K&L Gates' Global IP Practice, Lawyers Earn Rankings in Managing IP's 2025 "IP Stars"

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP and its lawyers have been named among the world’s leading intellectual property practices and professionals in Managing IP magazine’s “IP Stars” 2025 rankings. The firm received practice rankings for trademarks, intellectual property, patents, copyright and related rights, and ITC litigation across eight jurisdictions and 20 K&L Gates lawyers were recognized for their work in trademark, patent, and copyright. 

The jurisdictions in which the firm was recognized in the 2025 edition include: 

Australia 

• Copyright and related rights 

• Trademark - law firms 

United Kingdom (England) 

• Trademark  

United States (Nationwide) 

• ITC litigation 

• Trademark prosecution   

California 

• Trademark disputes  

• Trademark prosecution  

Illinois 

• Patent prosecution  

Massachusetts 

• Trademark  

Pennsylvania 

• Intellectual property  

Washington 

• Intellectual property 

The K&L Gates individuals recognized include: 

Australia 

• Jonathan Feder – trademark star 

• Sally Foreman – notable practitioner  

• Harrison Ottaway – rising star  

• Greg Pieris – rising star 

• Chris Round – notable practitioner 

• Tony Watson – trademark star 

Germany 

• Thorsten Vormann – patent star 

South Korea 

• Tyler Won – notable practitioner  

United Kingdom 

• Arthur Artinian – trademark star  

• Simon Casinader – rising star 

United States (Nationwide) 

• Theo Angelis – patent star 

• Shu Chen – notable practitioner 

• Tyler Won – notable practitioner  

California 

• Louis Cullman – patent and transactions star 

Florida 

• Jonathan Morton – trademark star  

Illinois 

• Jeffrey Gargano – patent star  

Massachusetts 

• David Byer – trademark star  

Pennsylvania 

• Patrick McElhinny – patent star  

Texas 

• Christopher Graff – trademark star  

Washington 

• Theo Angelis – patent star  

• Pam Kohli Jacobson – trademark and patent star 

• Jeffrey Johnson – trademark and copyright stars  

IP Stars is a leading guide to IP law firms and practitioners worldwide. IP Stars rankings evaluate experience, workload, market reputation, outcomes achieved for clients, and unique strengths in a variety of IP practice areas, making it one of the most comprehensive guides in the IP profession. 

K&L Gates’ IP practice boasts more than 215 lawyers and professionals – including more than 100 registered patent lawyers, agents, and technology specialists with technical or advanced science degrees, 35 with doctorates – who devote their practices to helping clients establish, enforce, and leverage their intellectual property rights worldwide. The practice filed more than 5,540 patent applications and 4,400 trademarks worldwide in 2024.