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Managing IP EMEA Awards 2019 shortlists announced

Managing IP reveals the shortlists for the EMEA Awards 2019. The EMEA Awards ceremony is on March 7 at the Royal Lancaster London



The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable achievements and developments in the past 12 months. The shortlist below is based on information obtained during the research for the 2019 edition of IP STARS (concluded in January 2019).

Trophies will be presented to the winners at the awards ceremony on March 7 at the Royal Lancaster London, Westbourne Suite, W2 2TY. Special awards including regional and impact case awards will also be presented at the ceremony.

To reserve a table at the ceremony, please contact Nick Heath at nheath@managingip.com or on +44 (0) 20 7779 8692. Further booking details can be found here.

Our awards programme changed in 2018. Read more about this and our research process below. The EMEA Awards ceremony will be followed by our Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong on March 20 and Americas Awards in New York on April 4. The shortlists for the Asia-Pacific Awards and Americas Awards will be published this month.


NATIONAL AWARDS

AUSTRIA

Contentious

Gassauer-Fleissner

Geistwert

Salomonowitz Horak

Schönherr

Schwarz Schönherr

Wiltschek Plasser

Prosecution

ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner

Haffner & Keschmann

Kliment & Henhapel

Puchberger & Partner

Schönherr

Schwarz & Partner

Sonn & Partner

Torggler & Hofinger

BELGIUM

Patent Contentious

Altius

Bird & Bird

Crowell & Moring

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Stibbe

Patent Prosecution

Arnold & Siedsma

Brantsandpatents

De Clercq & Partners

Kirkpatrick

Pronovem

VO

Trade Mark Contentious

Altius

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

NautaDutilh

Simont Braun

Stibbe

Van Innis & Delarue

Copyright/Design

Altius

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Simont Braun

Van Innis & Delarue

DENMARK

Patent Contentious

Bech-Bruun

Gorrissen Federspiel

Horten

Kromann Reumert

Plesner

Patent Prosecution

AWA

COPA Copenhagen Patents

Guardian IP Consulting

Inspicos

Plougmann Vingtoft

Zacco

Trade Mark Contentious

Accura

Bech-Bruun

Gorrissen Federspiel

Kromann Reumert

Løje Arnesen & Meedom

Lundgrens

Plesner

Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

AWA

Chas Hude

Patrade

Plougmann Vingtoft

Zacco

Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)

Bech-Bruun

Gorrissen Federspiel

Løje Arnesen & Meedom

Lundgrens

Plesner

Copyright

Bech-Bruun

Gorrissen Federspiel

Kromann Reumert

Lassen Ricard

Løje Arnesen & Meedom

Lundgrens

FINLAND

Contentious

Backström & Co

Borenius

Castrén & Snellman

Eversheds Sutherland

Properta Attorneys

Roschier

Prosecution

Berggren

Boco IP

Heinonen & Co

Kolster

Papula-Nevinpat

Seppo Laine

FRANCE

Patent Contentious

Allen & Overy

Armengaud Guerlain

August Debouzy

Bird & Bird

DTMV & Associés

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron

Patent Prosecution

Brevalex

Cabinet Beau de Loménie

Cabinet Plasseraud

Casalonga

Germain & Maureau

Lavoix

Regimbeau

Santarelli

Trade Mark Contentious

Allen & Overy

Armengaud Guerlain

Bird & Bird

DTMV & Associés

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron

Trade Mark Prosecution

Cabinet Beau de Loménie

Cabinet Plasseraud

Casalonga

Germain & Maureau

Lavoix

Regimbeau

Santarelli

Copyright

Bird & Bird

Cabinet d’avocats Artlaw

Cabinet Boespflug Avocats

Cabinet Christophe Caron

Cabinet Vercken & Gaullier

Deprez Guignot Associés

Nomos

Boutique Firm of the Year

Armengaud Guerlain

Bardehle Pagenberg

Casalonga

Cousin & Associés

Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)

Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron

GERMANY

Patent Contentious (Law Firms)

Arnold Ruess

Bird & Bird

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Kather Augenstein

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Taylor Wessing

Patent Contentious (Patent Attorney & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Bardehle Pagenberg

df-mp

Grünecker

Hoffmann Eitle

König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse

Samson & Partner

Vossius & Partner

Patent Prosecution

Bardehle Pagenberg

Boehmert & Boehmert

Grünecker

Hoffmann Eitle

Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler

Maiwald

Samson & Partner

Vossius & Partner

Trade Mark (Law Firms)

