Litigation: Lawyers – Germany 2026

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The IP boutique remains a market leader at the forefront of national litigation. A remarkable track record for new clients such as Huawei and Malikie once more consolidiated its standing in SEP and FRAND disputes. Huawei, for example, entrusted for the first time a team around Bernhard Arnold against Disney, thus underscoring Arnold Ruess’ expertise in streaming technology disputes. Malikie banks on Marina Wehler to assert its Blackberry cellular patent portfolio. Meanwhile teams led by Cordula Schumacher and Arno Riße ran the headline-grabb...

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This mixed German IP firm ranks among the market leaders in patent litigation. Although Bardehle Pagenberg has recently attracted attention primarily for its UPC track record, this should not obscure the fact that it is still in demand for purely domestic infringement and invalidity cases. The firm has handled numerous proceedings before national courts for clients including long-standing client Deutsche Telekom and hygiene products manufacturer Drylock.

The firm maintains a leading position in both Germany and at the UPC, across life...

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This pan-European outfit is continuing its run as an undisputed leading IP boutique in Europe. The German team acts in multiple high-stakes patent disputes for important clients across a broad technical spectrum. For the telecommunications and life sciences spectrum especially, the firm retains its excellent reputation through the expertise of leading partners such as Klaus Haft for telecommunication cases, and Christine Kanz for pharmaceuticals.

As with most large-scale patent disputes, these cases are usually linked to the UPC – eit...

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Working on multiple large-scale infringement proceedings, this Düsseldorf IP boutique established itself as one of the market leaders. The team around the two renowned partners Miriam Kiefer and Christof Augenstein boasts litigation experience in a broad range of sectors but is particularly well regarded for SEP litigation, including disputes over mobile communications and network technology for clients such as Ericsson and Centripetal. Currently, Augenstein represents Ona Patents in several proceedings over handset location technology. Kath...

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With an impressive track record in litigation, the Düsseldorf IP boutique has once more cemented its position among the market leaders in Germany. The boutique again underscored its position as one of the top addresses for lawsuits involving SEPs and FRAND issues with its landmark victory for VoiceAge EVS against HMD. In a much-observed case, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed an injunction against HMD, affirming its FRAND approach despite amicus curiae briefs from the EU Commission. The firm continues to be highly active for pate...

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Grünecker, one of Germany's largest mixed IP firms, combines a vast patent prosecution practice with an increasingly active patent litigation team. The firm is highly visible in disputes concerning electronics, telecommunications, and automotive technology. Current highlights include representing Broadcom/Avago in extensive infringement proceedings against various automotive manufacturers of the Stellantis Group, as well as against telecommunications providers such as Deutsche Telekom. The team is also active in SEP disputes for GenSquare ag...

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Vossius ranks among the strongest firms for mixed patent litigation in the German market. Its leading patent attorneys excel in opposition and nullity proceedings before the EPO, whilst its renowned team of lawyers is hot on the heels of the market leaders. The firm regularly deploys mixed teams in complex proceedings and demonstrates particular strength in SEP and FRAND litigation. Vossius also ranks among the market leaders in pharmaceutical cases, particularly in straw man opposition proceedings before the EPO.

In national litigati...

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 The litigation practice at this Munich-based boutique has made significant progress over the past year. Practice head Hosea Haag is highly regarded for his extensive litigation for NPEs, primarily in mobile communications. In this field, his team has now advanced its UPC work by representing new client Nixu/SIM IP against Infoblox. He has also continued to develop the firm's work with mid-sized clients, representing Yunex, a provider of intelligent traffic management systems, against Swarco.

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This new IP boutique, a late 2025 spin-off from Taylor Wessing’s German patent practice, has quickly established itself with a strong presence in high-profile patent litigation across a broad spectrum of technology. Under a year after its launch, the law firm is already making its presence felt in both domestic and UPC cases. In both forums it is now posing a major challenge to established market players. The team around former Taylor Wessing partners Dietrich Kamlah and Christian Lederer as well as Anja Lunze and Jan Rektorschek is particul...

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Following substantial changes to the team, the practice remains particularly active in litigation for life sciences clients. In national proceedings it is representing Pfizer in the landmark dispute over mRNA vaccine patents against Moderna, as well as Glenmark regarding Tecfidera. In addition to traditional pharmaceutical cases, the firm also enjoys a good reputation for proceedings over medical technology. A major success for the team around Gisbert Hohagen was its work for Silimed against Polytech alongside a team from Carpmaels & Ransfor...

