North America Awards 2013 - shortlists revealed

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North America Awards 2013 - shortlists revealed

The shortlisted firms for Managing IP's 2013 North America Awards have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place in Washington, DC on March 19

In addition to the categories below, awards for best in-house team, milestone cases of 2013 and overall achievement in IP will also be presented on the night of the event.   

To reserve your place, please contact Connor Hammond:

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Canada

Patent prosecution

Bereskin & Parr

Borden Ladner Gervais

Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh


Patent contentious

Goodmans

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

McCarthy Tétrault

Norton Rose

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Trade mark prosecution

Bereskin & Parr

Borden Ladner Gervais

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Robic


Trade mark contentious

Bereskin & Parr

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh


Copyright

Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Heydary Hayes

McCarthy Tétrault

McMillan


Specialty IP firm

Bereskin & Parr

Dimock Stratton

Heydary Hayes

Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh


US Regional Awards

Patent prosecution

Northeast

Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Foley & Lardner

Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Kenyon & Kenyon

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

South

Alston & Bird

Baker Botts

Fulbright & Jaworski

Greenberg Traurig

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton


Midwest

Banner & Witcoff

Foley & Lardner

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Harness Dickey & Pierce

Marshall Gerstein & Borun

West

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

Fish & Richardson

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg

Perkins Coie

Patent contentious

Northeast

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Kenyon & Kenyon

WilmerHale

South

Alston & Bird

Baker Botts

Fish & Richardson

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

McKool Smith

Susman Godfrey

Midwest

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Niro Haller & Niro

Sidley Austin

West

Durie Tangri

Irell & Manella

Keker & Van Nest

Morrison & Foerster

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Trade mark prosecution

Northeast

Cowan Liebowtiz & Latman

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner 

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

South

Baker Botts

Fulbright & Jaworski

Greenberg Traurig

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Pirkey Barber

Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Husch Blackwell

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Pattishall McCauliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

West

Cooley

Fenwick & West

Greenberg Traurig

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

K&L Gates

McDermott Will & Emery

Trade mark contentious

Northeast

Debevoise & Plimpton

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

South

Fulbright & Jaworski

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

King & Spalding

Pirkey Barber

Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Husch Blackwell

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

West

Cooley

Keker & Van Nest

K&L Gates

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan


Copyright

Northeast

Debevoise & Plimpton

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Jenner & Block

Kirkland & Ellis

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Proskauer Rose

South

Alston & Bird

Greenberg Traurig

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

King & Spalding

Midwest

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Kirkland & Ellis

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

West

Davis Wright Tremaine

Durie Tangri

Loeb & Loeb

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Greenberg Traurig


US national awards

Plaintiff IP firm
Desmarais

McKool Smith

Niro Haller & Niro

Susman Godfrey

Life Science/Biotech
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Goodwin Procter

Ropes & Gray

WilmerHale

Pharmaceutical IP litigation

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Irell & Manella

Kenyon & Kenyon

WilmerHale

ITC litigation

Covington & Burling

Kirkland & Ellis

Morrison & Foerster

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

WilmerHale

Patent prosecution

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Harness Dickey & Pierce

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Patent contentious

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Keker & Van Nest

Kirkland & Ellis

Morrison & Foerster

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

WilmerHale

Trade mark prosecution

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Fulbright & Jaworski

K&L Gates

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear


Trade mark contentious

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Cooley

Debevoise & Plimpton

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Kirkland & Ellis

Pirkey Barber

Copyright

Durie Tangri

Jenner & Block

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

Loeb & Loeb

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

Strength in diversity

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dickstein Shapiro

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Foley Hoag

Foley & Lardner

Irell & Manella

Jenner & Block

Kenyon & Kenyon

Ropes & Gray

Specialty IP firm

Banner & Witcoff

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

Desmarias

Durie Tangri

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Fish & Richardson

Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

Harness Dickey & Pierce

Kenyon & Kenyon

Leydig Voit & Mayer

Pirkey Barber

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Individual awards


IP thought leader – North America Ryan Alley, Ryan Alley IP blog

Courtenay Brinckerhoff, PharmaPatents, Foley & Lardner

Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law

Michael Geist, University of Ottawa

Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law

Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School

Gene Quinn, IP Watchdog

Outstanding IP practitioner - Canada

David Aitken, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Ronald Dimock, Dimock Stratton