Harmsen Utescher

Harte-Bavendamm

Hogan Lovells

Klaka

Lorenz Seidler Gossel

Lubberger Lehment

Taylor Wessing

Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Boehmert & Boehmert

Eisenführ Speiser

Grünecker

Hoffmann Eitle

Meissner Bolte

Vossius & Partner

Copyright/Design

Bardehle Pagenberg

Bird & Bird

Boehmert & Boehmert

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben

Noerr

Taylor Wessing

HUNGARY

Firm of the Year

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Danubia 

Oppenheim

SBGK

Szecskay Attorneys at Law

IRELAND

Patent Contentious

A&L Goodbody

Mason Hayes & Curran

McCann FitzGerald

Whitney Moore

William Fry

Trade Mark Contentious

A&L Goodbody

DFMG Solicitors

Mason Hayes & Curran

McCann FitzGerald

Philip Lee

Whitney Moore

William Fry

Copyright

Beauchamps

Mason Hayes & Curran

McCann FitzGerald

Philip Lee

William Fry

Patent Prosecution

FRKelly

Hanna Moore + Curley

PurdyLucey

Tomkins

Trade Mark Prosecution

DFMG Solicitors

FRKelly

Mason Hayes & Curran

PurdyLucey

Tomkins

ISRAEL

Patent Contentious

Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)

Liad Whatstein & Co

Luthi + Webb

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

S Horowitz & Co

Patent Prosecution

Ehrlich Group

Eitan Mehulal Sadot Advocates & Patent Attorneys

Luthi + Webb

Luzzatto & Luzzatto

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

Reinhold Cohn & Partners

Trade Mark Contentious

Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co

Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)

Liad Whatstein & Co

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

S Horowitz & Co

Trade Mark Prosecution

Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co

Luthi + Webb

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

Reinhold Cohn & Partners

IP Transactions

Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)

