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    Bardehle Pagenberg Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Paris

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    Bird & Bird Amsterdam, Brüssel, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Helsinki, Milan, Munich, Paris, The Hague

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    Bird & Bird has IP deep in its DNA and boasts renowned teams for patent litigation in key UPC countries such as Germany, France, Finland, Italy and the Netherlands as well as in the UK. In addition, it was one of the few international law firms to adopt a mixed approach at an early stage, with lawyers and patent attorneys regularly working hand in hand. This strategy of established cross-border cooperation is now paying off at the UPC, where its expertise impressed clients from the outset.

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    Kather Augenstein Düsseldorf

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    Taylor Wessing Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Dublin, Eindhoven, Vienna, Munich

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    Freshfields Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, Düsseldorf, London, Munich

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    For years, this international law firm has maintained an integrated European patent team with extensive experience in Europe-wide patent infringement proceedings. It is now putting this to good use at the UPC, where long-standing regular clients such as Novartis (against Celltrion) and Lenovo (against AsusTek) have followed. Freshfields is still one of the top representatives at the new court for a multitude of clients and is one of the few law firms that is equally well represented at the UPC in both pharmaceutical and mobile communications pr...

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    Hogan Lovells Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, London, Milan, Munich, Paris

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    The large international law firm has a fully integrated international patent litigation practice with market-leading teams in many important UPC locations, as well as in the UK. Like competitors Bird & Bird or Freshfields, Hogan Lovells has deployed cross-border teams in pan-European proceedings for years. The firm is now continuing this strategy at the UPC, as demonstrated by the representation of long-standing client Meril Life Sciences against a claim by Edwards Lifesciences. The German team is also coordinating the overall Europe-wide d...

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    Hoyng ROKH Monegier Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, Paris

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    Powell Gilbert Dublin, London

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    This London-based litigation firm was an early supporter of the UPC and quickly demonstrated why it is one of the best-known patent litigation outfits in Europe. The firm’s partners are involved in various UPC disputes, which they usually conduct with local advisors. In individual cases, however, they are also active without partner law firms from other UPC countries, such as for City Glass and Glazing. In addition, Powell Gilbert’s partners often coordinate major proceedings, such as those of Edwards Lifesciences vs Meril Life Sciences regardi...

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    Simmons & Simmons Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Milan, Munich, Paris, London

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    Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators Amsterdam, Basel, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich

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    When the Dutch law firm Brinkhof and the German firm Vossius & Partner announced in 2022 that they would handle all UPC cases together, the aim was to be at the forefront of the UPC litigation market. Under their umbrella brand Vossius & Brinkhof UPC litigators, the two law firms have not fully accomplished this yet. Although their lawyers are jointly involved in numerous UPC proceedings, law firms such as Bardehle Pagenberg and Taylor Wessing have secured an even larger share of the UPC pie.

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    Arnold Ruess Düsseldorf

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    August Debouzy Paris

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    Clifford Chance Düsseldorf, Munich

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    Clifford Chance's strategy of bringing in strong laterals to prepare for the UPC is bearing fruit. The two renowned partners Tobias Hessel and Stefan Richter brought with them not only a wealth of experience in pan-European patent litigation, but also regular client Huawei when they moved from Hoyng ROKH Monegier at the beginning of 2023. The Chinese mobile communications provider immediately retained the team to defend it in several proceedings against Netgear. Oppo also relied on the team, which has received praise from many sides for its UPC...

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    Cohausz & Florack Düsseldorf

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    Hoffmann Eitle Amsterdam, Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, London

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    The German law firm played to its strength in advising life sciences companies at the UPC. It benefited from the fact that clients such as Sanofi-Aventis and Regeneron/Dexcom escalated pan-European disputes to the UPC as soon as the court opened its doors. A mixed team led by lawyer Niels Hölder represented Sanofi-Aventis and Regeneron in a dispute with Amgen over cholesterol-lowering drug evolocumab at the local division Munich. Hoffmann Eitle had previously assisted in national proceedings together with Carpmaels & Ransford.

