JUVE Comment

This Munich patent attorney firm is well established for litigation in the mobile communications and IT sectors. It regularly defends implementers such as Xiaomi. Through this work, the team has developed extensive experience regarding standard essential patents. Although several major series of proceedings have recently concluded, the team continues to represent its regular clients across related technical fields, such as Centripetal in network technology and Hoverkey in encryption and authentication methods. In addition, the firm has established another area of specialisation in increasingly advising clients in the medical technology sector. For example, MFG is acting alongside law firm Penforce for Shunmei Medical as well as for Rivolution, both in national proceedings and at the UPC.

Furthermore, the patent attorneys enjoy an excellent reputation for patent prosecution in electronics, IT and mechanics. Their patent prosecution work at the interface with AI, which is becoming increasingly important for the firm’s clients, stands out. The prosecution team recently gained a new client for comprehensive advice in the shape of Volkswagen’s newly founded battery subsidiary PowerCo.

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, often with parallel proceedings before national courts.

Strengths

Mobile communications cases on the implementer side, increasingly medical technology.

Recommended individuals

Till Gerhard, Frank Meyer-Wildhagen, Martin Meggle-Freund (“technical expertise at the very top of the market”, competitor about both)

Team

10 patent attorneys

Clients

Litigation: Centripetal against Cisco over technology for network security; Quanxing Machining against Pump Technology over automotive components; Hoverkey against Salesforce and AWS over authentication procedures for cloud platforms; Shunmei Medical against Shockwave over angioplasty shock wave catheter; Cilag/Ethicon against Rivolution over cartridges for medical stapling devices; Xiaomi against Innovative Sonic in nullity suit over mobile communications (settled 2025); IGEPA against Mr. Schmich over non-slip floor covering (settled 2025). EPO opposition for PowerCo (all public knowledge).