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Bird & Bird, Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells were among those cele-brating at Managing IP’s Global Awards Dinner in London last month, whileFinnegan, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and Smart & Biggar took home

the most awards one week earlier in Washington, DC.In London, Bird & Bird picked up trophies for patent firm of the year in Europe

and patent contentious firm in the UK and Italy, while ATMD Bird & Bird won firmof the year in Singapore.

Baker & McKenzie won four awards in total for trade mark firm in Europe, leadingfirm in Poland and leading foreign firm in China, while Hadiputranto Hadinoto &Partners, which is a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, won in Indonesia.

Hogan Lovells won three trophies, including one for internet and domain namework in Europe.

During the dinner at The Dorchester, awards were presented to firms in morethan 50 categories covering 40 countries, as well as in five pan-European categories.

There were also three special awards. Semiconductor designer ARM won an in-houseteam award for the development of its innovative IP-based business model, whichinvolves licensing semiconductor designs to a large number of manufacturing partners.

An outstanding achievement award was presented to Peter Messerli, the presidentof the EPO Boards of Appeal. Messerli has been in charge of the Boards of Appeal for15 years and retires later this year. And Jiang Zhipei received an outstanding achieve-ment award in recognition of his work as the former chief justice of the IntellectualProperty Chamber of the Supreme People’s Court of China.

At the North America Awards dinner, held at The Four Seasons Georgetown inWashington, DC, USPTO director David Kappos gave prizes to retired commissionerfor trade marks Lynne Beresford and former chief IP counsel of 3M Gary Griswold.

The award for lifetime achievement in IP went to Beresford, with Kappos notingthat she did not merely have a long career in IP, but had truly devoted her life to it.Griswold was honoured for what Kappos dubbed his “relentless” work on patentreform. He was cheered on by his close friends and colleagues Phil Johnson ofJohnson & Johnson and Mike Kirk, former AIPLA executive director.

The dinner included 12 members of the USPTO, as well as over 30 VIPs andabout 100 guests from private practice firms. Finnegan won the most US nationalawards, while the regional awards were dominated by Kilpatrick Townsend &Stockton – the result of a recent merger between Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsendand Townsend and Crew.

Two new categories were added in Canada this year – Harry Radomski of Goodmanswon for outstanding Canadian IP practitioner and Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaughwon for full-service IP firm.

In the US, the full-service award went to Finnegan, while the outstanding IP prac-titioner went to David Bernstein of Debevoise & Plimpton for his amicus work ona number of IP cases that have helped to shape trade mark law. Debevoise also wonthe national award for trade mark contentious work.

Cases of the year included Microsoft v i4i, for which both McKool Smith andFinnegan were awarded for their work at different stages of the case, eBay v Tiffany(Weil Gotshal & Manges) and Omega v Costco (Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans& Figel).

VIP guests such as Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, former Chief Judge ofthe Federal Circuit Paul Michel and the two newest USPTO appointments – deputydirector Teresa Stanek Rea and administrator for policy and external affairs AlbertTramposch – also attended.

Photos and full details of the ceremonies can be found overleaf. �

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The world’s leading IP firmsManaging IP ’s 2011 awards dinners took place last month in Washington DC and London, andincluded nearly 100 awards presented to law firms and individuals across 42 countries

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AUSTRIAWINNER: GASSAUER-FLEISSNERGassauer-Fleissner is advisingNovogen in a dispute over anutritional additive patentbefore the Austrian SupremeCourt. The case addressesprosecution history estoppeland the circumstances underwhich security payments canbe increased.

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Gassauer-Fleissner

Rechtsanwälte

Schwarz & Partner

Sonn & Partner

Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte

AUSTRALIA–CONTENTIOUSWINNER: CORRSCHAMBERS WESTGARTHCorrs Chambers Westgarthrepresented E&J Gallo in itsvictory over Lion Nathan in atrade mark use dispute andadvised British AmericanTobacco in its fight againstplain packaging.

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Allens Arthur Robinson

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

AUSTRALIA–PROSECUTIONWINNER: DAVIESCOLLISON CAVEDavies Collison Cave has abroad domestic andinternational client base andexpertise across a wide rangeof areas. “I have nothing butpraise for their work,” saidone client.

