Current 2017 Sponsors include:

Our ambition at Allen & Overy is to help the world’s leading businesses maximise the opportunities that globalisation presents and meet the potential challenges. To support our clients’ international strategies, we have built a truly global network that covers Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa. 

As well as 44 offices in 31 countries we have developed strong ties with relationship law firms in over 100 countries where we do not have a presence. This network makes us one of the largest and most connected law firms in the world, with a global reach and local depth that is simply unrivalled. Global coverage in today’s market does not simply mean having offices in important cities around the world. For us, it means combining our international resources and sector expertise to work on cross-border transactions directly in the markets and regions important to our clients.
 
WHD IP Group is the aggregates formed by the merger of WAN HUI DA Law Firm & IP Agency and PEKSUNG IP Ltd. in November 2016. Combining the strength of both firms, the new entity is a recognized leader in trademark services, a prominent solution provider in patent and technology services and a vigorous advocator of IP-related academic research. The combined firm houses over 400 IP professionals and a total of some 500 employees with presence in all major IP hubs in China. Benefiting from the merger, the clients will be served with an exceptional depth of sector expertise and the broadened offering of legal services covering the wide spectrum of trademark, patent, copyright and domain name prosecution and contentious, as well as litigation and disputes resolution pertaining to trade secret and technology-related matters.
 
 

Smart & Biggar is Canada’s largest intellectual property and technology law firm. We work with global and domestic businesses and law firms, to help them secure, protect and maximize the value of their innovations and intellectual property investments in Canada. We are consistently recognized as the leading Canadian IP firm by a wide range of third party domestic and international rankings.

Our Life Sciences practice is one the leading and most-experienced teams in Canada for patent prosecution, IP transactions and licensing, litigation and regulatory issues. The firm works with a variety of clients to develop intellectual property strategies from procurement to enforcement to licensing of innovations.
 
RoyaltyStat is a searchable online database with more than 18,000 unredacted licence agreements, providing royalty rates and other forms of consideration, including upfront fees and milestone payments. This comprehensive, self-developed, and growing database features built-in tools to benchmark intangible asset value and determine arm’s length and “reasonable royalties”. RoyaltyStat supplies the full text of each agreement and contains several online statistical tools to analyse royalty rates in many industries and countries.
 
HGF is one of Europe’s largest firms of IP specialists with 14 offices across the UK and mainland Europe. The firm’s patent attorneys, trademark attorneys and IP solicitors provide an integrated IP solution for clients.
 
HGF offers the full range of services expected from leading patent and trademark attorneys and solicitors, but it is our dynamic approach to oppositions and appeals, strategic portfolio development and acquisition due diligence that distinguishes HGF within the IP marketplace.
Our specialist teams have expertise and experience covering a range of technical fields including chemistry, engineering, electronics and life sciences.
 
At Fitzpatrick, IP is not just a practice area—it is our sole focus. We are widely acknowledged as one of the premier IP firms in the country practicing all areas of IP law. Our technical acumen plus legal ability result in razor-sharp professional services in a multitude of industries. Founded in 1971, we have continually kept pace with the complex world of new technologies and the strategies required for protecting knowledge, vision and ideas.
 
Powell Gilbert is one of the UK’s leading law firms specialising in intellectual property (IP) litigation and advisory work.  It is recognised as top tier for patent litigation in the life sciences sector, its lawyers having been involved in precedent setting, highly complex pharma, biotech and medical device cases for decades. With a successful record before the UK Patents Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and in referrals to the European Court of Justice, the team frequently advises on dispute resolution strategy and supports multi-national litigation across Europe, in co-ordination with other jurisdictions. All of the firm’s lawyers have technical backgrounds, ranging from immunology, biochemistry and chemical engineering to molecular biology and computer sciences. Combined with its European litigation experience this makes Powell Gilbert ideally placed to assist clients in the forthcoming Unified Patents Court (UPC), having its Life Sciences Central division based in London.
 
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is dedicated exclusively to the protection, transfer, and enforcement of IP rights. The firm’s integrated practice helps clients develop IP strategy and freedom-to-operate; prepare and prosecute patents and trademarks globally; and defend and enforce patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the US Supreme Court, and all forums in between.
 
Our team of attorneys, patent agents, students and technical specialists includes some of the most respected practitioners of IP law. Most of our professionals hold advanced level degrees, including more than 50 with master’s degrees and more than 55 with a doctorate in science or engineering.
 

Gowling WLG is an international law firm created by the combination of Gowlings, a leading Canadian law firm, and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), a leading UK-based international law firm.

With more than 1,400 legal professionals in 19 cities worldwide, we provide our clients with in-depth expertise in key global sectors and a suite of legal services at home and abroad.

We see the world through our clients’ eyes, and collaborate across countries, offices, service areas and sectors to help them succeed, no matter how challenging the circumstances.
 

White & Case is a truly global law firm, uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their ambitions in today’s G20 world.

As a pioneering international law firm, our cross-border experience and diverse team of local, US and English-qualified lawyers consistently deliver results for our clients.

In established and emerging markets, our lawyers are integral, long-standing members of the community, giving our clients insights into the local business environment alongside our experience in multiple jurisdictions.

We work with some of the world’s most respected and well-established banks and businesses, as well as startup visionaries, governments and state-owned entities.
 

RWS inovia

RWS inovia is the world’s leading expert in intellectual property translations, foreign patent filing and patent search services. For more than 50 years, we have led the industry and helped more than 10,000 clients protect their IP and enforce their IP rights around the world.

With offices in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, RWS Group employs more than 800 staff. T