Rankings 2015 "Leader League" - Mejores Firmas de PI y Datos Personales

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Michelle Lee USPTO

Nick Hughes M-PESA

Francis Gurry WIPO

1 - ExEcutivE Summary

2 - 50 LEadErS

3 - rankingS: bESt adviSorS by countryInvestment Banks - law fIrms - IP attorneys

4 - ExtErnaL contributorS

top adviSorS dirEctory

guide 2015

innovation - technology & intellectual propertyHardware - Software - telecom - internet - media - iP - life ScienceS

AN ANNuAL RePORT FROM LeAdeRs LeAgue

i - amEricaS 48. Brazil 52. Canada 60. mexico 66. Peru 69. Usa

ii - EuropE 95. Belgium 101. france 124. Germany 130. Italy 136. luxembourg

140. netherlands145. Portugal159. spain154. switzerland160. russia164. United kingdom

iii - aSia172. China177. India181. Japan

Patent & trademark attorneys

venture capital

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INNOvATION - TEcHNOLOGy & INTELLEcTUAL PrOPErTy rANkINGS

INTErNATIONAL rEPOrT & dIrEcTOry SErIES 2015 I LEAdErS LEAGUE60

mexico

INTErNATIONAL rEPOrT & dIrEcTOry SErIES 2015 I LEAdErS LEAGUE 61

mexico BeSt iP firmS: Patent ProSecution

FIRM (LISTED aLPHaBETICaLLy) LEaDING PaRTNERS

excellentBecerril, coca & Becerril Oscar Becerril, Hector Chagoya

olivares César Ramos

uhthoff, Gómez vega & uhthoff Javier Uhthoff Orive

HiGHly recommendedarochi & lindner Jorge Mier y Concha

Basham, ringe y correa José Hinojosa

dumont Bergman Bider & co Laura Collada, Jorge Gomez, armando Pinto

Goodrich riquelme & asociados Enrique Diaz

recommendedBufete Soni Mariano Soni

calderon & de la Sierra Carlos Perez De La Sierra

clake modet & co angelica Pardavell

Gonzales rossi abogados alejandro Gonzalez Rossi

Panamericana de Patentes y marcas antonio Torres

Santamarina y Steta José Pablo Pérez Zea

tsuru, morales isla abogados Gloria Isla, Kiyoshi Tsuru

mexico BeSt iP firmS: trademarK ProSecution

FIRM (LISTED aLPHaBETICaLLy) LEaDING PaRTNERS

leadinGBasham Martin Michaus, Eduardo Kleinberg, Jorge Vega, adolfo athié

olivares Sergio Olivares, antonio Belaunzarán

uhthoff, Gómez vega & uhthoff Consuelo González Rodríguez , Manuel Soto Gutierrez, Eryck Castillo Orive

