Managing Intellectual Property, a well-respected publisher in the IP industry, recently finished publishing their IP Stars research results for 2024, recognizing eight CWB offices and 15 individuals for outstanding work in ten jurisdictions. These recognitions not only celebrate our offices’ and practitioners’ expertise but also reflect our firm’s collective drive for excellence.

CWB offices were ranked as follows:

• Bulgaria – Trade mark – Tier 3
• Croatia – Intellectual property – Highly recommended
• Egypt – Intellectual property – Recommended
• GCC – Intellectual property – Recommended
• Romania – Trade mark prosecution –  Tier 2
• Romania – Trade mark disputes – Notable firm
• Romania – Patent – Tier 3
• Serbia – Intellectual property – Tier 1
• Slovenia – Intellectual property – Recommended
• UAE – Trade mark prosecution –  Tier 2
• UAE – Trade mark disputes –  Tier 3

The following CWB practitioners were ranked:

• Sara Bakić, Senior Associate, Serbia – Rising Star
• Dimitar Batakliev, Head of Office, Bulgaria – Trade Mark Star
• Aura Campeanu, Head of Office, Romania – Trade Mark Star
• Cameron Crawford, Head of Media and Entertainment, UAE – Notable Practitioner
• Firas Jayyusi, Senior Consultant, Jordan – Notable Practitioner
• Ivan Kos, Head of Office, Croatia – Trade Mark Star
• Janusz Luterek, Head of Africa Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Mara Marinescu, Associate, Romania – Rising Star
• Barbara Mencin, Head of Office, Slovenia – Trade Mark Star
• Ana Radoman, Associate, Serbia – Rising Star
• Theuns van de Merwe, Head of MENA Trade Marks, UAE – Trade Mark Star
• Pieter Venter, Of Counsel Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Mihajlo Zatezalo, Head of Office, Serbia – Trade Mark Star
• Mirjana Živković, Senior Associate, Serbia – Trade Mark Star, Patent Star
• Maja Žnidarič Plevnik, Senior Associate, Slovenia – Rising Star

For more information, please visit the CWB profile on ipstars.com.