Managing Intellectual Property Names Akin Gump and Its Lawyers to IP Stars List

(New York) – Managing Intellectual Property has named Akin Gump and several of its lawyers to its 2019 IP Stars list, a guide to the world’s leading IP firms and practitioners. The firm was recognized in the following areas:

• District of Columbia: Patent contentious
• Pennsylvania: Intellectual property
• Texas: Intellectual property
• United States (National): ITC litigation, Life sciences and Patent contentious

The lawyers noted in the guide are:

• Cono Carrano: Trademark star - District of Columbia, and Patent star - District of Columbia
• Dianne Elderkin: Patent star – Pennsylvania (previously recognized by Managing Intellectual Property as one of its Top 250 Women in IP; click here to learn more)
• Karol Kepchar: Trademark star - District of Columbia (previously named by World Trademark Review to the WTR 1000, a list of leading trademark professionals; click here to learn more)
• Steven Maslowski: Patent star – Pennsylvania
• Kevin McBride: Patent star – California
• Steven Zager: Trademark star - New York, and Patent star - New York (previously named one of The National Law Journal’s Intellectual Property Trailblazers; click here to learn more)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 850 attorneys in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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