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’ 2022 rankings. The firm received six practice rankings for trademark across four jurisdictions and 22 K&L Gates lawyers were recognized for their work in trademark, patent, and copyright. 

The jurisdictions in which the firm was recognized in the 2022 edition for trademark include:

Australia 

• Trademark contentious 
• Trademark prosecution 

Nationwide U.S.

• Trademark prosecution 

California

• Trademark contentious  
• Trademark prosecution  

Massachusetts

• Trademarks

The K&L Gates individuals recognized include: 

Australia

• Jonathan Feder – trademark 
• Chris Round – notable practitioner
• Patrick Sands – patent 
• Tony Watson – trademark

California

• Louis Cullman – patent and transactions 

District of Columbia

• Susan Kayser – trademark 

Florida

• Jonathan Morton – trademark 

Germany 

• Thorsten Vormann – trademark 

Illinois 

• Bob Barrett – patent
• Alan Barry – notable practitioner 
• Jeffrey Gargano – patent 

London 

• Arthur Artinian – trademark 

Massachusetts 

• David Byer – trademark 

New Jersey 

• Frank Politano – notable practitioner 

Pennsylvania 

• Patrick McElhinny – patent 

Texas 

• Christopher Graff – trademark 
• Stewart Mesher – trademark 

Washington 

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

In addition, Seattle partner Theo Angelis was shortlisted for the Litigator of the Year: Washington award.

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 has more than 200 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. Through its members across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Australia, K&L Gates’ IP practice filed more than 5,500 patent applications and 4,500 trademarks worldwide in 2021.