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    Maikowski & Ninnemann Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Munich

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    Peterreins Schley Munich

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    Prior to the UPC launching, this small mixed IP boutique was not a standout contender for an abundance of UPC cases. Indeed, in the court’s initial months it was barely present as its core client base among NPEs held back from filing lawsuits. However, this has changed significantly. Peterreins Schley is now one of the strongest outfits on the plaintiff side for mobile communications cases at the new court. Its most important clients at the UPC are NPE Daedalus Prime, Nera Innovations and Headwarter Research. It also filed two lawsuits against ...

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    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Berlin, Hamburg, Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart

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    Thanks to the German patent litigation team's extensive network of contacts among US clients such as Dexcom, Google and Tesla, as well as the excellent reputation of lead partner Marcus Grosch, Quinn Emanuel got off to a good start at the UPC. The German team is currently representing car manufacturer Tesla in national as well as UPC proceedings against Broadcom. The litigation for Dexcom in its major global battle with Abbott over glucose-monitoring devices is probably the biggest instruction for the German team at present and is a prime examp...

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    Wildanger Kehrwald Graf v. Schwerin & Partner Düsseldorf

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    Carpmaels & Ransford Dublin, London, Munich

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    DLA Piper Amsterdam, Cologne, Milan, Munich, Paris

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    Despite changes to the lineup in Munich this year, the DLA team got off to a remarkable start at the UPC. The Munich team, led by Constanze Krenz, is involved in an astonishingly high number of proceedings at the new court. The litigation for Dyson concerning handheld vacuum cleaners and for Belkin regarding an SEP for wireless chargers stands out due to its size and complexity.

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    Eisenführ Speiser Bremen, Hamburg, Munich

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    The mixed team of this German law firm has got stuck in at the UPC with a considerable number of actions. By representing clients such as Headwater in proceedings against Motorola Mobility and Samsung over mobile handsets, Eisenführ Speiser shows its extensive experience in mobile communications patents is winning over new clients, also for UPC proceedings. In addition, companies from various other sectors trust the team, particularly when it comes to mechanics and electronics patents. For example, the practice is active for core client BEGO Me...

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    Grünecker Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Paris

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    Krieger Mes Düsseldorf

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    This well-known Düsseldorf-based litigation firm had a reasonable start in the first 18 months of the UPC. Krieger Mes took a wait-and-see approach to the court; rather than forming any strategic alliances like some of its competitors, the firm emphasised its independence. Now, it is active in six proceedings at the new court for some innovative medium-sized companies.

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    Rospatt Düsseldorf

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    This well-known Düsseldorf IP litigation firm has established a solid presence at the new court. It mainly represents medium-sized companies at the local divisions in Düsseldorf and Munich. Rospatt’s experienced litigators operate across a broad, but rather classic, technical spectrum on the defendant side, for example for Knaus Tabbert over caravans, XSYS over printing technology, Q-Tech over measurement technology, and Industria Lombarda Materiale Elettrico over electrical controllers.

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    Thum & Partner Konstanz, Munich

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    A&O Shearman Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Munich, Paris

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    For this international law firm, the investments of recent years in the German patent litigation team have paid off, as evidenced by its strong position in UPC proceedings involving electronics and mobile communications patents. In the UPC’s initial months, the firm was heavily involved in proceedings concerning semiconductors and mobile communications for Samsung and Nokia. Some of the proceedings were quickly settled out of court, such as Samsung Electronics’ and Samsung Semiconductors’ dispute with Network Systems Technologies, and the dispu...

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    CBH Rechtsanwälte Cologne, Munich

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    The IP team of this full-service German law firm is valued by its SME client base for its extensive litigation experience across a wide range of technical fields. The lawyers represent several of these long-standing clients in UPC proceedings. For example, a Munich team is now representing Phoenix Contact in the UPC proceedings against ILME, having previously represented the company in a national dispute against Harting, which included a question referred to the CJEU.

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    Dehns Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester, Munich, Oxford

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    Thanks to its close ties to core clients, this patent attorney firm was one of the few UK firms to be present at the UPC from an early stage. Laura Ramsay, for example, advised AutoStore in its dispute with Ocado together with other law firms even before the UPC launch. She and her team worked in the background in other national proceedings in which other law firms had the lead. When Ocado then took the fight to the UPC, Ramsay was a main representative in one of three proceedings. In the end, however, the UPC case did not reach the courtroom b...