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Davies Collison Cave

Griffith Hack

Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Spruson & Ferguson

ARGENTINAWINNER: MARVALO’FARRELL & MAIRALIn July, Marval O’Farrell &Mairal advised Syngenta inthe country’s first biotechcase, obtaining a preliminaryinjunction against a local seedcompany to prevent it fromcommercialising infringingproducts. The seed companyagreed to pay damages andobtain a licence.

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G Breuer

Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Noetinger & Armando

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CHILE WINNER: ALESSANDRI &COMPAÑIAAlessandri & Compañiarepresents companiesincluding Mars, L’Oréal,Lacoste, PepsiCo and WarnerBros. It recently successfullyrepresented Danjaq, whichholds the IP rights relating tothe James Bond brand, in aSupreme Court appeal.

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Alessandri & Compañía

Harnecker Carey

Sargent & Krahn

Silva y Cia

BRAZILWINNER: DANNEMANNSIEMSEN BIGLER &IPANEMA MOREIRADannemann Siemsen Bigler &Ipanema Moreira recentlysubmitted comments on pre-draft bills regarding internetlaw and the new CopyrightAct. The IP practice is alsowell known for its nationwideIP enforcement programme,dealing with issues such asborder actions and criminalseizures.

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Daniel Advogados

Dannemann Siemsen Bigler &

Ipanema Moreira

Gusmão & Labrunie

Momsen Leonardos & Cia

BENELUX – TRADE MARKPROSECUTIONWINNER: KNIJFF &PARTNERSKnijff & Partners is bringingan important test case onwhat constitutes genuine useof a Community trade markin the EU. The case is pendingat the Court of Justice.

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Gevers

Knijff & Partner

Vereenigde

BELGIUM –CONTENTIOUSWINNER: NAUTADUTILHNautaDutilh was highly ratedin patent litigation this year,and is representing DocumentSecurity Systems in its caseagainst the European CentralBank. It also advised SportsMedia in a case againstFormula One Licensing overthe F1 mark and copyright.

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Allen & Overy

Altius

Bird & Bird

NautaDutilh

Simont Braun

CHINA – FOREIGN FIRMS WINNER: BAKER &MCKENZIEHighlights for Baker &McKenzie included obtainingwell-known status for Bausch& Lomb’s Chinese housemark and helping Hasbrowin its first IP litigation inChina in a trade markinfringement case.

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Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

Rouse

CHINA – PROSECUTIONWINNER: LIU SHENLiu Shen was one of theearliest to win approval torepresent overseas parties inIP matters. Internationalclients include Sony, Siemens,Samsung and Procter &Gamble.

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CCPIT Patent and Trademark

Law Office

China Science Patent &

Trademark Agent

China Sinda

China Patent Agent (HK)

Liu Shen & Associates

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COLOMBIAWINNER: BRIGARD &CASTROBrigard & Castro is advisingInditex in designing a strategyfor opening its ZARA stores.It also won a domain namecomplaint on behalf ofGoogle, over the domaingooguia.com.

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Baker & McKenzie

Brigard & Castro

Cavelier Abogados

CHINA – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: ZHONGZIZhongzi is representingGerman bus maker Neoplanin the appeal of its win in adesign patent dispute withChinese rival ZondaIndustrial. Managing partnerLin Bonan was among thosehighly recommended.

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CCPIT Patent and Trademark

Law Office

China Sinda

King & Wood

Liu Shen & Associates

Zhongzi Law Office

DENMARKWINNER: AWAPATENTAwapatent has made big stepsin recent years. It advisedRatiopharm in its dispute withNorpharma over the drugoxycodone, and Hexal againstProcter & Gamble. In trademarks, it acted in a Court ofJustice of the EU case forDanish State Railways.

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Awapatent

Gorrissen Federspiel

Inspicos

Kromann Reumert

Plesner

CZECH REPUBLICWINNER: CERMAK A SPOLCermak a spol is uniquelyranked in the top tier inManaging IP’s survey. It hasbeen busy advisingBudejovicky Budvar invarious trade mark disputesover the Bud, Budvar andBudweiser brands for beer. Ina patent case, the firm advisedPhi`lip Morris on a complexcigarette packaging dispute.

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Cermak Horejs

Patentservis Praha

Rott Ruzicka & Guttman

FRANCE – PROSECUTIONWINNER: LAVOIXLavoix is strong inpharmaceutical,telecommunications andtechnology. Sanofi-Aventisand AstraZeneca are amongits clients. The trade markprosecution team works onCTM oppositions andappeals, notably for luxurygoods brands.

