US REGIONAL AWARDS

Patent prosecution firms of the year

Northeast – Finnegan Henderson
South – Kilpatrick Stockton
Midwest – Jones Day
West – Townsend and Townsend and Crew

Patent contentious firms of the year

Northeast – Kirkland & Ellis
South – Fish & Richardson
Midwest – Jones Day
West – Kirkland & Ellis

Trade mark prosecution firms of the year

Northeast – Fross Zelnick
South – Kilpatrick Stockton
Midwest – Pattishall McAuliffe
West – Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Trade mark contentious firms of the year

Northeast – Fross Zelnick
South – Kilpatrick Stockton
Midwest – Pattishall McAuliffe
West – Loeb & Loeb

Copyright firms of the year

Northeast – Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
South –Kilpatrick Stockton
Midwest – Pattishall McAuliffe
West – Davis Wright Tremaine

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN IP

Honorable Pauline Newman, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN IP - LAW FIRM PRACTICE

Jerome Gilson, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

CASES OF THE YEAR

Canadian cases of the year

Patent case of the year - Heenan Blaikie for Sanofi Aventis v Novopharm
Trade mark case of the year - Hitchman & Sprigings for Nissan Canada v BMW Canada
Copyright case of the year - Sim Lowman Ashton & McKay for Euro-Excellence v Kraft Canada

US cases of the year

Patent case of the year - Fried Frank for KSR v Teleflex
Trade mark case of the year - Mason & Petruzzi for Louis Vuitton Malletier v HAUTE DIGGITY DOG
Copyright case of the year - Winston & Strawn for Google v Perfect 10

NATIONAL AWARDS

Canada

Patent prosecution – Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Patent contentious – Dimock Stratton
Trade mark prosecution Smart & Biggar
Trade mark contentious – Smart & Biggar
Copyright – Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

US

Patent prosecution– Townsend and Townsend and Crew
Patent contentious – Kirkland & Ellis
Trade mark prosecution – Fross Zelnick
Trade mark contentious - Fross Zelnick
Copyright – Cowan Liebowitz & Latman;
Life sciences/biotech – Fish & Richardson.
Pharmaceutical litigation – Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
ITC litigation – Howrey
Strength in Diversity - Howrey

Outstanding US IP practitioner - John Desmarais of Kirkland & Ellis

Full-service IP firm of the year - Finnegan Henderson