutherland
A v B (C‑772/18)
Firm(s): Kolster
FRANCE
AR v Cooper International Spirits (C‑622/18)
Firm(s): Benoliel Avocats and Cabinet Damien Régnier
Eli Lilly vs Fresenius Kabi
Firm(s): Hogan Lovells
Santen SAS v INPI (C‑673/18)
Firm(s): Jones Day
Mylan v Merck Sharp & Dohme
Firm(s): Schertenleib Avocats
SAS TCT Mobile Europe v Koninklijke Philips
Firm(s): Schertenleib Avocats
GERMANY
Sisvel v Haier
Firm(s): Arnold Ruess and Eisenführ Speiser
Nokia v Daimler
Firm(s): Arnold Ruess and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Ferrari SpA v DU (C-720/18 and C-721/18)
Firm(s): rospatt osten pross
T 1159/15 (EPO Board of Appeal)
Firm(s): Müller-Boré & Partner
Constantin Film Verleih v YouTube and Google (C‑264/19)
Firm(s): Taylor Wessing
Royalty Pharma Collection Trust v German Patent and Trademark Office (C‑650/17)
Firm(s): Maiwald
KPN v HTC
Firm(s): Krieger Mes & Graf v der Groeben and Cohausz & Florack
HUNGARY
Gömböc Kft v National IP Office (C‑237/19)
Firm(s): Oppenheim
IRELAND
Ornua Co-operative v Hijos de Moises Rodriguez Gonzalez (R 1499/2016-G)
Firm(s): Tomkins
THE NETHERLANDS
Sisvel v Xiaomi
Firm(s): Brinkhof
Novartis v Mylan
Firm(s): Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
SPAIN
Atresmedia v AIE/AGEDI (C-147/19)
Firm(s): CMS
SWEDEN
Stim and SAMI v Fleetmanager Sweden (C‑753/18)
Firm(s): Lindahl
Telia Sverige v Warner Bros Entertainment & Ors
Firm(s): Synch
SWITZERLAND
Implantec v Stemcup Medical Products
Firm(s): Rentsch Partner and Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
UNITED KINGDOM
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Kymab
Firm(s): Powell Gilbert
Unwired Planet International v Huawei Technologies
Firm(s): EIP and Osborne Clarke
Evalve v Edwards Lifesciences
Firm(s): Taylor Wessing
Genentech v The Comptroller General of Patents
Firm(s): Fieldfisher
IPCom v Vodafone
Firm(s): Hogan Lovells and Bristows
Lenovo v Comptroller General of Patents
Firm(s): Blaser Mills
Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co v Celgard
Firm(s): Bird & Bird
Response Clothing v The Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Firm(s): Taylors Solicitors
T 1621/16 (EPO Board of Appeal)
Firm(s): Gill Jennings & Every
Neurim Pharmaceuticals v Generics UK (t/a Mylan)
Firm(s): Taylor Wessing
Mexichem UK v Honeywell International
Firm(s): Potter Clarkson
The Racing Partnership v Sports Information Services
Firm(s): CMS and K&L Gates
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 16th year, the programme covers a broad range of IP practice areas and more than 30 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas and award categories at ipstars.com.
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 the previous year, 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 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. 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 an MIP 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.
If you have any questions about the MIP Awards programme please contact Kingsley Egbuonu.
History of the MIP Awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremony attracts hundreds of guests from private practice and in-house as well as prominent figures in the IP industry. It is 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.
To find out who won in 2020, see EMEA Awards here, Americas Awards here, and Asia-Pacific Awards here. You can search and find all the previous MIP award winners on this website.
