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” 2025 rankings. The firm received practice rankings for trademarks, intellectual property, patents, copyright and related rights, and ITC litigation across eight jurisdictions and 20 K&L Gates lawyers were recognized for their work in trademark, patent, and copyright.
The jurisdictions in which the firm was recognized in the 2025 edition include:
Australia
- Copyright and related rights
- Trademark - law firms
United Kingdom (England)
- Trademark
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
- Jonathan Feder – trademark star
- Sally Foreman – notable practitioner
- Harrison Ottaway – rising star
- Greg Pieris – rising star
- Chris Round – notable practitioner
- Tony Watson – trademark star
Germany
- Thorsten Vormann – patent 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
- Tyler Won – notable practitioner
California
- Louis Cullman – patent and transactions star
Florida
- Jonathan Morton – trademark star
Illinois
- Jeffrey Gargano – patent star
Massachusetts
- David Byer – trademark star
Pennsylvania
- Patrick McElhinny – patent star
Texas
- Christopher Graff – trademark star
Washington
- Theo Angelis – patent star
- Pam Kohli Jacobson – trademark and patent star
- Jeffrey Johnson – trademark and copyright stars
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 215 lawyers
and professionals – including more than 100 registered patent
lawyers, agents, and technology specialists with technical or
advanced science degrees, 35 with doctorates – who devote
their practices to helping clients establish, enforce, and leverage
their intellectual property rights worldwide. The practice filed
more than 5,540 patent applications and 4,400 trademarks worldwide
in 2024.