On 19 October 2023, IAM and WTR jointly announced the winners of its 2023 Global IP Awards, which recognises the outstanding achievements of law and attorney firms in patent and trademark work during 2022/2023, at a gala dinner in London. The awards identified a total of 169 awards winners across 80 jurisdictions.

The September/October 2023 issue of The Patent Lawyer magazine unveils its long-awaited Law Firm Rankings 2023 Asia-Pacific, featuring a comprehensive list of the 10 most well-respected law firms from the Asia-Pacific region.

On 10th August 2023, the World IP Review (WIPR) releases the results of its 2023 WIPR Insights inaugural China Trademarks Rankings for international and PRC law firms and lawyers.

On 20th July 2023, Asian Legal Business (ALB), which is owned by Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, releases the list of “2023 ALB China Rising Lawyers”.

On 5 July 2023, Managing IP hosted a gala dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong to celebrate with the Asia-Pacific winners of the 18th annual Managing IP Awards.

On 26th June 2023, the twelfth edition of the IAM Patent 1000 is released. The 2023 edition reveals the IAM Patent 1000 2023 rankings, which identifies top patent professionals and firm-wide private practice patent expertise in key jurisdictions around the globe. The guide has been compiled following an extensive research process. Over 5 months, IAM’s research team conducted thousands of interviews with in-house professionals and private practice lawyers and attorneys, based in dozens of countries, to gather market intelligence on the leading players in the field.

On Monday 26th June 2023, Hong Kong-based legal magazine China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) releases the winners of its “China Business Law Awards 2023”. The awards are designed to showcase the diversity of talent in the legal services market while offering assistance to in-house readers as they consider and select their legal advisers.

The 13th China Trademark Festival (CTF), which is jointly organized by the China Trademark Association (CTA), Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) and Dongguan People’s Government, is convened in Dongguan, Guangdong Province on June 16 - 19, 2023. The CTF is an annual iconic event of China’s trademark community.

On 22nd May 2023, the Asian Legal Business magazine releases in its China May 2023 issue the 2023 ALB China IP Rankings. Wanhuida Intellectual Property is ranked in Tier 1 Trademark / Copyright and Tier 2 Patents in the category of China Domestic Firms three years in a row.

On 26th April 2023, Managing IP announces this year's leading female intellectual property practitioners in private practice, namely the 2023 edition of its Top 250 Women in IP, featuring 250 exceptional female IP practitioners from more than 30 jurisdictions across the world.

Organized by French association Union des Fabricants (unifab), the European Intellectual Property Forum (EIPF), which is also known as “Forum Européen de la Forum Européen de la Propriété Intellectuelle” in French, celebrates its 27th anniversary on March 30th and 31st 2023. The event, which themes “Legislation, awareness, environment, digital: What does the future hold for IP”, features thought-provoking programs and heavyweight speakers.

On March 3, 2023, IPLEAD in collaboration with IPHOUSE, unveils the winners of the “Top 50 China IP Lawyers & In-house Counsels” (2021 - 2022) at a grand ceremony in Shangri-La Beijing.