Herzog Fox & Neeman

Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal

Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz

S Horowitz & Co

ITALY

Patent Contentious

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

IP Law Galli

Jacobacci & Associati

Trevisan & Cuonzo

Patent Prosecution

Barzanò & Zanardo

Bugnion

Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx

Jacobacci & Partners

Società Italiana Brevetti

Studio Torta

Trade Mark Contentious

Bird & Bird

DLA Piper

Hogan Lovells

IP Law Galli

Jacobacci & Associati

Spheriens

Trevisan & Cuonzo

Trade Mark Prosecution

Barzanò & Zanardo

Bugnion

Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx

GLP

Jacobacci & Partners

Studio Torta

Copyright/Design

Bird & Bird

Dentons

DLA Piper

Martini Manna

Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati

Simmons & Simmons

Trevisan & Cuonzo

NETHERLANDS

Patent Contentious

Brinkhof

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Simmons & Simmons

Taylor Wessing

Vondst

Patent Prosecution

AOMB

Arnold & Siedsma

De Vries & Metman

EP&C

NLO

VO


Trade Mark Contentious

Bird & Bird

Brinkhof

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Hofhuis Alkema Groen

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Taylor Wessing

Copyright/Design

Brinkhof

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Hofhuis Alkema Groen

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

KLOS

Visser Schaap & Kreijger

NORWAY

Contentious

BAHR

Grette

Kluge

Kvale

Schjødt

Thommessen

Wikborg Rein

Prosecution

Acapo

Bryn Aarflot

Håmsø Patentbyrå

Onsagers

Protector IP

Zacco

POLAND

Contentious

Baker McKenzie

LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners

Wardyński & Partners

Prosecution

JWP

Kondrat & Partners

Kulikowska & Kulikowski

LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners

Patpol

Polservice

PORTUGAL

Patent Contentious

Abreu Advogados

Baptista Monteverde e Associados

Garrigues

PLMJ

VdA

Trade Mark Contentious

Abreu Advogados

Baptista Monteverde e Associados

Garrigues

PLMJ

Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados

VdA

Prosecution

AG da Cunha Ferreira

J Pereira da Cruz

JE Dias Costa

RCF Protecting Innovation

Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados

ROMANIA

Contentious

Muşat & Asociaţii

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Ratza & ratza

Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners

Prosecution

Cabinet M Oproiu

Milcev Burbea

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Petošević

Rominvent

RUSSIA

Patent Contentious

A Zalesov & Partners

Baker McKenzie

Gorodissky & Partners

Gowling WLG

Hogan Lovells

Trade Mark Contentious

A Zalesov & Partners

Baker McKenzie

Dentons

Gorodissky & Partners

Gowling WLG

Hogan Lovells

Prosecution

ARS-Patent

Baker McKenzie

Gorodissky & Partners

Gowling WLG

Hogan Lovells

Sojuzpatent

SOUTH AFRICA

Firm of the Year

Adams & Adams

Bouwers

ENSafrica

Kisch IP

Spoor & Fisher

Von Seidels

IP Transactions

Adams & Adams

ENSafrica

Spoor & Fisher

Webber Wentzel

Werksmans Attorneys

SPAIN

Patent Contentious

Bird & Bird

Clifford Chance

Elzaburu

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Grau & Angulo

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Patent Prosecution

ABG Intellectual Property

Balder

Curell Suñol

Durán-Corretjer

Herrero & Asociados

Pons IP

ZBM Patents & Trademarks


Trade Mark Contentious

Bird & Bird

Cuatrecasas

Elzaburu

Garrigues

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo

Grau & Angulo

Hogan Lovells

Trade Mark Prosecution

Abril Abogados

BomhardIP

Curell Suñol

Elzaburu

Herrero & Asociados

Hogan Lovells

SWEDEN

Patent Contentious

Mannheimer Swartling

Roschier

Sandart & Partners

Setterwalls

Vinge

Patent Prosecution

AWA

Brann

Kransell & Wennborg

Ström & Gulliksson

Valea

Zacco

Trade Mark Contentious

Lindahl

Sandart & Partners

Vinge

Westerberg & Partners

Trade Mark Prosecution

AWA

Brann

Groth & Co

Valea

Zacco

Copyright

Bird & Bird

Danowsky & Partners

Mannheimer Swartling

Sandart & Partners

Vinge

SWITZERLAND

Patent Contentious

Homburger

Lenz & Staehelin

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal

Rentsch Partner

Schellenberg Wittmer

Times Attorneys

Trade Mark

FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners

Lenz & Staehelin

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal

Troller Hitz Troller

Weinmann Zimmerli

Wild Schnyder

IP Transactions

Bär & Karrer

Homburger

Lenz & Staehelin

Meyerlustenberger Lachenal

Niederer Kraft Frey

Pestalozzi

TURKEY

Firm of the Year

Ankara Patent Bureau

Deris

Gün + Partners

Kenaroğlu

Moroğlu Arseven

NSN Law Firm

Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm

UKRAINE

Firm of the Year

Aequo

Asters

Doubinsky & Osharova

Gorodissky & Partners

Mikhailyuk Sorokolat & Partners

Pakharenko & Partners

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Firm of the Year

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Al Tamimi & Company

Cedar White Bradley

Clyde & Co

Rouse

Saba IP

The Legal Group

UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)

Patent Contentious (Law Firms)

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Gowling WLG

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

Pinsent Masons

Powell Gilbert

Taylor Wessing

Patent Contentious (Patent Attorney & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Carpmaels & Ransford

D Young & Co

EIP

HGF

Marks & Clerk

Potter Clarkson

Venner Shipley


Patent Prosecution

Boult Wade Tennant

Carpmaels & Ransford

D Young & Co

Dehns

Elkington + Fife

J A Kemp

Kilburn & Strode

Venner Shipley

Trade Mark Contentious

Baker McKenzie

Bristows

Fieldfisher

Gowling WLG

Mishcon de Reya

Stephenson Harwood

Taylor Wessing

Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Barker Brettell

Boult Wade Tennant

D Young & Co

Kilburn & Strode

Maucher Jenkins

Potter Clarkson

Stobbs IP

Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)

Allen & Overy

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Fieldfisher

Mishcon de Reya

Taylor Wessing

Copyright

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Lee & Thompson

RPC

Taylor Wessing

Wiggin

Designs

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Fieldfisher

Gowling WLG

IP Transactions

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Clifford Chance

Gowling WLG

Linklaters

Simmons & Simmons

Slaughter and May

Taylor Wessing

IP Set

8 New Square

11 South Square

Blackstone Chambers

Hogarth Chambers

Three New Square

IP Barrister of the Year

Daniel Alexander QC, 8 New Square

Douglas Campbell QC, Three New Square

Simon Malynicz QC, Three New Square

Charlotte May QC, 8 New Square

Thomas Mitcheson QC, Three New Square

Adrian Speck QC, 8 New Square

Justin Turner QC, Three New Square

UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)