excellentarochi lindner Maria Teresa Eljure

avahlegal Marimar Bordes, Mariel Vélez

Bufete Soni Mariano Soni

Hogan lovells Bernardo Herrerias

calderon & de la Sierra Carlos Pérez de la Sierra

dumont Bergman Bider & co Laura Collada


HiGHly recommendedBaker & mcKenzie Sergio Legorreta

Gonzalez rossi alejandro Gonzalez

müggenburg Gorches Peñalosa mGPS Jean yves Peñalosa

ortiz monasterio marcas y Patentes Fernando Ortiz Monasterio

Panamericana de Patentes y marcas Miguel Esteva

recommendedcancino ayuso abogados Pablo Carrillo Riva Palacio

clarke modet & co angelica Pardavell

Gonzalez calvillo Pablo Hooper

legarreta y asociados Luis Legarreta

noriega y escobedo abogados alfredo Rangel

tsuru, morales isla abogados Gloria Isla, Kiyoshi Tsuru

mexico BeSt law firmS: iP litiGation

Law FIRM (LISTED aLPHaBETICaLLy) LEaDING PaRTNERS

leadinG

arochi lindner Roberto arochi, Hedwig Lidner

Basham ringe y correa Martin Michaus, Eduardo Kleinberg, José Hinojosa

olivares Daniel Sanchez , alejandro Luna

uhthoff, Gómez vega & uhthoff Mario Ponce walraven, Saúl Santoyo Orozco

excellent

calderon & de la Sierra Carlos Pérez de la Sierra

dumont Bergman Bider & co Laura Collada, Jorge Gomez

Santamarina y Steta Daniel Legaspi Jaime, Jose Pablo Perez Zea

HiGHly recommended

avahlegal Elias Rios, alberto Huerta Bleck, Tomás arankowsky

Becerril, coca & Becerril Juan Carlos amaro

Bufete Soni Mariano Soni, Miguel Ortiz


Hogan lovells Bernardo Herrerias

müggenburg Gorches Peñalosa Esteban Gorches

recommended

cuesta, llaca y esquivel Gaston Esquivel

Gonzalez rossi abogados alejandro Gonzalez

iberbrand Diego G. Rossi, ana L. Vargas

noriega y escobedo abogados alfredo Rangel

Panamericana de Patentes y marcas Miguel Esteva

Solcargo Guillermo Solorzano



Hector E. Chagoya

L eaders: Fernando Becerril, Hector E. chagoya

E stablished: 1959

Track record: Among the oldest IP bou-tiques in Mexico, Becerril Coca Becerril is very well known for patent prosecution issues, it is probably one of the most actives firms filing patents. The firm also actively represents pharmaceutical clients in patent litigation. Some of the key clients include important technological companies.

Team & differentiation: The team is for-med by 8 partners and 50 lawyers. Thanks to their expert technical team the firm is one of the most important in Mexico in patent prosecution. Hector Chagoya is recognized for his patent expertise. He is a chemical engineer and heads the patent and techno-logy team. The firm is also active in trade-marks, copyright, internet and IT issues.

Becerril coca Becerril:StronG exPertiSe in Patent ProSecution

Sergio Olivares Jr.

L eaders: S. Olivares Jr., L. Schmidt, A. Luna, c. ramos, A. Belauzaran, A. camargo, d. Sanchez, A. diaz

E stablished: 1969

Track record: World biggest brands such as Pepsi and G.E. comprise the firm’s list of clients. On the patent side the team has filed more than 14,000 patents in the last ten years. Spotify was advised by Olivares for its entry into the Mexican market. Big names of pharma are part of the clients also. In that sector we can mention Eli Lilly, Novartis, Sanofi, Takeda and GlaxoSmithKline.

Team & differentiation: This IP boutique has 9 partners devoted to satisfying the needs of the IP universe. They are very well recognized for patent, trademark, and copy-rights in both prosecution and litigation, as well as all matters related to intellectual pro-perty. As part of the team we find engineers with different specializations who allow the firm to help clients with extremely technical issues in all industries.

olivareS:tHe one-StoP SHoP for iP and it matterS

Javier Uhthoff Orive

L eaders: Javier Uhthoff Orive, Mario Ponce, Saul Santoyo, Manuel Soto, consuelo Gonzales

E stablished: 1905

Track record: The list of clients is impres-sive. We can find many noteworthy inter-national brands as clients, some companies having been clients of the firm for more than 40 years, such as Shell, L’Oréal, and Tetra Pak. More recent clients include: Bayer, Knorr, and BBVA Bancomer. On the patent side they have represented Xerox, Nintendo Co. and Michelin, among others.

Team & differentiation: The biggest and oldest Mexican IP boutique. 11 partners and 44 associates form this impressive IP team. The reputation of Uhthoff has passed from one generation to another. As an example Javier Uhthoff-Orive, who started in the firm in 1984, is now in charge of the patent legal area, and is quite renowned for his expertise.

uHtHoff:more tHan a century devoted to iP ServiceS

Martin Michaus

L eaders: Martin Michaus, Adolfo Athié, Eduardo kleinberg, José Hinojosa

E stablished: 1912

Track record: With probably the biggest IP team in a Mexican full-service law firm, Basham has many clients on the Fortune 500 list. Some of the big names it advises are: Disney, BASF, and Walmart. The team has well recognized capabilities in handling complicated IP litigations for international companies.

Team & differentiation: Martin Michaus is more than well-known among the IP Mexi-can lawyers, but Eduardo Kleinberg, José Hinojosa and Adolfo Athié have very good reputations too. Last year the team stren-gthened with the promotion of Jorge Vega. The firm is also developing important exper-tise in privacy and data protection with the participation of Rosa Maria Franco.

