-The Winners of the 2024 IP Eagle Talents Selection and Training Program (Series)-
On 12 January, the 2025 Enterprise IP Strategy Forum and Annual Conference of In-house IP Managers kicked off at the Beijing International Hotel. At the grand party in that evening, the Launching Ceremony of the Selection and Training Program for Outstanding IP Practitioners and the Appointment Ceremony of Think Tank Experts (Training Mentors) were held and the winners of the 2024 Outstanding In-house IP Managers; 2024 Outstanding IP Service Teams; 2024 Outstanding International IP Service Teams; and 2024 Outstanding IP Management Teams under the IP Eagle Talents Selection and Training Program were unveiled.
The winners of the IP Eagle Talents Selection and Training Program will be released online in the near future.
2024 Outstanding International IP Service Teams
The IP Eagle Talents Selection and Training Program aims at exploring a new mechanism for the cultivation of high-level, multi-disciplinary and international IP talents. It is designed to implement the strategic requirements of the 15-year plan (2021-2035) on the development of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the 14th Five-Year Plan of IP Protection and Use, which are: creating a more open, more active and more dynamic environment for the development of IP talents; improving the mechanism for the training, evaluation, motivation and allocation of IP talents; and executing a special IP talent training program.
The candidates of 2024 Outstanding International IP Service Teams are: international IP service teams or institutions with extensive experience serving Chinese clients or/and IP service teams or institutions based in China with exceptional international service capabilities. The selection criteria are: (1) the team members are law-abiding, honest and trustworthy, with good professional ethics; (2) the team has been established and operating for at least three years; (3)the team has more than 5 members; (4) the leaders and core members of the team have attained a certain level of professionalism in terms of qualifications, years of experience and educational background; (5) the team is representative of the industry in terms of the typical cases it has handled, and the major achievements it has obtained; and (6) the team has made outstanding contributions related to IP international exchange in its industry or community in the past three years.
Nominations are received through self-nomination and recommendation. The results are decided through comprehensive evaluation by experts, and are hereby announced.
The following is a partial showcase of the winners of the 2024 Outstanding International IP Service Teams (with the full list to follow):
GLP Intellectual Property Office
Founded in 1967, with almost 60 years of history, GLP is an Italian IP boutique recognized in the market as a leading European IP firm, offering a complete range of IP services from patents to trademarks, designs and IP litigations. Ranked at a top European level by the most authoritative sources, such as Financial Times as a "Europe Leading Patent Law Firm" in each area of industrial expertise, GLP has the honour to count among its Clients some of the most prestigious companies in Europe, China, America and the rest of the world.
Gorodissky & Partners
Founded in 1959, Gorodissky & Partners is headquartered in Moscow and has branch offices in Russia,Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the United Arab Emirates. The firm represents clients around Eurasia. As the largest IP firm in Russia, Gorodissky & Partners was founded by patent/trademark attorneys and lawyers, and currently has a team of 140 IP professionals who have successfully represented a number of well-known Chinese companies in IP disputes in Russia.
KIM & CHANG (韩国金张律师事务所)
Kim & Chang is one of the largest full-service law firms in Asia. By combining the highest level of IP practices in Korea with the resources of a leading law firm, the IP department of Kim & Chang has accumulated extensive experience in handling difficult IP cases over the past 50 years. It has successfully represented a number of well-known Chinese companies in patent, design, and trademark disputes in Korea.
Murgitroyd (迈创智德欧洲知识产权事务所)
Murgitroyd is a leading European IP firm with almost 450 professionals and related service staff worldwide. It boasts an IP services network spanning Europe, North America, and Asia. For over 50 years, Murgitroyd has assisted global innovators and enterprises of all types in protecting their intellectual assets and realizing business value. Their expertise and dedication have been recognized by the Financial Times, which has awarded Murgitroyd the title of "Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms" from 2019 to 2024.
The full list of the winners of the 2024 Outstanding International IP Service Teams (IP Eagle Talents)：
Asia
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office/中国贸促会专利商标事务所 (China)
INVESTIP (Vietnam)
KIM & CHANG LAW FIRM/金张律师事务所 (South Korea)
Skrine/思纪龄 (Malaysia)
Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand)
Europe
Bandpay & Greuter/欧洲必恩吉专利事务所（France）
GLP Intellectual Property Office (Italy)
Gorodissky & Partners (Russia)
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP/慧智林欧洲知识产权事务所 (UK)
Murgitroyd /迈创智德欧洲知识产权事务所 (UK)
North America
Fish & Richardson P.C./美国斐锐律师事务所 (United States)
Perkins Coie LLP/博钦律师事务所 (United States)
South America
Dannemann Siemsen (Brazil)
Kasznar Leonardos (Brazil)
The above list is in alphabetical order of the team names.
Winners announced for 2024 Outstanding In-house IP Managers
