The winners will be recognised at a ceremony at The Four Seasons Georgetown Hotel in Washington DC on March 27.
For the first time this year an award will be presented to the IP Thought Leader of the year. Awards will also be made to three individuals in recognition of achievements during their career, and to the cases of the year in Canada and the US.
For more information on the awards, and how to book a table, email Managing IP’s Tom St. Denis, Alissa Rozenor your usual Managing IP contact.
The shortlists are compiled by a team of researchers in New York based on information obtained over the past five months.
Managing IP’s Global Awards, covering Europe, Latin America and Asia, will be held on March 15 in London. Shortlists were announced last week.
Canada
Patent prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Patent contentious
Dimock Stratton
Goodmans
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Trade mark prosecution *
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose
Ridout & Maybee
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Trade mark contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Copyright
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Goodmans
Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Norton Rose/Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Specialty IP firm
Bereskin & Parr
Dimock Stratton
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Outstanding IP practitioner
Glen Bloom, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Ron Dimock, Dimock Stratton
Michael Manson, Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Harry Radomski, Goodmans
Art Renaud, Gowlings
Jon Stainsby, Heenan Blaikie
US regional awards
Patent prosecution
Northeast
Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Sughrue Mion
South
Baker Botts
Fulbright & Jaworski
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Oliff & Berridge
Midwest
Banner & Witcoff
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Foley & Lardner
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
West
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Morrison & Foerster
Patent contentious
Northeast
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
WilmerHale
South
Baker Botts
Fulbright & Jaworski
King & Spalding
McKool Smith
Midwest
Foley & Lardner
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
West
Irell & Manella
Keker & Van Nest
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Trade mark prosecution
Northeast
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Dorsey & Whitney
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
South
Alston & Bird
Fulbright & Jaworski
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Midwest
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Foley & Lardner
Husch Blackwell
Merchant & Gould
West
Foley & Lardner
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins & Coie
Trade mark contentious
Northeast
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kirkland & Ellis
South
Arent Fox
Alston & Bird
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Midwest
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Foley & Lardner
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
West
Cooley
Loeb & Loeb
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Copyright
Northeast
Debevoise & Plimpton
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Jenner & Block
Proskauer Rose
South
Alston & Bird
Greenberg Traurig
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Midwest
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
West
Davis Wright Tremaine
Durie Tangri
Loeb & Loeb
Munger Tolles & Olson
US national awards
Life science/biotech
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
WilmerHale
Pharmaceutical IP litigation
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Goodwin Procter
Kenyon & Kenyon
WilmerHale
ITC litigation
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Kirkland & Ellis
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
WilmerHale
Patent prosecution
Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Oliff & Berridge
Patent contentious
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Kirkland & Ellis
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges
WilmerHale
Trade mark prosecution
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Merchant & Gould
Trade mark contentious
Cooley
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Copyright
Durie Tangri
Jenner & Block
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Proskauer Rose
Strength in diversity
Dickstein Shapiro
Foley & Lardner
Irell & Manella
Jenner & Block
Kenyon & Kenyon
Specialty IP firm
Banner & Witcoff
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
IP thought leader
Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law
Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
Daniel Ravicher, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
Hal Wegner, Foley & Lardner
Outstanding IP practitioner
Meredith Martin Addy, Steptoe & Johnson
David H Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
Robert Clarida, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Donald Dunner, Finnegan
David Hill, Finnegan
Robert Krupka, Kirkland & Ellis
Bill Lee, WilmerHale
Theodore Olson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Charles Verhoeven, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
* The trade mark prosecution category was updated on February 7 to correct the accidental omission of Bereskin & Parr, Gowlings and Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh.
