K&L Gates and 15 lawyers across the firm's global platform have been recognized among the world's leading trademark practices and professionals in World Trademark Review's annual WTR 1000 rankings. These rankings are assessed through a comprehensive survey of leading trademark practitioners in more than 80 key jurisdictions worldwide.
As a firm, K&L Gates was ranked in the following categories:
- International (Recommended)
- Australia (Firms: enforcement and litigation)
- Australia (Firms: prosecution and strategy)
- United Kingdom (England and Wales, Firms: prosecution and strategy)
- United States (Illinois, Firms: prosecution and strategy)
- United States (Massachusetts, Firms)
- United States (Texas, Firms)
- United States (Washington, Firms)
Recommended individual lawyers ranked in the 2026 edition include:
- London partner Arthur Artinian (United Kingdom: England and Wales)
- Boston of counsel Kathleen Burch (United States: Massachusetts)
- Boston partner David Byer (United States: Massachusetts)
- London partner Simon Casinader (United Kingdom: England and Wales)
- Chicago partner Alexis Crawford Douglas (United States: Illinois)
- Melbourne partner Jonathan Feder (Australia)
- Austin partner Christopher Graff (United States: Texas)
- Chicago partner Sana Hakim (United States: Illinois)
- Seattle partner Pam Jacobson (United States: Washington)
- Pittsburgh partner Curtis Krasik (United States: Pennsylvania)
- Frankfurt partner Daniel Marschollek (Germany)
- Frankfurt counsel Manuel Merling (Germany)
- Melbourne partner Chris Round (Australia)
- Chicago partner Kathryn Starshak (United States: Illinois)
- Melbourne partner Tony Watson (Australia)
Now in its 16th year, the World Trademark Review 1000 survey is one of the industry's highly regarded publications and is based on face-to-face and telephone interviews with hundreds of lawyers and clients in the trademark industry, taking into account depth of expertise, market presence, and the level of work typically handled.
K&L Gates' IP practice boasts more than 215 lawyers and professionals – including more than 110 registered patent lawyers, agents, and technology specialists with technical or advanced science degrees, more than 40 with doctorates – who devote their practices to helping clients establish, enforce, and leverage their intellectual property rights worldwide. The practice filed 5,475 patent applications and 4,020 trademarks worldwide in 2025. The firm remains the only globally financially integrated law firm offering clients IP services across four continents.