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Cabinet Beau de Loménie

Cabinet Lavoix

Cabinet Plasseraud

Casalonga & Josse

EGYP

FINLANDWINNER: JURIDIAJuridia successfully defendedArla Ingman in a trade markinfringement case againstValio before the SupremeCourt, and advised Crocs in acounterfeiting case that led tothe destruction of 16,000pairs of infringing shoes byFinnish customs.

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Berggren

Bird & Bird

Juridia

Kolseter

Roschier

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GERMANY –CONTENTIOUSWINNER: PREU BOHLIGPreu Bohlig has representedclients including LeicaMicrosystems, Porsche, GMEurope, Siemens andContinental. Its Berlin officeadvised Agency Fotofinder ina landmark case for the mediaindustry against SPSG.

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Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Klaka

Preu Bohlig

Rospatt Osten Pross

GERMANY – TRADE MARKPROSECUTIONWINNER: HOGANLOVELLSHogan Lovells manages morethan 80,000 trade marksfrom its Hamburg office,including those of DeutscheTelekom. It also acts forAnheuser-Busch and has beenadvising on the protection ofConverse’s All Star footwear.

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Grunecker Kinkeldey

Harmsen Utescher

Hoffmann Eitle

Hogan Lovells

Jonas

GERMANY – PATENT PROSECUTIONWINNER: VOSSIUS &PARTNERVossius & Partner has grownin prominence, particularlyfor its biotechnologyprosecution practice. It hasalso recently advised Smith &Nephew regarding foamproducts, Trans 1 in medicaldevices and Avon Productsregarding design patents andutility models.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Grunecker Kinkeldey

Hoffmann Eitle

Uexküll & Stolberg

Vossius & Partner

FRANCE – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: VÉRONVéron represents Novartis inthe French part of globallitigation against Johnson &Johnson over a patentcovering extended wearcontact lenses. In May 2010, itsuccessfully defended SiemensHealthcare Diagnostics ininfringement claims over apatent for the detection ofHIV in blood samples.

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Bird & Bird

Casalonga Avocats

Gaultier Lakits Szleper

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Véron & Associés

INDIA – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: ANAND &ANANDAnand & Anand’s highlightsthis year included acting forMusic Broadcasting in itsdispute with PhonographicPerformance over licence feesand obtaining a rare ex-parteinjunction for Roche in apatent dispute.

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Anand & Anand

Lall Lahiri & Salhotra

Remfry & Sagar

Singh & Singh

INDIA –PROSECUTIONWINNER: REMFRY &SAGARRemfry & Sagar has built areputation for reliable, highquality work over many years.The firm acted for Swissbiopharmaceutical companyUCB Farchim in a patent caseagainst Cipla, over whetherthe dismissal of a pre-grantopposition can be appealed.

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Anand & Anand

K&S Partners

Krishna & Saurastri

Remfry & Sagar

HUNGARYWINNER: GODOLLEKEKESGodolle Kekes has grown tohandle the full range of workbefore the IP office and courts.The firm won particularplaudits for its work in thepast year, moving up theManaging IP survey rankings.

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Advopatent

Danubia

Gödölle, Kékes, Mészáros &

Szabó

SBG&K

HONG KONGWINNER: DEACONSDeacons is recognised as theleading IP firm in the SAR.The firm employs six patentattorneys and is alsoconsistently top of the trademark filing rankings, as wellas having a strong litigationpractice.

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Baker & McKenzie

Deacons

Hogan Lovells

Mayer Brown JSM

Wilkinson & Grist

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INDONESIAWINNER: HADIPUTRANTOHADINOTO & PARTNERSHadiputranto Hadinoto &Partners successfullycancelled two registrationsfor Vans based on the mark’swell-known status. It alsorepresented MarriottWorldwide in its campaignagainst a local hotel serviceprovider that was infringingits trade mark.

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Biro Oktroi Roosseno

Hadiputranto Hadinoto &

Partners

Rouse/Suryomurcito & Co

Soemadipradja & Taher

ITALY – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: BIRD & BIRDBird & Bird acts for theEuropean Central Bank in thelandmark case over euronotes. It has also advisedPuma in a major design case,Nokia in its litigation againstIPCOM and is defendingGoogle/YouTube in acopyright case in which RTI(Mediaset) is claiming up to abillion euros in damages.

