2007


Legal Directories
 
Rouse & Co. International's Dubai office is listed as a top tier firm for Intellectual Property in the United Arab Emirates.

Europe, Middle East & Africa Legal 500, 2007
 
Rouse Legal's 'fantastic trade marks, brands and counterfeiting practice' ensured its place in the second tier of leading UK intellectual property firms. Tony Willoughby was named in the top tier of leading soft IP specialists, hailed as 'the undisputed leader of trade mark and passing-off litigation'. Shireen Peermohamed was also singled out for special mention.

Chambers Global: the World's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007

 
Rouse & Co. International was listed in the third tier of leading foreign intellectual property firms in China/Hong Kong. Mention was made of the firm's 'impressively broad service' and Luke Minford, based in Beijing, was commended for his work on IP protection and enforcement.

Chambers Global: the World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2007
 
 
Rouse & Co. International is listed as a recommended IP firm in the United Arab Emirates and Stuart Adams as a recommended individual.
 
PLC Global Counsel, 7th edition, 2007
 
Suryomurcito & Co. (Indonesian law firm associated with Rouse & Co. International) is again ranked as a top tier IP firm in Indonesia. Its patent practice receives particular mention with its success in the first patent ownership dispute to be decided in the High Court, and Gunawan Suryomurcito and Sara Holder are recommended as individuals.
 
Asia Pacific Legal 500, 2006-2007

General Publications

Several Rouse offices feature in an edition of PLC:Which Lawyer? focusing exclusively on IP. China, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates are all 'highly recommended', with Vietnam being 'recommended'. Our UK office is pronounced 'a leading firm' for IP: non-patent litigation, and 'recognised' for IP: patent litigation. Tony Willoughby is ranked as a 'leading individual', with Luke Minford and Edward Hardcastle both 'highly recommended' and Shireen Peermohamed, Fabrice Mattei, Diana Sternfeld and August Zhang all 'recognised' individuals.

PLC Intellectual Property Handbook 2007/08
 
A survey in the latest issue of Managing Intellectual Property looks at the fastest growing IP practices around the world, and features Rouse & Co. International in its spotlight on Asia.
 
Managing Intellectual Property, September 2007
 
Rouse & Co. International is listed as one of the two leading firms in the UAE for patent work and a top tier firm for trade mark prosecution and contentious work and copyright contentious work.
 
Managing Intellectual Property World IP Survey 2007
 
Hugh Laddie is one of nine prominent members of the global IP community selected for induction into IAM's IP Hall of Fame for 2007. He is described as 'an influential figure in the UK and Europe as a barrister, Judge, solicitor/consultant, mediator and teacher'. The IP Hall of Fame exists to honour individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the establishment of IP as a major economic asset. Inductees are selected by the IP Hall of Fame Academy following a five month long global nomination process.
 
Intellectual Asset Management magazine
 
Both Alan Adcock (Yu & Partners, Hong Kong) and Gunawan Suryomurcito (Suryomurcito & Co., Jakarta) are listed among the leading IP lawyers in Asia, on the basis of a survey of over 16,000 law firm clients and legal professionals conducted by Asia Law & Practice, a specialist division of Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc.
 
AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2007
 
Rouse & Co. International's offices in China, Indonesia, Thailand, UAE and Vietnam, are listed in MIP's annual survey of the world's leading IP firms for trade marks and copyright. Rouse & Co. International and Rouse Legal are both listed for the UK. Because of its rankings in six jurisdictions, the firm is in the list of most ranked firms.
 
Managing Intellectual Property, March 2007