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WEEKLY NEWS - FEBRUARY 02, 2008

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North America Awards 2008: shortlisted firms

Managing Intellectual Property

Managing IP will hold its first North America awards ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. on April 3 2008

Four Seasons Hotel, Georgetown

Awards will be presented to the leading firms in the United States and Canada, and to regional winners in the United States, for patent, trade mark and copyright work.

Awards will also be made for the patent, trade mark and copyright cases of the year in both the United States and Canada, and two lifetime achievement awards will be presented.

The award winners will be chosen by Managing IP 's research team, based on extensive interviews with peers and clients, and will be announced at the dinner.

United States

U.S. Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jones Day
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year - Northeast

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year - South

Baker Botts LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Lott & Friedland, P.A.

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year - Midwest

Banner & Witcoff
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jones Day
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year - West

Heller Ehrman LLP
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

U.S. Patent Contentious Firm of the Year

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Patent Contentious Firm of the Year - Northeast

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Howrey LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Patent Contentious Firm of the Year - South

Baker Botts LLP
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Greenberg Traurig
King & Spalding

Patent Contentious Firm of the Year - Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Jones Day
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Sidley Austin LLP

Patent Contentious Firm of the Year - West

Irell & Manella LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

U.S. Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year - Northeast

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year - South

Alston & Bird LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Lott & Friedland PA

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year - Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year - West

Fenwick & West LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Kaye Scholer LLP
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

U.S. Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP

U.S. Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year - Northeast

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC
Proskauer Rose LLP

Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year - South

Alston & Bird LLP
Arent Fox LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year - Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year - West

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

U.S. Copyright Firm of the Year

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Mitchell Silverberg & Knupp LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP

Copyright Firm of the Year - Northeast

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu PC

Copyright Firm of the Year - South

Alston & Bird LLP
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
King & Spalding

Copyright Firm of the Year - Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Davis McGrath LLC
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
Reed Smith LLP

Copyright Firm of the Year - West

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Irell & Manella LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Mitchell Silverberg & Knupp LLP

Life Science/Biotech Firm of the Year

Fish & Richardson PC
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

Pharmaceutical IP Litigation Firm of the Year

Fish & Richardson PC
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

ITC Litigation Firm of the Year

Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, L.L.P
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Howrey LLP
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

Strength in Diversity Award

Foley & Lardner LLP
Howrey LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Full-Service IP Firm of the Year

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Fish & Richardson PC
Jones Day
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

Outstanding IP Practitioner of the Year

Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella LLP
John Desmarais, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
William Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Matthew Powers, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Canada

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Ridout & Maybee LLP

Patent Contentious Firm of the Year

Dimock Stratton LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Leger Robic Richard LLP
Sim & McBurney
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Trademark Contentious Firm of the Year

Dimock Stratton LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Sim & McBurney
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Copyright Firm of the Year

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Leger Robic Richard LLP
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Awards will also be presented on the night for the patent, trade mark and copyright cases of the year in both the United States and Canada, and two lifetime achievement awards will be presented.



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