The research for IP STARS and MIP Awards (2021 edition)

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The research for IP STARS and MIP Awards (2021 edition)

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Research is underway for the 2021 edition of the IP STARS rankings and Managing IP Awards programme

Managing IP has launched the research for the 2021 edition of the IP STARS rankings and Managing IP Awards programme.




About the research

Firms are first invited to complete our research forms, i.e. the firm questionnaire and client referees spreadsheet, and submit them via our submission portal. As part of the process, our research analysts also conduct market feedback interviews and surveys.

More information, including the forms to complete and the research process, can be found here.

The submission deadline isOctober 31 2020.

You can also listen to our research webinar here.




Results publication

After our research, we will publish the new IP STARS rankings and the shortlists for the Managing IP Awards. We normally start publishing the results from February. The winners of and shortlists for the Awards are revealed on this website.

The IP STARS rankings announcements are primarily published on ipstars.com.

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