2015

National

Argentina  - Firm of the Year: Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Australia - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Fisher Adams Kelly

Australia - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Allens

Austria  - Firm of the Year: Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte

Belgium - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Hoyng Monegier

Brazil  - Firm of the Year: Dannemann Siemsen

Canada - Firm of the Year - Copyright : Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Canada - Firm of the Year - Patent contentious:  McCarthy Tétrault

Canada - Firm of the Year - Patent prosecution : Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Canada - Firm of the Year - Trademark contentious:  Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

Canada - Firm of the Year - Trademark prosecution : Gowling Lafleur Henderson

Canada - Firm to watch: Aitken Klee

Canada - Outstanding practitioner : Cynthia Rowden, Bereskin & Parr 

Canada - Specialty IP Firm of the Year: Bereskin & Parr

Chile  - Firm of the Year: Carey

China - Foreign Firm of the Year:  Allen & Overy

China - Firm of the Year - Contentious : King & Wood Mallesons

China - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Liu Shen & Associates

China - Firm of the Year - IP Transactional Work:  Baker & McKenzie

Colombia  - Firm of the Year: Brigard & Castro

Denmark  - Firm of the Year: Plesner

Finland  - Firm of the Year: Roschier

France - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Véron & Associés

France - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Lavoix

Germany - Firm of the Year - Contentious :  Hogan Lovells

Germany - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Hoffmann Eitle

Hong Kong  - Firm of the Year: Deacons

Hungary - Firm of the Year:  Szecskay Attorneys at Law

India - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Anand and Anand

India - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: K&S Partners

Indonesia  - Firm of the Year: Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners

Ireland  - Firm of the Year: DFMG Solicitors

Italy - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Hogan Lovells

Italy - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Studio Torta

Japan - Foreign Firm of the Year: Morrison & Foerster

Japan - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Ohno & Partners

Japan - Firm of the Year - Prosecution:  Shiga International Patent Office

Malaysia - Firm of the Year:  Skrine

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Patent: Olivares

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark: Olivares

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Copyright : Olivares

Netherlands - Firm of the Year - Contentious : De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Netherlands - Firm of the Year - Patent Prosecution:  NLO

New Zealand  - Firm of the Year: AJ Park

Norway  - Firm of the Year: Wikborg Rein

Peru  - Firm of the Year: Barreda Moller

Poland  - Firm of the Year: Baker & McKenzie

Romania  - Firm of the Year: Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)

Russia - Firm of the Year:  Gorodissky & Partners

Scotland - Firm of the Year:  Brodies

Singapore - Firm of the Year - Contentious : Drew & Napier

Singapore - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Marks & Clerk

South Africa - Firm of the Year:  Spoor & Fisher

South Korea - Firm of the Year - Contentious :  Lee & Ko

South Korea - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Kim & Chang

Spain - Firm of the Year - Contentious :  Grau & Angulo

Spain - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Herrero & Asociados

Sweden  - Firm of the Year: Sandart & Partners

Switzerland  - Firm of the Year: Troller Hitz Troller

Taiwan  - Firm of the Year: Lee and Li

Thailand  - Firm of the Year: Baker & McKenzie

The Philippines  - Firm of the Year: ACCRALAW

Turkey  - Firm of the Year: Deriş Attorneys-at-Law

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Prosecution:  Carpmaels & Ransford

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Copyright:  Wiggin

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious: Bird & Bird

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark Contentious:  Bristows

United Arab Emirates  - Firm of the Year: Clyde & Co

United States - Firm of the Year - Copyright:  Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

United States - Firm of the Year - International Trade Commission : Alston & Bird

United States - Firm of the Year - Life sciences and biotech : Sidley Austin

United States - Firm of the Year - Patent contentious:  Fish & Richardson

United States - Firm of the Year - Patent prosecution : Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

