WIPR Diversity & Inclusion Top 100 2025

Welcome to World IP Review’s Diversity in IP listings 2025 where we recognise and celebrate those who drive positive change in the IP community

We recently ran a survey on diversity in IP, which also allowed industry professionals to nominate their candidates for this list. By combining these results with marketplace research carried out by our in-house team, we can reveal the outstanding individuals who have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to IP across three different categories (see categories below)

Congratulations to everyone who made the WIPR  Diversity Top 100 list for 2025! Your dedication and commitment to driving meaningful change in the IP community is truly inspiring.

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Candice Kwok
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Partner   Squire Patton Boggs
Mark Lezama
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Partner   Knobbe Martens
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Partner   Sheridans
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Partner   Adams & Adams
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Managing partner   Intellect Juris Law Offices
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Lead Intellectual Property Attorney   IBM
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Senior Associate   Osborne Clarke
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Executive director   European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
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Partner   HSF
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Associate attorney   Valencia
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Director, senior counsel (IP and technology)   Starbucks
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Founder and CEO   Pearce IP
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Partner   SK+
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Vice Chair of the firm's global patent litigation group   Greenberg Traurig
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Patent attorney   Potter Clarkson Sweden
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Professor of intellectual property law; Of counsel   Stockholm University/ Bird & Bird
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Managing partner   Foley Hoag
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Trademark counsel   Puma
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Partner   CMS
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IP counsel for Europe   The Coca-Cola Company
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Mid-level associate   Esin Attorney Partnership
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Patent attorney   Greenberg Traurig
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Head of patents   Infosys
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Associate   Knobbe Martens
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Partner   Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
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Vice president and general counsel   Lego Group
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Attorney-at-law   Doubinsky
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Partner   Doubinsky & Osharova
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Partner   Harrity & Harrity
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Of counsel   Eversheds
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Vice president, Innovation Law and head of trademarks, copyrights, and brand protection; 2025 INTA President   Bristol Myers Squibb
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Deputy director   US Patent and Trademark Office
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Partner, litigation department co-chair   Paul, Weiss
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Head of digital & commercial   Lusheng
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Partner   Knobbe Martens
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Partner   Esin Attorney Partnership
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Director general   World Intellectual Property Organization
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Co-head of IP legal   BNY
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Chief intellectual property counsel   Abbott Laboratories
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Trademarks and design partner   Tomkins
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Partner   White & Case
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Associate   Sterne Kessler
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Partner   Winston & Strawn
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Partner   WilmerHale
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Global legal leader   Hitachi
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Patent attorney   HGF
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Partner   Finnegan
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Head of HK MO and TW team   Chang Tsi
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Partner   Dentons
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Founding partner   Bomhard IP