US REGIONAL AWARDS
Patent Prosecution – Northeast Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Patent Prosecution – South Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Patent Prosecution – Midwest Marshall Gerstein & Borun
Patent Prosecution – West Knobbe Martens
Patent Contentious – Northeast WilmerHale
Patent Contentious – South Duane Morris
Patent Contentious – Midwest Sidley Austin
Patent Contentious – West Morrison & Foerster
Trademark Prosecution – Northeast Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Trademark Prosecution – South Pirkey Barber
Trademark Prosecution – Midwest Leydig Voit & Mayer
Trademark Prosecution – West Cooley
Trademark Contentious – Northeast Kirkland & Ellis
Trademark Contentious – South Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Contentious – Midwest Leydig Voit & Mayer
Trademark Contentious – West Cooley
Copyright – Northeast WilmerHale
Copyright – South Alston & Bird
Copyright – Midwest Kirkland & Ellis
Copyright – West Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
CANADA NATIONAL AWARDS
Patent Prosecution Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Patent Contentious McCarthy Tétrault
Trademark Prosecution Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Trademark Contentious Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Copyright Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Specialty IP Firm Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Outstanding IP Practitioner Anthony Creber, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
US NATIONAL AWARDS
Plaintiff IP Firm McKool Smith
Life Science and Biotech Jones Day
Pharma IP Litigation Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
International Trade Commission Covington & Burling
Patent Prosecution Knobbe Martens
Patent Contentious WilmerHale
Trademark Prosecution Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Trademark Contentious Kirkland & Ellis
Copyright Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Specialty IP Firm Knobbe Martens
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT - OUTSTANDING IP LITIGATORS
California Annette Hurst, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Colorado Jim Brogan, Cooley
Delaware Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
Georgia Woody Jameson, Duane Morris
Illinois David Pritikin, Sidley Austin
Massachusetts William Lee, WilmerHale
Michigan Michael Huget, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
New Jersey Scott Christie, McCarter & English
New York Gregory Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis
Ohio Calvin Griffith, Jones Day
Pennsylvania Patrick McElhinny, K&L Gates
Texas Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith
Virginia Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Washington State Douglas Greenswag, K&L Gates
Washington DC Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
IN-HOUSE TEAMS
In-house Patent Team Monsanto
In-house Trademark Team Mattel
In-house Copyright Team Google
In-house Licensing Team Microsoft
FIRMS TO WATCH
US Trademark Firm To Watch Kelly IP
US Patent Firm To Watch Desmarais
Canada IP Firm To Watch Belmore Neidrauer
MILESTONE CASES
Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Bowman v Monsanto WilmerHale; co-counsel Thompson Coburn
Authors Guild v Google WilmerHale; also Durie Tangri
Medtronic v Boston Scientific WilmerHale; also Robins Kaplan
Carnegie Mellon University v Marvell K&L Gates
SAP v Versata Finnegan; co-counsel Ropes & Gray
Cinar Corporation v Robinson Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Sanofi-Aventis v Apotex Gowling Lafleur Henderson
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Outstanding Achievement in IP Justin Hughes
Outstanding Achievement in IP Aaron Cooper
Lifetime Achievement Donald Dunner