United States - Firm of the Year - Pharma IP litigation : Winston & Strawn

United States - Firm of the Year - Plaintiff IP : Desmarais

United States - Firm of the Year - PTAB : Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

United States - Firm of the Year - Trademark contentious : Pirkey Barber

United States - Firm of the Year - Trademark prosecution : Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

United States - Firm to watch:  Erise IP

United States - Specialty IP Firm of the Year: Durie Tangri

United States - US IP firm of the decade : Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Vietnam  - Firm of the Year: Tilleke & Gibbins

United States Regional

Outstanding IP Litigator: California : Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson

Outstanding IP Litigator: Colorado : Jim Brogan, Cooley

Outstanding IP Litigator: Delaware : Jack Blumenfeld, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell

Outstanding IP Litigator: Georgia : John Haynes, Alston & Bird

Outstanding IP Litigator: Illinois : George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn

Outstanding IP Litigator: Massachusetts:  Sarah Columbia, Mcdermott Will & Emery

Outstanding IP Litigator: Michigan : Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman

Outstanding IP Litigator: New Jersey : Robert Rhoad, Dechert

Outstanding IP Litigator: New York:  John Desmarais, Desmarais

Outstanding IP Litigator: Ohio : David Cochran, Jones Day

Outstanding IP Litigator: Pennsylvania : Cynthia Kernick, Reed Smith

Outstanding IP Litigator: Ptab : Scott Mckeown, Oblon 

Outstanding IP Litigator: Texas : Samuel Baxter, Mckool Smith

Outstanding IP Litigator: Virginia : Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Outstanding IP Litigator: Washington (State) : Jerry Riedinger, Perkins Coie

Outstanding IP Litigator: Washington, DC : David Kiernan, Williams And Connolly

Copyright Midwest:  Jenner & Block

Copyright northeast : Weil Gotshal & Manges

Copyright south : Arnold & Porter

Copyright west : Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Patent contentious Midwest : Winston & Strawn

Patent contentious northeast : Fish & Richardson

Patent contentious south : McKool Smith

Patent contentious west : Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Patent prosecution Midwest : Brinks Gilson & Lione

Patent prosecution northeast : Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

Patent prosecution south:  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Patent prosecution west : Fenwick & West

Trademark contentious Midwest : Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

Trademark contentious northeast : Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Trademark contentious south : Pirkey Barber

Trademark contentious west : Knobbe Martens

Trademark prosecution Midwest : Brinks Gilson & Lione

Trademark prosecution northeast:  Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Trademark prosecution south:  Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Trademark prosecution west : Cooley

Regional

Africa  - Firm of the Year: Adams & Adams

Asia  - Firm of the Decade – Asia : King & Wood Mallesons

Asia  - Firm of the Year: Tilleke & Gibbins

Benelux - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark Prosecution : Chiever

Europe - Firm of the Decade – Europe:  Bird & Bird

Europe - Firm of the Year - Copyright : Baker & McKenzie

Europe - Firm of the Year - Patent : Hogan Lovells

Europe - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark : Hoyng Monegier

Latin America - Firm to Watch: Guerra IP

Global

Copyright in-house team of the year : Oracle

Firm of the Year:  Baker & McKenzie

Influential Individual : Chief Judge James Smith

Patent in-house team of the year: Apple

Trademark in-house team of the year : POM Wonderful

Firm of the Year: Dyson

Impact Case of the Year

Federal Court of Canada: AbbVie Corporation et al v Janssen 

The Superior Court of Quebec : Magasins Best Buy Ltée et al v Québec (Procureur général) 

US District Court for Southern District of California : ViaSat v Space Systems/Loral 

US Federal Circuit : Oracle America v Google 

US Supreme Court : Alice Corporation v CLS Bank International 

US Supreme Court : American Broadcasting Cos et al v Aereo 

US Supreme Court : Octane Fitness v Icon Health & Fitness 

US Supreme Court : POM Wonderful v Coca-Cola