Litigation: Patent Attorneys – Germany 2026

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This mixed IP firm combines a strong litigation team with one of Germany's largest, market-leading patent prosecution practices. After a year of staff turbulence, this mixed IP firm is now much more broadly positioned in patent litigation with strong footprints in pharma, medical devices and mobile communication.

For many years, the firm was primarily seen as a top address for pharma litigation and for Japanese clients. These two focal points remain fully intact, especially since the pharma litigation-experienced patent attorney team ...

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This Munich-based pure patent attorney firm remains at the top of the market as one of the busiest litigation outfits in the mobile communications and IT sector. The practice's success stems from the strong litigation experience of the patent attorney team led by Wolfgang Lippich, Alexander Münster, and Tobias Stammberger in national and UPC proceedings as well as EPO oppositions. This expertise has recently led to them representing new high-profile clients such as Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia.

In their core expertise of mobile communi...

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The mixed team at this large IP firm has established itself as a challenger in the patent litigation market. A substantial number of SMEs and international companies instruct the team on prosecution work and, increasingly, litigation. Recent highlights include the firm's representation of Headwater against Samsung in a case concerning mobile communications. The firm is also currently handling multiple strands of proceedings for clients such as Philips.

The firm continues to defend the rights of its medium-sized prosecution clients reg...

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With a litigation engine running at full throttle, Bird & Bird has continued its impressive trajectory, cementing its position as a market leader with a high volume of prominent cases. The firm’s strong litigation practice is driven by a distinguished group of partners, including litigators Christian Harmsen, Oliver Jüngst and Boris Kreye, as well as renowned patent attorneys like Daniela Kinkeldey.

Clients from a broad range of industries entrust it with their economically important disputes. The mixed team is equally strong in high-...

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This Munich patent attorney firm continues to have an excellent reputation in litigation concerning communications technology, semiconductors, and electronics patents. While its small prosecution practice focuses on these technical sectors, the team around Thomas Hell and Rudolf Reichold primarily handles long-running litigation campaigns for patent owners and NPEs such as Voice Age, Crystal Clear Codec or AtlasGlobal against implementers. The firm maintains limited involvement in other technical fields.

Bosch Jehle’s successful repre...

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This mixed IP boutique stands out for its active filing practice and representation in infringement actions for clients in the electronics and mobile communications sectors. The team enjoys particular regard among Asian clients. For instance, it files a substantial number of European patent applications on behalf of various companies within the Samsung Group and also represents them in EPO oppositions. The patent attorneys were also once again active in a number of patent infringement and revocation proceedings on behalf of Asian manufacture...

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The German patent litigation team operates within a globally integrated full-service firm with a strong IP focus. The German practice attracts clients of varying sizes from Europe, the US, and Asia, with clear specialisations in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and automotive suppliers. A current highlight among the firm's instructions, in which the German practice plays a significant role, is the representation of SAP and BioMarin at the UPC. The extensive litigation portfolio for Lufthansa also continues. Indeed, the work for Lufthansa Techn...

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This patent attorney firm combines an active prosecution practice across a broad technical spectrum with an increasing patent litigation practice. In addition to numerous opposition proceedings for regular clients such as Flender and Kickert, the firm is frequently involved in infringement and nullity proceedings before national courts. Quantificare's case concerning a 3D imaging system recently kept a team around Dirk Schulz very busy – not only before German courts but also at the UPC. For years, Kickert has relied heavily on partner Guido...

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The patent attorneys at Ter Meer Steinmeister are renowned for their expertise in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemistry patent litigation, built on many years of experience. The IP firm, with offices in Munich and Bielefeld, has recently taken on major new proceedings in the chemistry sector. The firm ranks among the most respected practices for EPO oppositions and regularly represents pharmaceutical companies. A notable instruction is the ongoing wave of EPO opposition proceedings brought by Generics UK against Novo Nordisk concerning...

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The patent attorneys maintain an excellent track record in EPO oppositions and technical proceedings, particularly in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and electronics. The team was once again involved in numerous economically significant EPO oppositions for its regular pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Its most notable recent success was representing Polpharma against Biogen before the Boards of Appeal concerning a dosage patent for multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera. The team also regularly acts as a straw man in EPO oppositions.

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This medium-sized patent boutique from Germany's Ruhr region has established a strong reputation for comprehensive prosecution and litigation support in mechanical engineering, especially with regards to the auto industry. The team is one of the best known in western Germany and provides extensive guidance to its established client base of German SMEs and some industrial corporates, including Hochtief and Kiekert, in EPO oppositions, nullity actions, and proceedings at the German Patent and Trademark Office. This is demonstrated by its work ...

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This IP firm has established expertise in electronics patents, particularly in computer technology, AI, semiconductors, and medical devices. Its strong market position amongst patent attorney firms with extensive litigation experience stems from its regular work for Google, Nichia, and Hoya in civil court litigation as well as EPO oppositions. Alexander Esslinger is frequently recommended for cases involving electronics and telecommunications patents.

Most recently, however, it has been primarily cases involving small and medium-sized...