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Bird & Bird

Studio Legale Jacobacci et al

Studio Legale Sena e Tarchini

Studio Vanzetti

Trevisan & Cuonzo

ITALY – PROSECUTIONWINNER: STUDIO TORTAStudio Torta representsBridgestone, Finnmeccanica,Moschino, Electrolux andST Microelectronics amongothers.

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Barzano & Zanardo

Buzzi Notaro

Jacobacci & Partners

Studio Torta

IRELANDWINNER: WILLIAM FRYWilliam Fry has bucked thetrend in a market where lawfirms have retrenched. It hasacted in a series of high-profile cases including forAstraZeneca in relation toNexium, Digi Systems/SAFSoftware regarding copyrightand database rights andTriton in a case over electricshowers.

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Beauchamps

FR Kelly

Matheson Ormsby Prentice

McCann Fitzgerald

William Fry

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MEXICO – TRADE MARKSWINNER: UHTOFF GOMEZVEGA & UHTHOFF Uhtoff Gomez Vega &Uhthoff has a long history asa world class IP boutique.The firm provides trade markservices to companies such as3M and Lacoste.

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Basham Ringe y Correa

Olivares & Cia

Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff

MALAYSIAWINNER: SHEARNDELAMOREShearn Delamore advised theAgricultural and ProcessedFood Products ExportDevelopment Authority ofIndia in its attempt to cancela Malaysian-owned trademark for Ponni rice, whichcomes from Tamil Nadu inIndia and is being registeredas a GI.

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Shearn Delamore

Shook Lin & Bok

Skrine

Tay & Partners

JAPAN – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: TMIASSOCIATESTMI Associates successfullyresolved last year’s IntellassetCorporation v Intel trial. Thecontentious team wasstrengthened by the arrival offormer chief judge of the IPHigh Court TomokatsuTsukahara.

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Anderson Mori

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nakamura & Partners

TMI Associates

Yuasa & Hara

JAPAN – PROSECUTIONWINNER: NAKAMURA &PARTNERSNakamura & Partnershandles filing formultinational companiesincluding Fujifilm, Mazda,Sony, TDK and Walt Disney.

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Nakamura & Partners

Suzuye & Suzuye

Seiwa Patent & Law

Yuasa & Hara

MEXICO – COPYRIGHTWINNER: OLIVARES & CIAAnd in copyright, Olivareshas developed a full-servicemedia and entertainment lawteam and has been active inguiding regulatory changes toMexico’s copyright system.

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Jalife Caballero Vazquez &

Asociados

Olivares & Cia

Tsuru Morales & Tsuru

Abogados

MEXICO – PATENTWINNER: OLIVARES & CIAIn patents, Olivares is theonly firm ranked in tier oneacross all disciplines in thisyear’s Survey. The firmrepresents Telmex, GeneralElectric, Eli Lilly, Unileverand Warner Bros.

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Becerril Coca & Becerril

Olivares & Cia

Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff

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MIDDLE EASTWINNER: ABU-GHAZALEHAbu-Ghazaleh IntellectualProperty has an impressive 71offices globally and has beenactive not just in everydaywork for clients but inhelping to develop IPinfrastructures in the region.

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Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual

Property

Clyde & Co

The Rights Lawyers

Rouse & Co

Saba

NETHERLANDS –PROSECUTIONWINNER: DE VRIES &METMANDe Vries & Metman advisedBoston Scientific in complexproceedings before the EPOand also manages caseloadsfor companies such as Tevaand KPN.

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Arnold & Siedsma

De Vries & Metman

Exter Polak & Charlouis

Nederalndsch Octrooibureau

Vereenigde

NORWAYWINNER: WIKBORG REINWikborg Rein was busy inpatent litigation in industriesfrom pharmaceuticals tofishing. Clients includeRatiopharm and Pharmaq.It has recently expanded itscontentious team, which isco-led by Gunnar Meyer.

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Bryn Aarflot

Onsagers

Wikborg Rein

NETHERLANDS – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: SIMMONS &SIMMONSSimmons & Simmons stand-out case in 2010 was BayerHealthcare v Abbott. It alsoadvised Abercrombie & Fitchon anti-counterfeiting andEricsson in an importantpatent infringement case.

