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Managing IP celebrated the achievements of the intellectual property law community in the Americas region with a ceremony in New York City on April 9. To see the winners, please log in to your account, or sign up for a free 30-day trial and explore additional content and resources.

Paul Hastings and Smart & Biggar also won multiple awards, while Baker McKenzie picked up a significant prize
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Firm of the Year
Impact cases
Special Awards
Practitioner of the year
Regional US

Argentina

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Copyright

Baker McKenzie

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Patent

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

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Trademark

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

Bolivia

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Firm of the Year

Cervieri Monsuárez

Brazil

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Copyright

Murta Goyanes Advogados

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Patent

Licks Attorneys

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Trademark

Daniel Law

Canada

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Copyright

McCarthy Tétrault

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Patent Disputes

Goodmans

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Patent Prosecution

Smart & Biggar

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Trademark Disputes

Gowling WLG

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Trademark Prosecution

Smart & Biggar

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IP Transactions

McCarthy Tétrault

Caribbean

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Firm of the Year

HSM IP

Central Americas

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Firm of the Year

Eproint

Chile

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Copyright

Alessandri

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Patent

MICP Abogados

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Trademark

Sargent & Krahn

Colombia

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Firm of the Year

Castellanos & Co

Ecuador

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Firm of the Year

Bustamante Fabara

Mexico

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Copyright

Tsuru Abogados

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Patent

Becerril, Coca & Becerril (BC&B)

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Trademark

OLIVARES

Paraguay

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Firm of the Year

BKM | Berkemeyer

Peru

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Firm of the Year

BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados

Uruguay

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Firm of the Year

Fischer Abogados

Venezuela

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Firm of the Year

Hoet & Partners

United States

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Patent Prosecution

Fenwick & West

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Patent Disputes

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

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Trademark Prosecution

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman

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Copyright

Weil Gotshal & Manges

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Trade Secrets

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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IP Transactions

Fenwick & West

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PTAB

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

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Appellate

Weil Gotshal & Manges

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ITC

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

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Life Sciences IP Litigation

Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik

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Design Patent Firm of the Year

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

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IP Boutique Firm

Knobbe Martens

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Firm of the Year

Fenwick & West

firm to watch

Firm to Watch

Clifford Chance

Canada & Latin America

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Adeia Guides v Videotron (2025 FC 1725)

Goodmans

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NCS v Kobold (2025 FCA 187)

Goodmans

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Bayer v Amgen (2025 FCA 142)

Bennett Jones

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Grupo Modelo v Heineken Mexico (SCJN 2025)

OLIVARES

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Scotch Whisky Association Geographical Indication (2025)

Marval O’Farrell Mairal

United States

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Yuga Labs v Ripps (9th Cir 2025)

Fenwick & West

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Lashify v ITC (Fed Cir 2025)

Fenwick & West

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Eye Therapies v Slayback (Fed Cir 2025)

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

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US Synthetic v ITC (Fed Cir 2025)

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

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Mondis v LG (Fed Cir 2025)

Fish & Richardson

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Incyte v Sun Pharmaceutical (Fed Cir 2025)

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

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Dewberry Group v Dewberry Engineers (US Supr Ct 2025)

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

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Insulet v EOFlow et al (D Mass 2025)

Goodwin Procter

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Structured Asset Sales v Sheeran (2nd Cir 2024)

Pryor Cashman

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EcoFactor v Google (Fed Cir 2025)

Munger Tolles & Olson

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Amgen v Celltrion (3rd Cir 2025)

Sidley Austin

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IQE v Newport Fab (Fed Cir 2025)

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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Aortic Innovations v Edwards Lifesciences (Fed Cir 2025)

Weil Gotshal & Manges, Knobbe Martens

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Regents of the University of California v Broad Institute (Fed Cir 2025)

MoloLamken

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Recentive Analytics v Fox Corp (Fed Cir 2025)

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

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Kadrey v Meta (ND Cal 2025)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Cooley

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Bartz v Anthropic (ND Cal 2025)