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This pure patent attorney firm from Stuttgart remains excellently positioned in litigation for German SMEs. The traditional patent attorney firm has extensive experience in litigation across a broad technical spectrum, especially nullity actions and EPO oppositions related to mechanical engineering, mechanics, and electronics.

Due to their strong roots in the technology-driven SME sector, patent attorneys have recently been significantly more active in UPC proceedings than in the court’s first two years. Their litigation experience, c...

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This mixed patent litigation practice has maintained its position among the German market leaders for years. The team conducts high-calibre litigation for many clients across a broad technical spectrum, not only nationally but also internationally.

The German patent litigation team was once again highly active in various proceedings relating to mobile communications and video streaming. The team has traditionally been a strong advocate for Asian implementers such as Oppo and Xiaomi. The fact that several implementers of streaming pate...

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This Munich-based patent attorney outfit combines in-depth expertise in patent litigation for clients from the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical sectors with comprehensive prosecution work across a broad technical spectrum, including computer technolgies and mechanical engineering. The firm also maintains close relationships with Asian clients such as CATL and Oppo.

But it is best known for its regular litigation work for generic drug companies such as Teva/ratiopharm and Sandoz/Hexal. These long-standing relationships ensure that...

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The patent attorneys at this Munich IP boutique provide comprehensive services to international clients in prosecution, litigation, nullity proceedings, and EPO oppositions. They frequently collaborate with the firm's own lawyers in infringement proceedings. Long-standing clients such as Credit Card Supplies, Liebherr, and Telefónica rely on the firm's mixed team, while others like Fresenius Medical Care engage solely with the patent attorneys' technical expertise. The firm's core litigation work comes from regular clients, predominantly SME...

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This Munich-based IP boutique's patent attorneys support clients across a broad technical spectrum in national nullity proceedings, EPO oppositions, and prosecution. In litigation, including technical support in national and cross-border infringement proceedings, the patent attorneys have a strong focus on the atomotive industry. Its client base includes manufacturers such as Renault Group but also suppliers such as Valeo. The firm enjoys an excellent reputation in mechanical engineering, with a diverse client base including many medium-size...

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This compact Munich-based patent attorney firm is highly regarded for its strategic prosecution and opposition work, specialising in electronics and mechanical engineering, primarily at the intersection with IT, mobile communications, and medical devices. The team maintains high visibility in numerous opposition proceedings, including work for ZF Friedrichshafen and Crown Equipment.

Even before the launch of the UPC, the firm regularly appeared in proceedings alongside external lawyers. Its UPC work has since lent the firm further vis...

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This purely patent attorney firm boasts an outstanding reputation for its expertise in prosecution, litigation, and EPO oppositions relating to biotech and pharmaceutical patents. Thanks to the expertise of its partners, this medium-sized firm operates on a par with international competitors such as Carpmaels & Ransford and Hoffmann Eitle in this sector.

Recently, the pharmaceuticals and biotech team has been involved in key disputes at national level, as well as at the UPC, working alongside external lawyers. For example, Georg Schna...

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The Hamburg-based patent attorney firm focuses primarily on patent litigation in pharma and biotech, conducting only limited filing work. Well established for representing generic drug companies in patent disputes, Hamm&Wittkopp regularly provides comprehensive representation for long-standing clients such as Stada, Aliud, and Mylan in classic disputes against originators.

A particular strength of Hamm&Wittkopp lies in its extensive experience and proven track record in EPO oppositions, where its patent attorneys frequently act as str...

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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 estab...

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This medium-sized patent attorney firm has established itself as a top choice in Germany for mid-market clients. The practice boasts an excellent reputation for prosecution and litigation regarding mechanical engineering and chemical technologies. When it comes to the extensive activities of the patent attorneys in EPO oppositions, as well as national nullity and infringement suits, electronics and medical devices also play an important role.

One new instruction in the latter, for example, is iCat in a battle over a dental implant sca...

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This Munich-based mixed IP firm boasts a strong litigation practice for various clients in a wide range of technologies. The team regularly represents clients from the telecommunications and medical technology sectors but also regarding eletronics.

The firm’s litigation work is based not least on a prosecution practice that, whilst comparatively small, is highly specialised, serving clients such as Boston Scientific, Borg Warner, Insulet, and IPG. It also represents these frequently in litigation. The work of the patent attorneys, par...

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The patent attorneys at this long-established Hamburg boutique enjoy an excellent reputation and track record in EPO oppositions concerning pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical patents. The team is also the first choice for numerous well-known clients in nullity proceedings and prosecution. The team led by Albrecht von Menges is highly regarded for EPO oppositions in economically important life sciences cases for core clients as Amgen.

The firm’s prosecution practice is developing steadily and thrives on close relationships with comp...

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This medium-sized patent attorney firm ranks among Stuttgart's leading practices. Witte Weller demonstrates particular strength in electrical and mechanical engineering. The firm maintains deep roots among regional SMEs whilst skilfully guiding clients through the transition from traditional automotive supply to e-mobility. One client praises the team's high level of expertise, including in infringement disputes. The firm regularly represents its core client base of medium-sized enterprises in infringement proceedings. For instance, the clos...

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