Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic meant we were unable to host our Americas Awards in person this month, but we still want to reveal all the winners – whose achievements should be recognised even if only virtually. Congratulations if your name appears below.

Managing IP’s head of business development, Nicholas Heath (nheath@managingip.com), will be in contact with winning firms and individuals to discuss the best ways to maximise their achievements.

As a reminder, here are the shortlist and methodology for this year’s awards. If you have any questions about the shortlist or research, please contact our US IP STARS editor Chris Adams (chris.adams@euromoneyny.com) or the global research editor Kingsley Egbuonu (kingsley.egbuonu@managingip.com).

You can also view the winners from our EMEA Awards, which took place on March 5 in London.

Among the highlights of the 2020 Americas Awards is Baker McKenzie’s win as Americas Firm of the Year. The firm is recognised for its significant IP practice group spread across the US and Latin America, offering a full suite of services in the patent, trademark, copyright and transactions areas.

Managing IP also recognises two renowned practitioners with Lifetime Achievement honours for their longstanding careers in IP law. Robert MacDonald of Gowling WLG is a leader in his firm’s IP practice group and one of Canada’s foremost trademark practitioners. His work contributes to Gowling’s top-tier rankings across practice areas. Donald Dunner of Finnegan helped cement his firm as one of the top IP boutiques in the US and was a pioneer of Federal Circuit practice. Dunner sadly passed away in October 2019, and is the first posthumous recipient of this award.

In the boutique firm categories, Smart & Biggar takes the honour in Canada for excellent client service across practice areas and significant personnel growth over the past year. Finnegan is Specialty IP Firm of the Year in the US for noteworthy activity in areas including post-grant proceedings for patents and trademarks, prosecution, ITC litigation and appeals before the Federal Circuit. Both boutique firm winners were also involved in two of Managing IP’s Impact Cases of the Year.

In the meantime, our thoughts are with our readers and all others affected by the pandemic.

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN

Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Licks Attorneys

Gusmão & Labrunie

MINIÑO Abogados (Dominican Republic)

Sargent & Krahn

Silva

Sargent & Krahn

Lloreda Camacho & Co

Brigard & Castro

Cavelier Abogados

CorralRosales

Olivares

Olivares

Olivares

Estudio Benedetti

BARLAW -Barrera & Asociados

BARLAW -Barrera & Asociados

Cervieri Monsuárez

NORTH AMERICA

McCarthy Tétrault

Torys

Borden Ladner Gervais

Smart & Biggar

Gowling WLG

Smart & Biggar

Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Mark Evans, Smart & Biggar

Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones

Choate Hall & Stewart

Haynes and Boone

Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

WilmerHale

McKool Smith

Kirkland & Ellis

Fish & Richardson

Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Pirkey Barber

Loeb & Loeb

Fenwick & West

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

Cooley

Kirkland & Ellis

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Kirkland & Ellis

Weil Gotshal & Manges

Morrison & Foerster

Fish & Richardson

Sidley Austin

McKool Smith

Cooley

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Honigman

Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella

Evan Rothstein, Arnold & Porter

Karen Jacobs, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell

Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter

Matthew Gaudet, Duane Morris

David Pritikin, Sidley Austin

Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag

Marc Lorelli, Brooks Kushman

J Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers

Robert Rhoad, Dechert

Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis

Martin Black, Dechert

Theodore Stevenson III, McKool Smith

David Tellekson, Fenwick & West

Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray

David Kappos, Cravath Swaine & Moore

Deanne Maynard, Morrison & Foerster

Baker McKenzie

IBM

PepsiCo

For his critical role as a senior partner at one of the leading intellectual property boutiques in the United States, and his legacy as a pioneer of several areas of practice, including Federal Circuit work. (Posthumous award: Dunner passed away in October 2019)

For his position as a leading trademark practitioner both at his firm and internationally. His work at Gowling WLG has contributed to the firm’s top-tier rankings in trademark prosecution and litigation, and overall reputation in IP as practice group leader.

Industrias Saladillo SA v. Tigre Argentina SA (Argentina)

Jorge Otamendi, G Breuer

Metallica v. Mardones (Chile)

Francisco Silva and Ricardo Montero, Silva

Aux Sable Liquid Products LP v. JL Energy Transportation Inc (2019 FC 788)

McCarthy Tétrault

Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc. (2019 SCC 43)

McCarthy Tétrault

Canmar Foods Ltd v. TA Foods Ltd (2019 FC 1233)

Gowling WLG

Eli Lilly Canada Inc v. Apotex Inc (2019 FC 884)

Borden Ladner Gervais

Bell Media Inc v. John Doe 1 dba GoldTV.biz (2019 FC 1432)

Smart & Biggar

Canada (Attorney General) v. Galderma Canada (2019 FCA 196)

Gowling WLG, Belmore Neidrauer

Wenger SA v. Travelway Group International Inc (2019 FC 1104)

Robic

A&H Sportswear Co Inc v. William W Yedor (TTAB)

Douglas Rettew, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew (Federal Circuit)

Anthony Cho, Carlson Gaskey & Olds

Curver Luxembourg, SARL v. Home Expressions Inc. (Federal Circuit)

Steven Auvil, Squire Patton Boggs

Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media (US Supreme Court)

Evan Young, Baker Botts

Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com (US Supreme Court)

Peter Stris, Stris & Maher

Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC (US Supreme Court)

Danielle Spinelli, WilmerHale

Momenta Pharmaceuticals v. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Federal Circuit)

Christopher Sipes, Covington & Burling

Iancu v. Brunetti (US Supreme Court)

John R Sommer, Esq

Immunex Corp., et al., v. Sandoz Inc., et al. (District of New Jersey)

Vernon Winters and David Pritikin, Sidley Austin

Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service (US Supreme Court)

Beth Brinkmann, Covington & Burling

Rimini Street v. Oracle USA (US Supreme Court)

Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

TCL Communication Technology Holdings v. Ericsson et al (Federal Circuit)

Jeffrey Lamken, MoloLamken