Awards & Recognition
 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione frequently is recognized as a leader in all areas of intellectual property. We have received these recent accolades:

#1 for Intellectual Property Law in Illinois, 2003-2008
Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”

#1 Intellectual Property Firm in Illinois, 2005-2008
Practical Law Company, “PLC Which Lawyer?” Yearbook

#1 Largest Intellectual Property Firm in Chicago, 2004, 2005, 2007
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s World IP Survey

Top 15 Law Firms in Patent Prosecution: Utility and Design Patents, 2008, and Top 15 Law Firms in Patent Re-examination, 2008
The Legal 500 – United States

Top 20 Law Firms for Patent Litigation in District Court Representing Defendants, 2008
IP Law & Business, “Who Represents Defendants in District Court?”

Top 25 Law Firms in Patent Litigation: Full Coverage, 2008
The Legal 500 - United States

Top 25 Law Firms for Patent Litigation in District Court, 2008
IP Law & Business, “Who Are the District Court Champs?”

Leading IP Law Firm in Chicago in Patent Litigation, 2007-2008
Practical Law Company, PLC Cross-Border Intellectual Property Handbook

Top 10 Trademark Practices Among IP Law Firms, 2006, 2007
Intellectual Property Today magazine’s Annual Survey

Top 25 in Patent Litigation in U.S. and Top 10 in Midwest, 2007
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s Patent IP Firms of the Year

Top 20 Law Firms in Patent Prosecution in U.S. and Top 10 Law Firms in Midwest, 2007
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s Annual Survey

Top 25 Patent Firms in the U.S., 2002-2007
Intellectual Property Today magazine’s survey, “Top Patent Firms”

WORLD Leaders Global IP Award for Excellence in IP Litigation for 2007 - North American/Canada
Informa Publications - Patent World, Trademark World, Copyright World

Best-in-Class Performance in Enthusiastic Client Recommendations, 2007
BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard for Law Firms

Top 10 Intellectual Property Firm, 2006
IP Law 360’s survey, � Leading Patent Litigation Practices”

Top 10 Firm Representing Fortune 250 Companies for IP Litigation and Patent Prosecution, 2005, 2006
IP Law & Business magazine, “Who Protects IP America?”
Corporate Counsel, “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?”
National Law Journal, “Who Protects Corporate America?”

Top 10 in Contentious Patent Work & Top 20 in Contentious Trademark Work in the U.S., 2006
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s survey, “Leading Patent Firms Revealed”

Top 10 in Trademark and Copyright Prosecution Work in U.S., 2006
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s survey, “Leading Patent Firms Revealed”

Top 10 in Patent Litigation Boutique in the U.S., 2003, 2005, 2006 Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s World IP Survey

Top 25 in Trademark & Copyright Litigation in U.S., 2006
Managing Intellectual Property magazine’s survey World IP Survey

Top 20 Law Firm for Patent Litigation, 2004
IP Law & Business