2016

National

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

Australia - Firm of the Year - Contentious: Herbert Smith Freehills

Australia - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Davies Collison Cave

Austria - Firm of the Year: Schwarz Schönherr Rechtsanwälte

Belgium - Firm of the Year - Contentious: Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Brazil - Firm of the Year: Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira

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

Canada - Outstanding IP Practitioner : David Aitken, Aitken Klee

Canada - Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious : Aitken Klee

Canada - Firm of the Year - Patent Prosecution: Gowling WLG

Canada - Specialty IP Firm of the Year : Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh

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

Canada - Firm of the Year - Trademark Prosecution : Gowling WLG

Chile - Firm of the Year: Sargent & Krahn

China - Firm of the Year - Transactional: Ropes & Gray

China - Foreign Firm of the Year: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

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

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

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: August & Debouzy

France - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Regimbeau

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: Danubia

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

India - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Remfry & Sagar

Indonesia - Firm of the Year: SKC Law

Ireland - Firm of the Year: A&L Goodbody

Italy - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Società Italiana Brevetti

Italy - Firm of the Year - Contentious: Trevisan & Cuonzo

Japan - Foreign Firm of the Year: Hogan Lovells

Japan - Firm of the Year - Contentious: TMI Associates

Japan - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Nakamura & Partners

Malaysia - Firm of the Year: Skrine

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Copyright : Olivares

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Patent: Basham Ringe & Correa

Mexico - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark: Olivares

New Zealand - Firm of the Year: AJ Park

Norway - Firm of the Year: Bryn Aarflot

Peru - Firm of the Year: Barreda Moller

Poland - Firm of the Year: Polservice

Romania - Firm of the Year: Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Russia - Firm of the Year: Gowling WLG

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: Kim & Chang

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

Spain - Firm of the Year - Contentious: Clifford Chance

Spain - Firm of the Year - Prosecution: Elzaburu

Sweden - Firm of the Year: Groth & Co

Switzerland - Firm of the Year: Homburger

Taiwan - Firm of the Year: Lee and Li

Thailand - Firm of the Year: Baker & McKenzie

The Netherlands - Firm of the Year - Contentious: Brinkhof

The Netherlands - Firm of the Year - Patent Prosecution: V.O.

The Philippines - Firm of the Year: SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan

Turkey - Firm of the Year: Gün + Partners

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark Contentious: Bird & Bird

United Kingdom- Firm of the Year - Trade Mark Prosecution: Stobbs IP

United Kingdom - IP Set of the Year: 8 New Square

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Copyright: Olswang

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious : Powell Gilbert

United Kingdom - Firm of the Year - Patent Prosecution: Abel & Imray

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

United States - Firm of the Year - Copyright: Durie Tangri

United States - International Trade Commission : Kirkland & Ellis

United States - Firm of the Year - Life Sciences IP Litigation : Goodwin Procter

United States - Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious : WilmerHale

United States - Firm of the Year - Patent Prosecution: Knobbe Martens

United States - Firm of the Year - Plaintiff : Desmarais

United States - Firm of the Year - PTAB : Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt

United States - Specialty IP Firm of the Year : Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

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

United States - Firm of the Year - Trademark Prosecution : Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

United States - Firm To Watch : Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe

Vietnam - Firm of the Year: Tilleke & Gibbins

United States Regional

Michigan - Outstanding IP Litigator: Frank Angileri, Brooks Kushman

Minnesota - Outstanding IP Litigator: J Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers

New York - Outstanding IP Litigator: Greg Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis

Massachusetts - Outstanding IP Litigator: Daryl Wiesen, Goodwin Procter

Illinois - Outstanding IP Litigator: Michael Brody, Winston & Strawn

Georgia - Outstanding IP Litigator: Jeffrey Toney, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman

District of Columbia - Outstanding IP Litigator: Max Grant, Latham & Watkins

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

Washington State - Outstanding IP Litigator: Nagendra Setty, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Colorado - Outstanding IP Litigator: Natalie Hanlon Leh, WilmerHale

Texas - Outstanding IP Litigator: Theodore Stevenson, McKool Smith

California - Outstanding IP Litigator: Lisa Kobialka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

Illinois - Outstanding IP Litigator: Michael Brody, Winston & Strawn

PTAB - Outstanding IP Litigator: Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings

Pennsylvania - Outstanding IP Litigator: Martin Black, Dechert

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

Copyright: East - Jenner & Block

Copyright: West - Durie Tangri

Patent Contentious: Midwest - Brooks Kushman

Patent Contentious: Northeast - WilmerHale

Patent Contentious: South - McKool Smith

Patent Contentious: West - Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Patent prosecution: Midwest - Marshall Gerstein & Borun

Patent prosecution: Northeast - Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt

Patent prosecution: South - Haynes & Boone

Patent prosecution: West - Knobbe Martens

Trademark Contentious: Midwest - Katten Muchin Rosenman

Trademark Contentious: Northeast - Kelly IP

Trademark Contentious: South - Pirkey Barber

Trademark Contentious: West - Sheppard Mullin

Trademark Prosecution  : Midwest - Pattishall McAulliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson

Trademark Prosecution  : Northeast - Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu

Trademark Prosecution  : South - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

Trademark Prosecution  : West - Holland & Hart

Regional

Africa - Firm of the Year: Adams & Adams

Asia-Pacific  - Firm of the Year: King & Wood Mallesons

Benelux - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark Prosecution: NLO Shieldmark

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

Europe - Firm of the Year - Patent: Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Europe - Firm of the Year - Trade Mark : Taylor Wessing

Latin America - Firm to Watch: Kasznar Leonardos

Middle East - Firm of the Year: Saba Intellectual Property

Scandinavia - Firm of the Year: Zacco

Global

Outstanding Achievement: Professor Joachim Bornkamm

Outstanding Achievement: Margot Frohlinger

In-House Team of the Year: Imperial Innovations

Global - Firm of the Year: Finnegan

Impact Case of the Year

Canada - Federal Court of Appeals: Apotex v Merck

Canada - Supreme Court of Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corp v SODRAC 2003

United States - Central District of California: Pharrell Williams et al v Bridgeport Music Inc et al

United States - Court of the Appeals for the Second Circuit: Authors Guild v Google

United States - Federal Circuit: Akamai Technologies v Limelight Networks

United States - Federal Circuit: ClearCorrect Operating v ITC

United States - Federal Circuit: In Re Simon Shiao Tam

United States - Federal Circuit: Williamson v Citrix Online

United States - US Supreme Court: B&B Hardware v Hargis

United States - US Supreme Court: Teva v Sandoz