BaSHam:a full-Service firm witH a tremendouS iP team

Some of the best law firms

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The criterias are:• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers,

managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive…, education & training level of the associates (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)

• Volume, nature and quality of the vases dealt by the firm• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s client base• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity

considered in the ranking

Rankings are established with the following tools:

• Submission form procedure: We send questionnaires & submission forms to the structure already included in Leaders League rankings and to others

likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide information on their organization, their client bases, their track record and their market.

• Qualitative procedure: To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and market researchers also have meetings with a large number of companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks) who have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh intelligence on the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.


mexico BeSt law firmS: tmt


leadinG

1 BGBG Carlos Bello

2 acedo Santamarina andres acedo

excellent

Gonzalez luna & alvarez del castillo Joaquin alvarez del Castillo, Federico Gonzalez Luna

olivares Luis Schmidt

rios ferrer, Guillén-llarena, treviño y rivera, S.c. Ricardo Rios Ferrer

ruiz, Sánchez curiel, conesa y García Ivan Ruiz

Sesma, Sesma & mcneese Carlos M. Sesma

HiGHly recommended

Baker & mcKenzie Sergio Legorreta

deschamps y asociados Jaime Deschamps Gonzalez

Hogan lovells Federico Hernández

Greenberg traurig Luis Rubio Barnetche

mijares, angoitia, cortés y fuentes Ricardo Maldonado, Patricio Trad

robles miaja abogados Rafael Robles

recommended

dla Piper Gallastegui y lozano Eduardo Gallástegui armella

Bufete Quijano Clara Luz alvarez, Rebeca Servin

lopez velarde, Heftye y Soria Gerardo Soria

nader, Hayaux y Goebel Julian Garza

Santamarina y Steta Jorge Leon-Orantes

BGBG : more tHan a decade SPecializinG in telecom and data Protection

Track record: On the Telecom side the firm has advised satellite and mobile firms. As far as media is concerned the team has some important clients from the cinema distribu-tion industry as well as some well-known film producers. Technology speaking, and notably in data protection and privacy, BGBG has advised several financial institutions and also some hotel chains.

Team & differentiation: Carlos Bello is the Mexican specialist in TMT law matters. He has been working on that for years and started advi-sing satellites’ companies and many international clients. Hector Guzman the partner in charge of the Data protection and Privacy Department, he is one of the Mexican pioneers in the field. He also heads the recently opened office in Madrid, sharing his time between Mexico and Spain.

L eaders: carlos Bello, Hector Guzman

E stablished: 2001

Carlos Bello



mexico BeSt law firmS: data Protection


excellent

BGBG Hector Guzman

davara abogados Isabel Davara

dumont Bergman Bider & co Cédric Laurant

lex informatica abogados Joel Gomez

HiGHly recommended

Basham abogados Rosa Maria Franco, adolfo athié

Bufete Soni Mauricio Hernandez

orenday Serratos abogados Rodrigo Orenday

rios abogados agustin Rios aguilar

recommended

Baker & mcKenzie Sergio Legorreta

creel, García-cuéllar, aiza y enríquez Begoña Cancino

olivares abraham Diaz, alejandro Luna

Sesma, Sesma & mcneese Carlos M. Sesma, Maria Rivero Del Paso

uhthoff, Gómez vega & uhthoff Ignacio Domínguez Torrado

vera abogados Ignacio Vera Estrada

dumont BerGman Bider & co: a PreStiGiouS mexican iP BoutiQue

Track record: Even if data protection and privacy worries are quite recent in Mexico, Cedric Laurant is already pretty active in the field in the Federal District. For example, he advises telecom companies and one of the global leaders in the beverage sector. Further, Laurant has previous experience in Belgium, which is helpful for advising the team’s many European clients.

Team & differentiation: Dumont Bergman Bider is one the IP boutiques most recognized in Mexico. Laura Collado and Armando Pinto are the key people for IP matters. Recently developed in several firms, DB&B’s Infor-mation Technology practice is headed in Dumont by Cédric Laurant. He is already considered as an expert in privacy and data protection.

L eaders: Laura collada, Armando Pinto, cédric Laurant

E stablished: 1940

Cedric Laurant


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