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Brinkhof

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Hogan Lovells

Nauta Dutilh

Simmons & Simmons

PHILIPPINESWINNER: ACCRAACCRA is building up apatent prosecution practice.Partner Alex Fider wasconsistently singled out byclients for praise. Clientsinclude San Miguel, Hershey’sand Estée Lauder.

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Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura

Sayoc & De Los Angeles

ACCRA Law Offices

Poblador Bautista & Reyes

Sycip Salazar Hernandez &

Gatmaitan

POLANDWINNER: BAKER &MCKENZIEBaker & McKenzie advisedconfectionery producer EWedel on a new prosecutionand enforcement strategy toprotect its brand for Bird’sMilk, which has becomewidely used in the past 50years. It has also added fivelawyers in the past year,including life sciencesspecialist Ewa Rutkowska.

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Baker & McKenzie

Hogan Lovells

LDS

Patpol

Polservice

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PERUWINNER: BARREDAMOLLERBarreda Moller is one of thefew Peruvian IP firmsfeaturing in-house engineers.

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Barreda Moller

Clarke Modet

Estudio Colmenares

Estudio Francisco Espinosa

Bellido Abogados

SINGAPOREWINNER: ATMD BIRD &BIRDATMD Bird & Bird helped itsclient win one of the biggestIP cases last year, acting forRecordTV in its copyrightdispute with MediaCorp. Ithas also been cracking downon the makers anddistributors of devices thatbypass technology protectionmeasures.

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Amica Law

ATMD Bird & Bird

Drew & Napier

SCOTLANDWINNER: HGFHGF has rapidly expanded inthe past three years. Itmanages portfolios formedical devices producerDevro, while other clientsinclude Ambicare in patentsand Mackays Stores, LinnProducts and Red Spider intrade marks.

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Harrison Goddard Foote

Maclay Murray Spens

McGrigors

Murgitroyd

RUSSIAWINNER: GORODISSKY &PARTNERSGorodissky & Partners is thefront-runner in prosecution inRussia, and has beenincreasing its profile incontentious work. Last year,the firm defended oil and gascompany Positron againstSynergy-Leader. It also won atrade mark infringement casefor Blizzard Entertainmentover the World of Warcraftmark.

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Baker & McKenzie

Gorodissky & Partners

Salans

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SOUTH KOREA –CONTENTIOUSWINNER: KIM & CHANG

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Bae Kim & Lee

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

SOUTH KOREA –PROSECUTION WINNER: KIM & CHANG

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Kim & Chang

Lee International IP & Law

Group

You Me Patent & Law Firm

YP Lee, Mock & Partners

Kim & Chang strengthened its team last year with the hiresof Duck Soon Chang and Junghoon Kenneth Oh and formerKipo commissioner Jung-Sik Koh. The team helped Daewoopersuade the Supreme Court to overturn IP Tribunal andPatent Court decisions in a patent dispute with LGElectronics over drum washers. Clients include Philips Korea,BASF, Microsoft, H&M and Abercrombie & Fitch.

SOUTH AFRICAWINNER: ADAMS &ADAMSAdams & Adams is activethroughout the region, andlast year opened a new officein Angola. In one recent case,the firm advised Oilwellagainst Protec and theRegistrar of Trademarks in acase concerning whetherregistered IP rights constitute“capital”. This has beenappealed to the SupremeCourt of Appeal.

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Adams & Adams

Bowman Gilfillan

Spoor and Fisher

SPAIN – PROSECUTIONWINNER: ABG PATENTESABG has the largest team ofpatent attorneys in thecountry and saw a 20%increase in work last year.It represented Novartis in itspan-European case againstJohnson & Johnson as well asworking on SPC advice forNeurim.

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ABG Patentes

Duran-Corretjer

Elzaburu

Herrero

ZBM Patentes

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SWEDENWINNER: MAQS ANDDANOWSKY & PARTNERSMAQS and Danowsky &Partners both acted in thelandmark Pirate Bay case, onerepresenting the movieindustry and one acting forthe music industry. Theextensive litigation madeworldwide headlines, setimportant precedents and ledto record damages beingawarded.

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Awapatent

Bird & Bird

Danowsky & Partners

MAQS

SPAIN – CONTENTIOUSWINNER: URÍAMENÉNDEZUría Menéndez is a firm thathas carved out a distinctivecopyright and media practice,acting in landmark cases ontelecoms and internet law andthe liability of intermediaries.