Mark Hayes, Heydary Hayes

David Kent, McMillan

Marcus Klee, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt

Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault

Timothy Pinos, Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Harry Radomski, Goodmans

Barry Sookman, McCarthy Tétrault

Ariel Thomas, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Jay Kerr-Wilson, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Outstanding IP litigator - California

Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West

Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson

Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella

Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri

Mark Lemley, Durie Tangri

Harold McElhinny, Morrison & Foerster

M Patricia Thayer, Sidley Austin

Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 


Outstanding IP litigator – Colorado
James Brogan, Cooley

Donald Degnan, Holland & Hart

Natalie Hanlon-Leh, Faegre Baker Daniels

Scott Llewellyn, Morrison & Foerster

David Sipiora, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton


Outstanding IP litigator - Delaware
Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols

Richard Horwitz, Potter Anderson Corroon

Julia Heaney, Morris Nichols

Rudolf Hutz, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg

Karen Jacobs Louden, Morris Nichols

Outstanding IP litigator – District of Columbia

Robert Bajefsky, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Maureen Browne, Covington & Burling

Greg Castanias, Jones Day

Michael McKeon, Fish & Richardson

Gregg LoCascio, Kirkland & Ellis

Outstanding IP litigator - Georgia

Virginia Carron, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Patrick Flinn, Alston & Bird

L Norwood Jameson, Duane Morris

Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Douglas Salyers, Troutman Sanders

Outstanding IP litigator - Illinois

Meredith Martin Addy, Steptoe & Johnson

Bruce Gagala, Leydig Voit & Mayer

George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn

Floyd Mandell, Katten Muchin Rosenman

Edward Manzo, Husch Blackwell

Dave Nelson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Raymond Niro, Niro Haller & Niro


Outstanding IP litigator - Massachusetts Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery

William Lee, WilmerHale

Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart

Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson

Donald Ware, Foley Hoag

Outstanding IP litigator - Michigan

Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman

William Honaker, Dickinson Wright

Jeffrey Sadowski, Howard & Howard

Michael Stewart, Rader Fishman & Grauer

Robert Tuttle, Brooks Kushman

Outstanding IP litigator – New York

Peter Armenio, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Robert Baechtold, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton

Scott Bornstein, Greenberg Traurig

Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis

Robert Clarida, Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt

John Desmarais, Desmarais

Bruce Keller, Debevoise & Plimpton

Josh Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Paul Smith, Jenner & Block

Outstanding IP litigator - Ohio

Calvin Griffith, Jones Day

Kurt Grossman, Wood Herron & Evans

James Liles, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

Meredith Wilkes, Jones Day

Outstanding IP litigator - Pennsylvania

Martin Black, Dechert

Dale Heist, Woodcock Washburn

Gregory Lavorgna, Drinker Biddle & Reath

Eric Marzluf, Caesar Rivise Bernstein Cohen & Pokotilow

Manny Pokotilow, Caesar Rivise Bernstein Cohen & Pokotilow


Outstanding IP litigator - Texas

Samuel Baxter, McKool Smith

Louis Pirkey, Pirkey Barber

Willem Schuurman, Vinson & Elkins

Barton Showalter, Baker Botts

Bill Slusser, Fulbright & Jaworski

Outstanding IP litigator - Virginia

William Atkins, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Thomas Fisher, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt

Patrick Keane, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Charles Lipsey, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Gregory Stillman, Hunton & Williams







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