JUVE Comment

This Munich-based patent attorney firm maintains a strong market position, advising clients across a broad technical spectrum in both prosecution and litigation. The firm is particularly well established in life sciences, where it regularly represents prominent clients such as Bayer. The practice’s work on chemical patents is developing dynamically, both within life sciences and through instructions in other sectors, such as battery technology and the tobacco industry.

Overall, clients place particular trust in the team for EPO oppositions — an area where the firm handles numerous cases, including for Novelis.

In infringement proceedings — both before national courts and at the UPC — the firm regularly collaborates with external lawyers. However, the team has gained less experience at the UPC than some comparably positioned competitors, having been instructed less frequently in the limited number of pharmaceutical cases before the new court than its representation in parallel EPO oppositions might suggest. At the UPC, the team therefore faces strong competition from mixed firms such as Hoffmann Eitle. Nevertheless, its flexibility and established relationships with external litigation firms offer opportunities in this competitive environment.

Strengths

Litigation regarding patents in pharma and mechanical engineering.

Recommended individuals

Frank Feller (“pleads his cases very well”, competitor), Volker Jordan, Wolfgang Weiß (all patent attorneys)

Team

19 patent attorneys

Clients

Litigation: Ningde Amperex against chinese competitor over laptop batteries; Fischerwerke against Adolf Würth over expansion rawlplugs; ATL against CosMX over lithium-ion batteries. EPO oppositions: Fischerwerke against G&B Fissaggi over expansion rawlplugs; Rampf against H.B. Fuller over polyurethane foam for battery packs; United Initiators against Arkema France over base chemicals.