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Bird & Bird

Clifford Chance

Garrigues

Gomez-Acebo & Pombo

Urîa Menendez

TAIWANWINNER: LEE & LILee & Li is top rated in allareas of Managing IP’ssurvey. It has won severalimportant trade mark casesfor Apple and domesticbioscience company Kemin,and acted for Nokia Taiwan.

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Formosa Transnational

Lee and Li

Saint Island International Patent

& Law Offices

TIPLO

Tsar & Tsai Law Firm

SWITZERLANDWINNER: FUHRERMARBACH & PARTNERFuhrer Marbach & Partnerwon accolades from themarket for its increasedvisibility in contentious work.One competitor says: “It hasintensified its patent litigationdepartment and making avery solid impression there.”

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E Blum & Co

Fuhrer Marbach

Homburger

Isler & Pedrazzini

Lenz & Staehelin

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UK – PATENT PROSECUTIONWINNER: POTTER CLARKSONPotter Clarkson is consistently rated inthe top tier and boasts clients includingGSK, Nokia and AstraZeneca, forwhich it is acting in oppositions beforethe EPO relating to patents for theblockbuster Nexium.

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Carpmaels & Ransford

Gill Jennings & Every

D Young

Kilburn & Strode

Potter Clarkson

TURKEYWINNER: DERISDeris represents companies includingUnilever, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo andNike and recently advised clients onsetting up anti-counterfeiting programs.It acted for Longchamp in criminalcounterfeiting cases, which led to 3000bags being seized in eight cities, and forHermes in registering two handbags –the first 3D marks to be accepted by theTurkish Patent Institute.

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Ankara Patent Bureau

Deris

Destek

Mehmet Gun

Stock

THAILANDWINNER: TILLEKE & GIBBINSTilleke & Gibbins helped Jet AviationManagement defeat a trade markopposition brought by ConocoPhillipsthat went to the Supreme Court. PartnerAlan Adcock and his team obtained arare Anton Piller Order from the IP &IT Court for a manufacturer ofmagnetic powder.

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Baker & McKenzie

Domnern Somgiat & Boonma

Rouse

Tilleke & Gibbins

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UK – TRADE MARK PROSECUTIONWINNER: BOULT WADE TENNANTBoult Wade Tennant has bounced backto the top, handling more than 1200trade mark applications last year. Itadvised on the Barbara Becker surnamecase, the Rugby World Cup filingprogramme, the Charmin/Cushellerebrand and work for Coty, Sony, Lotusand the Really Useful Group.

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Boult Wade Tennant

Carpmaels & Ransford

Hogan Lovells

Jenkins

Reddie & Grose

UK – TRADE MARK CONTENTIOUSWINNER: HOGAN LOVELLSHogan Lovells boasts clients includingCaterpillar, Merck, HTC and SABMillerfor whom it offers the full range of IPservices. Last year it took on themanagement of the entire trade markportfolio of Mars.

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Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Hogan Lovells

Taylor Wessing

Wragge & Co

UK – PATENT CONTENTIOUSWINNER: BIRD & BIRDBird & Bird has handled a wide rangeof licensing, mediation and litigationand has acted in reported cases forGedeon Richter, Gemstar and Nokia,many of them involving cutting-edgeissues, and represents EMGS in itslandmarks case against Schlumberger.

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Allen & Overy

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Marks & Clerk Solicitors

Powell Gilbert

Wragge & Co

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US FIRM IN EUROPEWINNER: MCDERMOTTWILL & EMERYMcDermott Will & Emeryacts in major patent litigationfor clients including Vistoand Novartis, including inmulti-national litigation overcontact lens patents.

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Arnold & Porter

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

McDermott Will & Emery

VIETNAMWINNER: PHAM &ASSOCIATESPham & Associates acted in atrade mark infringement casefor Perfetti Van Melle againstlocal manufacturer Hamidoover lollipops. Following asettlement, all infringingproducts were destroyed.

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Baker & McKeznie

Hogan Lovells

Pham & Associates

Tilleke & Gibbins

Vision & Associates

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EUROPE – COPYRIGHT, MEDIA &SPORT WINNER: FRESHFIELDSFreshfields has notablecopyright and media practicesin the UK, France andGermany. In a major project,it is working on legal mattersrelating to next year’s LondonOlympics, including brandprotection, licensing andambush marketing.