Arnold & Porter, Morrison Foerster

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Collision Communications v Samsung (ED TX 2025)

Caldwell Cassady & Curry

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Netlist v Samsung (ED TX 2024)

McKool Smith, Irell & Manella

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Stephen Akerley

InterDigital

in-house team

Trademark & Copyright

Anthropic

in-house team

Patent

Genentech

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Americas

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

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Sergio L Olivares Sr

OLIVARES

Canada

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Copyright

Jim Holloway, Baker McKenzie

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Trademark Disputes

May Cheng, Dipchand

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Trademark Prosecution

Chris Zelyas, Dentons

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Patent Disputes

Christopher Van Barr, Gowling WLG

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Patent Prosecution

Lisa Melanson, McCarthy Tétrault

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Transactions

Edward Fan, Torys

Latin America

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Argentina

Mercedes Durlach, Palacio IP

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Brazil

Ricardo Nunes, LeFosse Advogados

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Chile

Francisco Carey, Carey

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Colombia

Carlos R Olarte, OlarteMoure & Asociados

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Ecuador

Johana Aguirre Guerrero, Guerrero Intellectual Property

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Mexico

Gloria Niembro Castro, Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa

United States

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Copyright (East)

Donald Zakarin, Pryor Cashman

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Copyright (West)

Angela Dunning, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

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Patent Litigator (Midwest)

Sara Tonnies Horton, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

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Patent Litigator (South)

Bradley Caldwell, Caldwell Cassady & Curry

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Patent Litigator (West)

Ranjini Acharya, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

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Patent Prosecutor (Midwest)

Daniel Cohn, Husch Blackwell

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Patent Prosecutor (Northeast)

Hunter Baker, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks

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Patent Prosecutor (South)

Andrea Arndt, Dickinson Wright

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Patent Prosecutor (West)

Lorna Tanner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Appellate

Mark Perry, Weil Gotshal & Manges

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IP Transactions

Daniel Angel, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

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ITC

Saina Shamilov, Fenwick & West

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PTAB

Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

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Trademark Litigator (Midwest)

Robin McCue, Kirkland & Ellis

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Trademark Litigator (Northeast)

Megan Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton

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Trademark Litigator (South)

Stephen Demm, Hunton Andrews Kurth

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Trademark Litigator (West)

Bobby Ghajar, Cooley

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Trademark Prosecutor (Midwest)

Jeffrey Cadwell, Dorsey & Whitney

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Trademark Prosecutor (Northeast)

Lindsay Kaplan, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

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Trademark Prosecutor (West)

Katherine Basile, Reed Smith

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Trademark Prosecutor (South)

Emily Poole, Pirkey Barber

Litigator of the year

DC Metro

Greg Lantier, Sidley Austin

Litigator of the year

Massachusetts

Joseph Mueller, WilmerHale

Litigator of the year

New York

Brian Rosenthal, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Litigator of the year

Pennsylvania

Martin Black - Dechert

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Patent Prosecution (Northeast)

Bookoff McAndrews

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Patent Prosecution (West)

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

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Patent Prosecution (Midwest)

Husch Blackwell

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Patent Prosecution (South)

Ballard Spahr

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Patent Disputes (Northeast)

WilmerHale

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Patent Disputes (West)

Kirkland & Ellis

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Patent Disputes (Midwest)

Sidley Austin

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Patent Disputes (South)

Caldwell Cassady & Curry

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Trademark Prosecution (Northeast)

ArentFox Schiff

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Trademark Prosecution (West)

Sideman & Bancroft

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Trademark Prosecution (Midwest)

Dorsey & Whitney

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Trademark Prosecution (South)

Pirkey Barber

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Trademark Disputes (Northeast)

Kelly IP

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Trademark Disputes (West)

Cooley

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Trademark Disputes (Midwest)

Katten Muchin Rosenman

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Trademark Disputes (South)

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

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Copyright (East)

Oppenheim + Zebrak

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Copyright (West)

Arnold & Porter