JUVE Comment

This Munich-based IP law firm’s patent attorneys regularly represent mobile phone manufacturers on the implementer side, including Xiaomi, TCL and Honor, in defence against NPE lawsuits. Through this work, the team has developed extensive experience in SEP litigation. Although several major series of proceedings have recently concluded, the team continues to represent its regular clients in new proceedings across related technical fields.

The team enjoys an excellent reputation for patent prosecution in electronics, IT and mechanics. It demonstrates particular strength at the interface with AI, an increasingly important area for clients that distinguishes the team from competitors.

The firm’s continued dynamic growth is reflected in its team structure. Having recently added two patent attorneys previously trained in-house, it stands out as one of the few firms of its size to achieve significant expansion this year.

European set-up

The team’s sustained development positions MFG well to handle substantial UPC proceedings. From the court’s inception, the team has represented its regular clients in UPC cases and has recently expanded this work with additional proceedings. This makes it one of the firms with more UPC cases than German court proceedings. In Frank Meyer-Wildhagen and Martin Meggle-Freund, the firm has two highly visible experts representing Asian implementers in the mobile communications sector. Well-established relationships with law firms such as Noerr, Simmons & Simmons and Taliens support this development.

Strengths

Mobile communications cases on the implementer side.

Recommended individuals

Till Gerhard, Frank Meyer-Wildhagen (“very good at explaining complex technical matters”, competitor), Martin Meggle-Freund (“very tenacious and solution-oriented”, competitor)

Team

10 patent attorneys

Clients

Litigation: Centripetal against Cisco over technology for network security; Xiaomi against Immersion over haptic effects in mobile phones (settled 2024); TCL against NEC over video coding UPC (settled 2024); Honor against VoiceAge EVS over speech codecs for mobile phones (settled 2025); Xiaomi against Crystal Clear Codec over SEP (settled 2024) (all public knowledge).