FEBRUARY 2007
Cover story
Patent firms of the year
This month MIP publishes part one of the world\'s most detailed and authoritative survey of the IP market. Following five months\' research, in this issue we list the leading firms in patent prosecution and contentions work in 65 jurisdictions
Survey results: Asia
Australia
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Davies Collison Cave
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Tier 2
F B Rice & Co
Shelston IP
Watermark
Tier 3
Blake Dawson Waldron
Freehills
Madderns
Wray & Associates
Tier 4
Allens Arthur Robinson
Callinan Lawrie
Cullen & Co
Halford & Co
Mallesons Stephen Jacques
Pizzeys
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Allens Arthur Robinson
Tier 2
Blake Dawson Waldron
Clayton Utz
Davies Collison Cave
Freehills
Mallesons Stephen Jacques
Spruson & Ferguson
Tier 3
Baker & McKenzie
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Griffith Hack
Minter Ellison
Shelston IP
Tier 4
Banki Haddock Fiora
China
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Liu, Shen & Associates
Tier 2
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
China Patent Agent (HK)
China Science Patent & Trademark Agents
Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office LLC
Tier 3
Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency
China Sinda
Jeekai & Partners
NTD Patent & Trademark Agency
Zhongzi Law Office
Tier 4
Kangxin Partners PC
King & Wood
Tier 5
China Trademark & Patent Law Office Co
Dragon International Patent Office
East IP
Insight Intellectual Property
Lehman, Lee & Xu
Lung Tin International IP Agent
Tee & Howe
Unitalen Law Office
Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Liu, Shen & Associates
Tier 2
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
China Patent Agent (HK)
King & Wood
Tier 3
China Science Patent & Trademark Agents
China Sinda
Jeekai & Partners
Kangxin Partners PC
NTD Patent & Trademark Agency
Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office LLC
Zhongzi Law Office
Tier 4
Insight Intellectual Property
Lehman, Lee & Xu
Zy & Partners
China: foreign firms
PATENT
Tier 1
Baker & McKenzie
Lovells
Tier 2
Bird & Bird
Deacons
Rouse & Co
Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master
Jones Day
Vivien Chan & Co
Wilkinson & Grist
Hong Kong
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Deacons
Lloyd Wise
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Marks & Clerk
Wilkinson & Grist
Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master
Lovells
Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum
Tier 4
Eccles & Lee
Richards Butler
Simmons & Simmons
Vivien Chan & Co
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Deacons
Lovells
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Wilkinson & Grist
Tier 3
Johnson Stokes & Master
Tier 4
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Richards Butler
Robin Bridge & John Liu
Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum
India
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Anand and Anand
D P Ahuja & Co
Remfry & Sagar
Tier 2
De Penning & De Penning
S Majumdar & Co
Subramaniam, Nataraj & Associates
Tier 3
Groser & Groser
H K Acharya & Co
Kan & Krishme
Krishna & Saurastri
L S Davar & Co
Lall & Sethi
Lall Lahiri & Salhotra
Lex Orbis IP Practice
Tier 4
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
Amarjit & Associates
Fox Mandal Little
Khaitan & Co
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Anand and Anand
Tier 2
K & S Partners
Lall Lahiri & Salhotra
Remfry & Sagar
Tier 3
Amarjit & Associates
H K Acharya & Company
Krishna & Saurastri
Lall & Sethi
Man Mohan Singh Associates
Tier 4
D P Ahuja & Co
De Penning & De Penning
H W Kane
Kan & Krishme
Khaitan & Co
L S Davar & Co
Lex Orbis IP Practice
Indonesia
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Biro Oktroi Roosseno
Tier 2
Am Badar & Partners
Tier 3
Amroos & Partners
Int-Tra-Patent Bureau
Pacific Patent
Rouse & Co International
Tier 4
George Widjojo & Partners
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners
Lubis, Santosa & Maulana
Tier 2
Int-Tra-Patent Bureau
Rouse & Co International/Suryomurcito & Co
Soedmadipradja & Taher
Tier 3
S Gautama & Associates
Japan
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Nakamura & Partners
Tier 2
Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
Asamura Patent Office
Seiwa Patent & Law
Suzuye & Suzuye
Yuasa & Hara
Tier 3
Aoyama & Partners
Kyowa Patent & Law Office
Ohtsuka Patent Office
Tier 4
Hiroe & Associates
Okabe International Patent Office
Shiga International Patent Office
Shusaku Yamamoto
Soei Patent & Law Firm
Yamakawa International Patent Office
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Nakamura & Partners
Tier 2
Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
Yuasa & Hara
Tier 3
Abe & Matsutome
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Ohno & Partners
TMI Associates
Tier 4
City-Yuwa Partners
Hibiya Park Law Offices
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office/ Baker & McKenzie
Tokyo Eiwa Attorneys at Law
Tier 5
Kyowa Patent & Law Office
New Tokyo International
Soei Patent & Law Firm
Japan: foreign firms
PATENT
Tier 1
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Lovells
Morrison & Foerster
Tier 2
Hogan & Hartson
Sughrue Mion PLLC
Tier 3
Foley & Lardner LLP
Morgan Lewis
Malaysia
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Henry Goh & Co Sdn Bhd
Shearn Delamore & Co
Tier 2
KASS International Sdn Bhd
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Tier 3
Patrick Mirandah Co
