World IP Survey

Kirkland was one of only three firms in the United States to receive a first-tier ranking for contentious patent work in the 2009 Managing Intellectual Property magazine survey of leading patent firms. Kirkland also ranked in the first tier for ITC work.

One of the world's most detailed and authoritative surveys of the IP market, the World IP Survey is based on extensive research and interviews with practitioners and in-house counsel worldwide. MIP's teams of researchers contacted firms and clients in 70 jurisdictions to ask them for information and feedback on the rankings.

Kirkland also ranked in the following categories:

Patent Contentious - Northeast: Tier 1
Patent Contentious - Midwest: Tier 1
Patent Contentious - West: Tier 1
Trademark Contentious - Midwest: Tier 2
Trademark Contentious - West: Tier 2
Trademark Contentious - National: Tier 3
Copyright - National: Tier 3
Copyright - West: Tier 3