Welcome to the first edition of a unique guide which we believe is set to become one of the most eagerly anticipated annual publications in the world of patent law and practice. IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners is a brand-new Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine research product. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first one-stop-shop guide listing best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing and litigation practitioners in 50 key jurisdictions. As such, we hope that the IAM Patent 1000 will quickly become recognised as the definitive source of information for those seeking to identify world-class patent expertise at both the individual and firm level.
The firms of Sim & McBurney and Sim Lowman Ashton & McKay LLP were founded in 1970 to provide a full range of services in IP and commercial litigation in Canada.We are located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Canada’s largest city, convenient to the courts, local patent and trademark filing offices and the offices of many of Canada’s largest business enterprises.Sim & McBurney is a partnership of patent and trademark agents entitled to file and prosecute patent, trademark, industrial design, integrated circuit and copyright applications in Canada and the United States, with connections throughout the world to enable clients to file and coordinate ...
Gabriel Cuonzo is a trial lawyer and founding partner of Trevisan & Cuonzo Avvocati. He has extensive courtroom experience and has assisted local and international clients in complex commercial and IP litigation cases since 1983. Mr Cuonzo combines his commercial law skills with a specialisation in patent and trademark work, unfair competition, anti-counterfeiting and music and video piracy. He is also regularly involved in matters concerning design protection, copyright, licensing, multimedia, internet disputes and e-commerce. Mr Cuonzo has represented clients in a variety of industries, including automotive, electronics, glass and steel, textiles and software.Mr Cuonzo has ...
Electronics has long been an engine of the Finnish economy, but recent R&D cuts at Nokia, one of Finland’s largest employers, have left a considerable number of talented developers seeking new roles. Sources report a consequent increase in new technology start-ups and thus patentable inventions, together with a heightened awareness of the need to protect these assets. Although compact, the contentious scene remains active, playing host to issues in emerging areas such as clean-tech and gaming. In July 2011 Finnish game developer Rovio – perhaps most famous for its Angry Birds title – became a target of Lodsys, a US company accused by some of patent trolling.