JUVE Comment

This mixed law firm had a good start in the initial months of the UPC. Immediately after the new court opened, Grünecker filed a suit for its core client Broadcom/Avago against Tesla at the local division Munich over chips for automotive application. It was clear the action would not be a one-hit wonder as the small litigation team had already repeatedly represented the semiconductor manufacturer in multiple actions against car manufacturers at German courts. Recently, Grünecker filed a second UPC complaint against Stellantis and Opel. However, Grünecker does not advise Broadcom/Avago on an exclusive basis; the client is also relying on EIP in other UPC complaints.

Grünecker also guided other regular clients to the new court. Roche Diabetes, for which the firm traditionally files patents, is banking on Grünecker and lawyers from Kather Augenstein for two proceedings concerning insulin pumps. For Rematec and Haefele, Grünecker patent attorneys had already registered the patents-in-suit, while for Canfield Scientific a mixed team had already been involved in parallel national disputes against Quantificare. Grünecker is operating in mixed teams in all cases except for Roche Diabetes. However, the lawyer team already has an extensive workload in view of the considerable number of proceedings, meaning the firm will have to grow sooner or later.

Strengths

UPC proceedings regarding semiconductors.

Recommended individuals

Ulrich Blumenröder

Team

8 lawyers, 49 patent attorneys

Clients

Broadcom/Avago against Tesla over implementation patent for chips for automotive application; Broadcom/Avago against Stellantis and Opel over connected cars patents; Per Aarsleff against IMS Robotics over pipeline technology; Haefele against Kunststoff KG Nehl & Co over tooling for furniture; Rematec against Europe Forestry over forestry technology; Roche Diagnostics and Roche Diabetes Care against Tandem Diabetes Care and Vital Aire over insulin pumps; Canfield Scientific against Quantificare over 3D medical imaging systems.