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Baker & McKenzie

DLA Piper


Herbert Smith

Olswang

EUROPE – LIFE SCIENCES WINNER: SIMMONS &SIMMONSSimmons & Simmons isregularly consulted by a widerange of clients in pharma,biotechnology, medicaldevices and consumer healthincluding GSK, Sanofi-Aventis, Genmab and BectonDickinson.

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Bird & Bird

Herbert Smith

Hoyng Monegier

Simmons & Simmons

Taylor Wessing

EUROPE –PATENTSWINNER: BIRD & BIRDBird & Bird has outstandingpractices in eightjurisdictions, and has in thepast year coordinated majormultinational disputes inpharmaceuticals and telecomswork.

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Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Nauta Dutilh

Simmons & Simmons

Wragge & Co

EUROPE – INTERNET & DOMAINNAMES WINNER: HOGANLOVELLSHogan Lovells has astandalone domain namepractice and has filed over20,000 domain names forclients as part of its one-stopservice. Last year it becamethe first major law firm to beaccredited by Icann as adomain name registrar.

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Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

Hogan Lovells

MarkMonitor

Melbourne IT

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN IPThis award is presented to Jiang Zhipei, former chief justiceof the Intellectual Property Chamber of the Supreme People’sCourt of China. In addition to his pioneering work as ajudge, which involved helping to set up the Supreme Court’sIP tribunal, Jiang has worked tirelessly to raise IP awarenesswithin China and to help foreigners to understand the coun-try’s IP system. He created and maintained a bilingual web-site called China IPR Law.com that is one of the most usefulresources on IP in China. A native of Beijing, Jiang was thefocus of a profile by the New York Times in 2005 thatdescribed him as “an extrovert” for his willingness to speakopenly and to give tours of the country’s Supreme Court. Hehas spoken at hundreds of events, both in China and alsointernationally – from Stanford Law School to Singapore.Now of counsel at Fangda Partners, Jiang is the Vice

President of the IPR Association of China Law Society,Deputy Managing Director of China Copyright Associationand Vice President of AIPPI’s China Branch.

Jiang Zhipei

Supreme People’s Court

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN IPPeter Messerli is vice-president of the European PatentOffice and president of the Boards of Appeal. In this roleMr Messerli has been at the heart of patent law develop-ments in Europe, managing the workload of the EPOBoards of Appeal and chairing the Enlarged Board, whichhas played an increasingly visible role in developing the lawon issues such as Swiss-style claims, dosage regimens, stemcells, surgical methods, divisional applications and ofcourse computer-implemented inventions.Mr Messerli has been in his role for 15 years, having previ-

ously held a senior role in the Swiss Federal IP Institute, andwill retire from the EPO later this year. During his term thedecisions of the Boards of Appeal have become highly regard-ed by European practitioners and courts. In many cases theyhave helped to harmonise issues where there has been confu-sion or differing interpretations. His leadership and manage-ment of the Boards has been widely applauded and we aredelighted to present this award to him this evening.

Peter Messerli,

European Patent Office

IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEARWINNER: ARMARM has become one of the foremost players in thesemiconductor industry thanks largely to its innovativebusiness model, which hinges on the licensing of its valuableintellectual property to manufacturing partners. ARM receivesa licence fee for the IP and a royalty on every chip or waferproduced – more than 15 billion of them to date. Itmanufactures nothing itself, yet it is likely that everyone inthis room has used a device incorporating ARM designs atsome point. While this has been a visionary business strategy, like all

strategies it requires hard work and skill on the part of thosewho implement it. This includes the writing and prosecutionof patents; the willingness to defend rights in court whennecessary; and the drafting and maintenance of literally hundreds of licence agreements.ARM’s success in the semiconductor industry has been in

great part due to the quality of its IP rights and its creativityin exploiting them and we are pleased to recognise the teamthat has been instrumental in that process tonight.

EUROPE – TRADE MARKS WINNER: BAKER & MCKENZIEBaker & McKenzie has built up an impressive practicethroughout the continent, particularly in rapidly developingmarkets such as Poland and Russia. It manages portfolios forclients such as Unilever, BAT and Nike and last year won thelandmark smell-a-like case for L’Oréal.

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