JUVE Comment

The patent attorneys from the Ruhr Valley metropolis of Essen make up one of west Germany’s well-positioned teams. They are firmly rooted among clients from the automotive sector, including TI Automotive, and enjoy a strong reputation for the defence and prosecution of patents from the chemical engineering and mechanics sectors.

The patent attorneys were highly visible once again in EPO oppositions, where they represented regular clients including Thyssenkrupp and Certoplast. To a lesser extent, the team is also active for its regular clients in infringement proceedings alongside external litigation boutiques and conducts a large number of nullity suits.

Strengths

Patent prosecution with technical expertise in engineering, especially for the automotive and sanitation industry.

Recommended individuals

Bernd Lorenz, Jörg Nunnenkamp (“very competent, always satisfying advice”, client; both patent attorneys)

Team

7 patent attorneys

Specialties

Clear focus on patent prosecution with broad technical expertise. Opposition and nullity suits. Infringement proceedings for regular clients, generally in cooperation with external lawyers.

Clients

Litigation: Certoplast (claimant) against Tesa over bandaging for cable harnesses; Certoplast against Coroplast Fritz Müller in various proceedings over high-temperature resistant and flame-retardant tape; Siempelkamp (defendant) against Dieffenbacher over pre-heating of a press plate. Prosecution: oppositions for GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service, KHS, Kompernaß, Reifenhäuser, Surteco, Thyssenkrupp. Patent filing and oppositions for Franz Kaldewei, Kiekert, Mondi, Novoferm, TI Automotive, Titan Umreifungstechnik, Wessel-Werk. Oppositions for Düperthal Sicherheitstechnik. Filing for Aldi Süd, Atlas Copco, Giesecke + Devrient, Hailo Wind Systems, Roth, Simonswerk, Ströher Group, Secunet Security Networks, Spie SAG. Advice: Franz Kaldewei on employee invention reumeration; Spie SAG on licences.