JUVE Comment

The patent attorneys at this Munich IP boutique provide comprehensive services to international clients in prosecution, litigation, nullity proceedings, and EPO oppositions. They frequently collaborate with the firm’s own lawyers in infringement proceedings. Long-standing clients such as Credit Card Supplies, Liebherr, and Telefónica rely on the firm’s mixed team, while others like Fresenius Medical Care engage solely with the patent attorneys’ technical expertise. The firm’s core litigation work comes from regular clients, predominantly SMEs, such as Steuber.

More recently, the firm has also been significantly more active in UPC cases, working with mixed teams for its SME clients such as Wirtgen over road construction machines and Surftwone over indoor wave generators. However, as it focuses here too on representing long-standing clients such as Wirtgen and Telefónica, the firm is not quite as visible before the new court as it is at national level. A key factor in the growth of its international business lies in the increasing number of Asian clients.

The firm maintains strong connections in Japan and Korea through its prosecution practice, working with clients such as car manufacturer Mazda and Korean conglomerate SK Group. Recently, it has strengthened relationships with Chinese companies, including train manufacturer CRRC and battery maker CATL. Lorenz Seidler Gossel also maintains excellent traditional connections in the automotive sector, notably with Ford.

Strengths

Litigation with mixed teams across a broad technical spectrum.

Recommended individuals

Wolfgang Behr (“very familiar with our technology”, client), Robert Frick (“clear and commercially grounded advice”, client), Uwe Herrmann (“great advice in medical technology”, client), Dieter Laufhütte (all patent attorneys)

Team

11 patent attorneys, 1 lawyer

Clients

Litigation: Credit Card Supplies against Bundesdruckerei and VTT regarding ID technology patent; IT-V against Klarity in nullity suit regarding utility model over medical technology; Steuber against Hozelock over extendable garden hoses. Frequent litigation and EPO oppositions: Fresenius Medical Care, Liebherr and Telefonica. EPO oppositions: Steuber versus Hozelock over self-expanding garden hoses; frequent oppositions for Liebherr over excavation machinery.