RamRais & Partners
Shook Lin & Bok
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Tier 4
Advanz Fidelis
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Shearn Delamore & Co
Tier 2
RamRais & Partners
Shook Lin & Bok
Skrine
Sreenevasan Advocates & Solicitors
Wong & Partners/Baker & McKenzie
Tier 3
Raja, Darryl & Loh
Tay & Partners
Tier 4
Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill
New Zealand
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
A J Park
Baldwins
Tier 2
Henry Hughes
James & Wells
Pipers
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
A J Park
Baldwins
Tier 2
Henry Hughes
James & Wells
Tier 3
Kensington Swan
Pakistan
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Bharucha & Co
United Trademark & Patent Services
Vellani & Vellani
Tier 2
Remfry & Son
Sheikh Brothers
Tier 3
Ali & Associates
Khursheed Khan & Associates
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
United Trademark & Patent Services
Vellani & Vellani
Tier 2
Ali & Associates
Bharucha & Co
Tier 3
Khursheed Khan & Associates
Remfry & Son
Sheikh Brothers
The Philippines
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Tier 2
Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose
E B Astudillo & Associates
Poblador Azada & Bucoy
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles
Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan
Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako
Tier 3
ACCRA Law Offices
Del Rosario Bagamasbad & Raboca
Ortega Del Castillo Bacorro Odulio Calma & Carbonell
Tier 4
Carag Caballes Jamora & Somera
Hechanova & Co
Manuel Cases Jr & Associates
Villaraza & Angangco Law Offices
Zobella & Co
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
ACCRA Law Offices
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Tier 2
Ortega Del Castillo Bacorro Odulio Calma & Carbonell
Poblador Bautista & Reyes
Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan
Siguion Reyna Montecillo & Ongsiako
Tier 3
Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose
Del Rosario Bagamasbad & Raboca
Esguerra & Blanco
Quasha Ancheta Peña & Nolasco
Quisumbing Torres/Baker & McKenzie
R V Domingo & Associates
Singapore
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Drew & Napier LLC
Tier 2
Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva
Ella Cheong Spruson & Ferguson
Tier 3
Donaldson & Burkinshaw
Lloyd Wise
Rodyk & Davidson
Tier 4
Allen & Gledhill
Amica Law LLC
Lawrence Y D Ho & Associates
One Legal
Shook Lin & Bok
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva
Drew & Napier LLC
Tier 2
Rodyk & Davidson
Shook Lin & Bok
Tier 3
Allen & Gledhill
Amica Law LLC
Donaldson & Burkinshaw
Lee & Lee
One Legal
South Korea
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Kim & Chang
Tier 2
Firstlaw Lee & Ko
Lee International IP & Law Group
Y P Lee, Mock & Partners
You Me Patent & Law Firm
Tier 3
Koreana
Nam & Nam
Park, Kim & Partner
Tier 4
Bae, Kim & Lee
DeRyook International Patent & Law Firm
Hanyang International
Y S Chang & Associates
Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu
Tier 5
E M Hwang & Partners
Kims & Lees
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Kim & Chang
Tier 2
Firstlaw Lee & Ko
Lee International IP & Law Group
Tier 3
Koreana
Y P Lee, Mock & Partners
You Me Patent & Law Firm
Tier 4
Bae, Kim & Lee
Central International Law Firm
DeRyook International Patent & Law Firm
Hanyang International
Hwang Mok Park
Nam & Nam
Y S Chang & Associates
Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu
Tier 5
E M Hwang & Partners
Kims & Lees
Sri Lanka
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
F J & G de Saram
John Wilson Partners
Julius & Creasy
Murugesu & Neelakandan
Tier 2
D L & F de Saram
Nithya Partners
Sudath Perera Associates
Varners
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
John Wilson Partners
Julius & Creasy
Murugesu & Neelakandan
Tier 2
F J & G de Saram
Nithya Partners
Sudath Perera Associates
Taiwan
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Lee and Li
Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
TIPLO
Tier 2
Tai E International Patent & Law Office
Tsai, Lee & Chen
Wood & Wu Patent & Trademark Office
Tier 3
Asian Pacific International Patent & Trademark Office
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Union Patent Service Center
Tier 4
Alfred & Jason
Long River
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Lee and Li
Tier 2
Saint Island International Patent Law Offices
Tai E International Patent & Law Office
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
Tier 3
TIPLO
Tsai, Lee & Chen
Tier 4
Long River
Wood & Wu Patent & Trademark Office
Thailand
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Domnern Somgiat & Boonma
Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Tier 3
Anek & Brischon
Chavalit & Associates
Satyapon & Partners Ltd
S&I International Bangkok Office
Tier 4
Marut Bunnag International Law Office
Rouse & Co International
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Domnern Somgiat & Boonma
Tier 3
Chavalit & Associates
Rouse & Co
Satyapon & Partners Ltd
Tier 4
International Legal Counsellors Thailand
Vietnam
PATENT PROSECUTION
Tier 1
Pham & Associates
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Invenco
Vision & Associates
Tier 3
Investconsult Group
Investip
Rouse & Co International
Tier 4
Le & Le
Winco
Tier 5
Banca
P & TB (VCCI)
PATENT CONTENTIOUS
Tier 1
Pham & Associates
Tier 2
Baker & McKenzie
Vision & Associates
Tier 3
Banca
Rouse & Co International
Winco
Tier 4
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