Goodmans Intellectual Property Litigation Group Once Again Received Top Honours at the Managing IP Awards Americas 2025
We are proud to share Goodmans partner Andrew Brodkin and the Intellectual Property Litigation practice have once again won multiple awards at the Managing IP Awards Americas 2025.
Canada Practitioner of the Year - Patent Disputes
Congratulations to Goodmans partner Andrew Brodkin, named Canada Practitioner of the Year (Patent Disputes) for the second year in a row.
Andrew Brodkin is a partner and a member of the Executive Committee at Goodmans. Andrew also heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, and focusses his practice on high stakes intellectual property litigation where he has been described as “ having had more successes than anyone in this practice area in history” (Lexology Index) and as “the undisputed IP litigator in Canada” (Chambers Canada).
Impact Case of the Year - Steelhead LNG v Arc Resources (2024 FCA 67)
Goodmans Intellectual Property Litigation Group, with a team led by Andrew Brodkin and Daniel Cappe, once again won an Impact Case of the Year award for their representation of ARC Resources Ltd. Rockies LNG and Birchcliff Energy Ltd., in which they successfully avoided patent infringement sought by Steelhead LNG Ltd. for inventions related to at-shore liquefaction of natural gas.
About Managing IP Awards
The Managing Intellectual Property Awards programme is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. The programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Each year their research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners and their clients through interviews, email and online surveys.
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