Rankings & Awards
Recognized by IAM Patent 1000 for 2019
Intellectual Asset Management highlighted Paul Hastings' IP practice in IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals. The firm received top-tiered Nationwide rankings in the United States and Japan, and is one of only five firms to be ranked in South Korea for patent litigation. In addition to its national rankings, the firm is ranked in California, Washington, D.C., and New York. IAM recognized the firm’s Intellectual Property practice for strength in patent litigation, post-grant proceedings, International Trade Commission §337 Investigations, and Federal Circuit appellate litigation. Paul Hastings partners were ranked in California: Yar Chaikovsky and Chris Kennerly; Illinois: Rob Unikel; New York: Bruce Wexler, Joseph O'Malley, Eric Dittmann, Preston Ratliff, Chad Peterman, and Samuel Waxman; Washington D.C.: Naveen Modi, Blair Jacobs, Joseph Palys, and Allan Soobert; Japan: Hiroyuki Hagiwara; and South Korea: Jong Han Kim. Paul Hastings attorneys were also recognized in IAM's Nationwide tables: Yar Chaikovsky and Blair Jacobs were recommended for International Trade Commission litigation; Jacobs was recommended for his experience in Federal Circuit appellate litigation; and Naveen Modi and Joseph Palys were both recognized for their strength in post-grant proceedings.
June 07, 2019
Recognized as the 2019 Post-Grant Firm of the Year by IAM Magazine
Paul Hastings was recognized as the Post-Grant Firm of the Year at Intellectual Asset Management's inaugural Global IP Awards. The award recognizes the achievements of the firm's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Team, which practices before the US Patent & Trial Office. Over the past year, the team's accomplishments include numerous post-grant proceeding victories for technology and life sciences clients - four of which were affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
January 30, 2019
Recognized by IAM Patent 1000 for 2018
Intellectual Asset Management highlighted Paul Hastings' IP practice in IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals. The firm received top-tiered Nationwide rankings in the United States and Japan, and is one of only five firms to be ranked in South Korea for patent litigation. In addition to its national rankings, the firm received a new team ranking in California for patent litigation, along with rankings in Washington, D.C., and New York. IAM recognized the firm’s Intellectual Property practice for strength in patent litigation, post-grant proceedings, International Trade Commission §337 Investigations, and Federal Circuit appellate litigation. Paul Hastings partners were ranked in California: Yar Chaikovsky and Chris Kennerly; Illinois: Robert Unikel; New York: Bruce Wexler, Joseph O'Malley, Eric Dittmann, Preston Ratliff, and Samuel Waxman; Washington D.C.: Naveen Modi, Blair Jacobs, Joseph Palys, and Allan Soobert; Japan: Hiroyuki Hagiwara; and South Korea: Jong Han Kim. Paul Hastings attorneys were also recognized in IAM's Nationwide tables: Yar Chaikovsky and Blair Jacobs were recommended for International Trade Commission litigation; Jacobs was recommended for his experience in Federal Circuit appellate litigation; and Naveen Modi and Joseph Palys were both recognized for their strength in post-grant proceedings.
June 15, 2018
National Law Journal names Paul Hastings IP Partners as Winning Litigators, Trailblazers
In successive days, the National Law Journal honored members of Paul Hastings IP Litigation team with two nationwide recognitions. In the first recognition, NLJ named Yar Chaikovsky as named a Winning Litigator for his success representing the internet security company, Trend Micro, Inc in the US District Court of Delaware. In the second award, NLJ jointly named Chaikovsky, Blair Jacobs, and Chris Kennerly as Trailblazers in Litigation for their defense of AT&T against Cellular Communications Equipment LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Group. NLJ received hundreds of nominations for each of the annual series, which are among their most competitive.
December 06, 2016
Managing IP's 2015 IP Stars
Yar Chaikovsky, Gerald Flattmann, Blair Jacobs, Chris Kennerly, Naveen Modi, Joseph O'Malley, and Bruce Wexler were named 2015 IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Nationwide, the firm's Intellectual Property practice was ranked in the Bio/Life Sciences, Copyright, and Patent Contentious categories. In New York, the firm was ranked Highly Recommended in the Patent Contentious category, and in California, the firm was ranked Recommended in the Copyright and Patent Contentious categories.
May 15, 2015
Daily Journal Recognizes Chris Kennerly and Yar Chaikovsky as Top IP Attorneys
Chris Kennerly and Yar
Chaikovsky were recognized by the Daily Journal in its 2015 Top
Intellectual Property lawyers list.
April 20, 2015
Managing IP's 2014 Intellectual Property Stars
Jeff Randall, Joseph O'Malley, Gerald Flattmann, Bruce Wexler, Melanie Rupert and Christopher Kennerly were named 2014 IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Nationwide, the firm's Intellectual Property practice was
ranked in the Bio/Life Sciences, Copyright and Patent Contentious categories. In New York, the firm's IP practice was ranked
Highly Recommended in the Patent Contentious category and in California, the IP
practice was ranked Recommended in the Copyright and Patent Contentious
categories.
April 29, 2014