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” 2023 rankings. The firm received practice rankings for trademark, intellectual property, patent prosecution, and ITC litigation across seven jurisdictions and more than 25 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

• 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 
• Harrison Ottaway – rising star
• Gregory Pieris – rising star
• Chris Round – notable practitioner
• Patrick Sands – patent 
• Tony Watson – trademark

Germany

• Thorsten Vormann – trademark 

Italy

• Veronica Muratori – rising star 

Japan

• Tyler Won – notable practitioner 

United Kingdom

• Arthur Artinian – trademark 
• Simon Casinader – rising star 

United States (Nationwide)

• Theo Angelis – patent
• Eric Lee – rising star 
• Tyler Won – notable practitioner   

California

• Louis Cullman – patent and transactions 

District of Columbia

• Susan Kayser – trademark 

Florida

• Jonathan Morton – trademark 

Illinois 

• Bob Barrett – patent
• Jeffrey Gargano – patent 

Massachusetts 

• David Byer – trademark 

Pennsylvania 

• Patrick McElhinny – patent 

Texas 

• Christopher Graff – trademark 
• Stewart Mesher – trademark

Washington 

• Theo Angelis – patent 
• Pam Kohli Jacobson – trademark and patent 
• Jeffrey Johnson – trademark and copyright 
• Pallavi Wahi – trademark 

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 4,750 patent applications and 2,350 trademarks worldwide in 2022.