25 DLA Piper lawyers in 9 countries recognized as world's leading patent professionals

IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2020 has named 25 DLA Piper lawyers in nine countries to its list of top patent professionals.

This year’s honorees include:

• Australia: Nikki Kahn, Robynne Sanders, Nicholas Tyacke
• Canada: Alan Macek, Bruce Stratton
• China: William (Skip) Fisher
• Germany: Philipp Cepl, Markus Gampp
• Italy: Gualtiero Dragotti, Marco de Morpurgo, Roberto Valenti
• Netherlands: Paul Reeskamp, Alexander Tsoutsanis
• Poland: Ewa Kuroska-Tober
• United Kingdom: Deborah Bould
• United States: Daniel Christenbury, Sean Cunningham, Mark Fowler, Lisa Haile, James Heintz, Joseph Lavelle, Steven Park, Mark Radcliffe, Matthew Satchwell, Paul Steadman

IAM conducts approximately 1,800 interviews with lawyers and in-house counsel to identify those with “exceptional skill sets and profound insights into patent matters.” Individuals qualify for a listing in the IAM Patent 1000 when they receive sufficient positive feedback from peers and clients with knowledge of their practice and the market within which they operate. IAM Patent states that DLA Piper “litigators impress with their ‘ability to dig into the technology and also fully understand the economic aspects of cases’” and hold a “solid patent advisory practice for a number of international clients.”