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Managing Intellectual Property firm rankings – patents 2022

June 2022

HGF is delighted to be ranked Tier 1 and Tier 2 in the latest Managing Intellectual Property firm rankings for patent work.

Managing Intellectual Property has published the patent work rankings for the 2022 edition of IP STARS. The results available now are firm rankings for patent prosecution and patent contentious.

Patent work rankings

England, United Kingdom

Tier 1 – Patent Prosecution

Tier 2 – Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)

Scotland, United Kingdom

Tier 1 – Patent Prosecution

Trade marks rankings

HGF is also ranked Tier 1, Tier 2 and Highly recommended in this year’s Managing IP trade mark protection and litigation rankings.

IP Stars

HGF has 16 of our European attorneys across patents, trade marks and transactions ranked in the Managing IP IP Stars list.

About IP STARS

Managing IP published its first legal directory in 1994 and rebranded it in 2013 as IP STARS. The publication quickly established itself as the leading specialist guide for IP law firms and practitioners across the world. The research for the IP STARS guide covers a variety of IP practice areas and more than 70 jurisdictions, making it the most comprehensive and widely respected guide in the IP profession.

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