Global law firm K&L Gates LLP and its lawyers have been named among the world's leading intellectual property practices and professionals in Managing IP magazine's "IP Stars" 2024 rankings. The firm received practice rankings for trademarks, intellectual property, patents, copyright and related rights, and ITC litigation across seven jurisdictions and nearly 30 K&L Gates lawyers were recognized for their work in trademark, patent, and copyright.
The jurisdictions in which the firm was recognized in the 2023 edition include:
Australia
- Copyright and related rights
- Trademark - law firms
United States (Nationwide)
- ITC Litigation
- Trademark prosecution
California
- Trademark disputes
- Trademark prosecution
Illinois
- Patent prosecution
Massachusetts
- Trademark
Pennsylvania
- Intellectual Property
Washington
- Intellectual Property
The K&L Gates individuals recognized include:
Australia
- Tim Appleby - rising star
- Jonathan Feder – trademark star
- Sally Foreman – notable practitioner
- Harrison Ottaway – rising star
- Gregory Pieris – rising star
- Chris Round – notable practitioner
- Tony Watson – trademark star
Germany
- Thorsten Vormann – trademark star
Italy
- Veronica Muratori – rising star
South Korea
- Tyler Won – notable practitioner
United Kingdom
- Arthur Artinian – trademark star
- Simon Casinader – rising star
United States (Nationwide)
- Theo Angelis – patent star
- Shu Chen – notable practitioner
- Eric Lee – rising star
- Tyler Won – notable practitioner
California
- Louis Cullman – patent and transactions star
District of Columbia
- Susan Kayser – trademark star
Florida
- Jonathan Morton – trademark star
Illinois
- Bob Barrett – patent star
- Jeffrey Gargano – patent star
Massachusetts
- David Byer – trademark star
Pennsylvania
- Patrick McElhinny – patent star
Texas
- Christopher Graff – trademark star
- Stewart Mesher – trademark star
Washington
- Theo Angelis – patent star
- Pam Kohli Jacobson – trademark and patent star
- Jeffrey Johnson – trademark and copyright star
- Pallavi Wahi – trademark star
IP Stars is a leading guide to IP law firms and practitioners worldwide. IP Stars rankings evaluate experience, workload, market reputation, outcomes achieved for clients, and unique strengths in a variety of IP practice areas, making it one of the most comprehensive guides in the IP profession.
K&L Gates' IP practice boasts more than 250 lawyers and professionals – including more than 100 registered patent lawyers, agents, and technology specialists with technical or advanced science degrees, nearly 30 with doctorates – who devote their practices to helping clients establish, enforce, and leverage their intellectual property rights worldwide. The practice filed more than 5,400 patent applications and 4,550 trademarks worldwide in 2023.