Patent Contentious

Brodies

Burness Paull

MacRoberts

Pinsent Masons

Shepherd and Wedderburn

Trade Mark Contentious

Brodies

Burness Paull

MacRoberts

Pinsent Masons

Shepherd and Wedderburn

Copyright

Brodies

Burness Paull

MacRoberts

Pinsent Masons

Shepherd and Wedderburn

Prosecution

Creation IP

HGF

Lawrie IP

Lincoln IP

Marks & Clerk

Murgitroyd

IP Transactions

Brodies

Burness Paull

CMS

MacRoberts

Pinsent Masons

Shepherd and Wedderburn

REGIONAL AWARDS

AFRICA

Firm of the Year

Adams & Adams

Bowmans (Coulson Harney)

ENSafrica

Jackson Etti & Edu

Spoor & Fisher

BALTIC/EASTERN EUROPE

Firm of the Year

AAA Legal Services

Cobalt 

Ellex

Metida

Petošević 

Triniti

Zivko Mijatovic & Partners

BENELUX

Boutique Firm of the Year

Calysta

Cape IP

Inteo

Leeway

Petillion

Signify

Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Chiever

De Clercq & Partners

Gevers

NLO Shieldmark

Office Freylinger

VO

Trade Mark (Law Firms)

Altius

Bird & Bird

Brinkhof

Hofhuis Alkema Groen

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

NautaDutilh

Van Innis & Delarue

EUROPE

Firm to Watch

A Zalesov & Partners (Russia)

Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron (France)

Peterreins Schley (Germany)

Potter Clarkson (United Kingdom)

Times Attorneys (Switzerland)

Westerberg & Partners (Sweden)

Patent Contentious

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Simmons & Simmons

Taylor Wessing

Patent Prosecution

AWA

Carpmaels & Ransford

Elkington + Fife

Grünecker

Hoffmann Eitle

Maiwald

VO

Trade Mark (Law Firms)

Altius

Bird & Bird

Fieldfisher

Hofhuis Alkema Groen

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Taylor Wessing

Copyright

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

DLA Piper

Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Taylor Wessing

Unverzagt von Have

IP Transactions

Allen & Overy

Covington & Burling

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Linklaters

Simmons & Simmons

Slaughter and May

Taylor Wessing

SCANDINAVIA

Firm of the Year

AWA

Groth & Co

Plougmann Vingtoft

Roschier

Zacco

MIDDLE EAST

Contentious

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Al Tamimi & Company

Cedar White Bradley

Clyde & Co

Rouse

Prosecution

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Al Tamimi & Company

Cedar White Bradley

Clyde & Co

Rouse

Saba IP

SMAS Intellectual Property

Firm to Watch

Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates

Eversheds Sutherland

Gowling WLG

Hadef & Partners

Simmons & Simmons

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

In-House Patent Team of the Year (Europe)

AbbVie

Actavis Group

Eli Lilly and Company

Huawei Technologies

Novartis

Qualcomm

Syngenta

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Unwired Planet

In-House Trade Mark Team of the Year (Europe)

Adidas

Christian Louboutin

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton

Mondelēz International

Nestlé

Red Bull

Starbucks Corporation

The Scotch Whisky Association

In-House Patent Team of the Year (Global)

Actavis Group

Bayer

Eli Lilly and Company

Huawei Technologies

Nokia

Qualcomm

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Unwired Planet

Awards research process

The research for the awards was conducted by our IP STARS research team, with input from Managing IP’s editorial 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, research analysts also review publicly available information (such as court or IP office data) and existing data we hold on firms. A firm can be shortlisted even if it did not make a submission.

The research is rigorous and impartial. No firm can pay to be included or to influence the results. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research. The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of ranking, can win any of our awards. Learn more about IP STARS research at www.ipstars.com/general/about.

If you have any questions about the shortlists or research please contact the research editor, Kingsley Egbuonu kingsley.egbuonu@managingip.com.

About our new awards programme

Managing IP's first awards ceremony (in 2006) was attended by more than 130 guests including the late Sir Hugh Laddie, who was presented with a lifetime achievement award. This industry-leading IP awards programme has expanded in recent years. Since 2008, we’ve held a Global Awards ceremony (excluding North America) in London and a North America ceremony in Washington DC.

Following feedback from guests, we changed the format in 2018: the coverage of our North America Awards expanded to include South America and the ceremony moved to New York City; the London ceremony (formerly the Global Awards ceremony) became the Managing IP EMEA Awards; and we launched the Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong. Among other things, this new regional format allows us to feature more award categories.



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