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The Munich practice of the US law firm consolidated its position in litigation over mobile communication, IT, chip technology, and medical devices. The practice around Jochen Herr is highly visible for its defence of Innoscience against a broad campaign by Infineon concerning gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors. The firm is handling all German and the parallel US proceedings. The well-oiled international cooperation is also demonstrated by the work for MediaTek in an extensive multi-jurisdictional case against Huawei and Daedalus Prime. In ...

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The London-based IP litigation boutique made a striking entry into the German patent litigation market in 2025. Having already established a strong presence in UPC proceedings, Powell Gilbert has now achieved similar success in Germany by recruiting an experienced Düsseldorf team led by former Vossius partner Andreas Kramer. The team integrated swiftly and has since expanded to include two associates and patent attorneys. The firm is thus consistently implementing its emerging hybrid approach across the entire organisation.

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The patent practice of this international full-service firm is most renowned for its work in the life sciences sector. It has seen a flurry of personnel changes over the last few months, of which the German practice was not left unaffected. With Thomas Gniadek it lost a key partner for SEP litigation to Hoffmann Eitle in late 2025. Since then, the German team has not managed to close the gap in this segment.

In the remaining German team, three partners in particular stand out for patent litigation in life sciences. Munich partner and ...

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The Munich IP team led by Thomas Lynker is renowned for its representation of mobile communications implementers. The small team once again demonstrated its impressive output in two central SEP/FRAND disputes for its long-standing clients Acer and ZTE. For both, the team is litigating before national courts as part of major cross-border disputes.

The practice operates on a par with much larger litigation teams, a fact underscored by its advisory work for international corporations in negotiations with patent pools over wi-fi technolog...

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This firm ranks among Germany's major IP practices with expertise across multiple disciplines. The team has built a robust prosecution practice spanning numerous technological fields. Its patent attorneys regularly appear in EPO oppositions for long-standing clients. The prosecution business has recently experienced dynamic growth, driven by expanding client relationships, including with regular client LG Energy Solution. The patent attorneys maintain a strong presence in EPO oppositions concerning computer technology, including semiconducto...

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The German team of this mixed international IP firm maintains a strong position in high-profile mobile communications litigation. It is well established in litigation on the side of SEP owners and NPEs, with a continuous stream of new lawsuits. The team around partner Christof Höhne was involved in a whole series of proceedings for HFI Innovation and its parent company MediaTek against Huawei. The firm also continues to litigate for regular clients Datang against Xiaomi and Evolved Wireless against Samsung.

With three partners experie...

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The IP practice at this German full-service firm has a staunch reputation for advising and representing SMEs of various industries before German courts. Automotive suppliers such as ZF Friedrichshafen as well as medical device manufacturers like Ziehm Imaging bank on GvW in infringement actions and nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court. Recently, the team sucessfully defended Chinese Huliang Bio-Tech in a dispute over dental prostheses.

Often, the Munich team under Sebastian Heim handles both national proceedings and EPO...

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The patent team at this national full-service firm continues to strengthen its position as a mixed litigation practice which is highly active for its core SME client base. The integration of its patent attorneys with the lawyer team around partner Anton Horn is clearly paying dividends in both national and UPC proceedings.

This is demonstrated by a major win for long-standing client Veolia over wastewater treatment technology before the Düsseldorf Regional Court. The mixed team is also representing the client in the parallel nullity s...

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This mixed Munich IP firm has a strong prosecution practice and is also very active in patent disputes. While its litigation work spans a broad technical spectrum, Maiwald maintains a particularly strong presence in pharmaceutical and biotech patent cases. The firm’s mixed teams of patent attorneys and litigators are most visible on the side of generic drug companies such as Dr. Reddy’s, Hexal, and Stada.

But the firm is by no means limited to generic and biosimilar manufacturers as clients. Its patent attorneys also handle EPO opposi...

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As a predominantly national patent firm where patent attorneys constitute the majority of fee earners, Meissner Bolte’s mixed litigation practice maintains a solid presence in German litigation, mainly thanks to the ongoing litigation work in national proceedings for key clients: Brita regarding water dispensers, CommScope regarding wi-fi repeaters, Cybex regarding child car seats, and Arçelik regarding kitchen appliances.

Meissner Bolte is primarily known for the litigation work of its patent attorneys, who have been involved once mo...

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