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    J A Kemp Cambridge, London, Oxford, Paris

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    The UK patent attorney firm has a well-known focus on advising pharmaceutical and biotech companies. It continued this work at the UPC. Right from the start, its regular clients Healios and Osaka University involved the firm in revocation actions brought by Astellas over two biotech patents. The patent attorneys had already defended both patents against Astellas' challenges at the EPO. The two proceedings at the Munich central division are so far the only UPC cases in which the firm’s partners are the main representatives. Nevertheless, like it...

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    Marks & Clerk Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinbrugh, Glasgow, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Oxfort

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    As this UK firm’s lawyers are not yet admitted to the UPC, it must instead deploy its large patent attorney team at the new court, and yet Marks & Clerk still made a successful start in litigation here. It skilfully leveraged its strong position in the life sciences industry to be present at the UPC in the few but large-volume, high-stakes proceedings in this field. A mixed team had already represented Pfizer in national disputes with GSK regarding features of RSV vaccines. Now the patent attorneys are acting as the main representatives in ...

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    Meissner Bolte Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Hamburg, Hebden Bridge, Ludwigshafen München, Nürnberg, Schorndorf

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    Preu Bohlig & Partner Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Paris

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    The lawyers at this medium-sized law firm have been actively representing their regular clients in proceedings since the UPC was established. However, in January 2025, the Hamburg team will break away and establish a new law firm together with two lawyers in Paris and a partner in Munich. The new outfit, under the name Bonabry, will comprise three partners in Hamburg, including Daniel Hoppe, who is currently conducting the proceedings for Stada against Sanofi over cabazitaxel, and Konstantin Schallmoser. The latter is currently conducting many ...

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    Samson & Partner Munich

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    The patent attorneys at this independent Munich IP boutique have extensive experience in national and EPO proceedings, particularly concerning IT and mobile communications. They are now successfully applying this expertise at the UPC, for example for Netgear and Keysight, which they previously represented in national cases. Samson banks on established contacts with law firms, such as Freshfields and Hoyng ROKH Monegier, whose litigators lead the legal part of proceedings.

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    Sandart & Partners Stockholm

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    This Swedish IP boutique has established itself at the UPC primarily as a local partner for proceedings at the Nordic Baltic division. In this context, the firm's long-standing close contacts with law firms in Europe are an advantage. It already cooperates with some of these in pan-European patent proceedings. One example is the work for Meril Life Sciences against Edwards Lifesciences – Hogan Lovells called on the services of the Stockholm IP boutique for the proceedings at the Nordic Baltic Regional division. Stockholm-based lawyer and former...

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    Torggler & Hofmann Innsbruck

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    The two patent attorneys Markus Gangl and Florian Robl at this pure patent law firm in Innsbruck are attracting attention with their representation of SME core clients at the UPC. They work in all their proceedings as a duo without lawyers. Before the UPC launched, the fact that patent attorneys could represent medium-sized clients at the court without the involvement of lawyers was a source of misgiving for many law firms, calling their business models into question. This is precisely what makes Torggler & Hofmann so successful. In additio...

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    Trevisan & Cuonzo Milan, Rome

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    The Italian IP firm Trevisan & Cuonzo is one of the leading litigation practices for pan-European proceedings at national courts in Italy. From this position, it is also the first port of call for clients who want to use the UPC courts in Milan and seek local representatives outside of internationally integrated law firms. So far, however, the team has only been involved in two proceedings on the defendant side, namely for AutoStore against Ocado, which was quickly settled. The low number of cases is partly because, so far, the Milan divisi...

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The selection of law firms in the above table reflects the research of the editorial staff at JUVE and is based on interviews with clients, lawyers and academics. It remains a subjective view and implies no disparagement of any firm not mentioned here but which is nevertheless active in this field. The firms are alphabetically listed within the groups. To find out more about our rankings and research criteria please click here and here.

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