Meissner Bolte

Germany

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Overview

Meissner Bolte is recommended for IP protection work. The firm has experienced patent attorneys to deal with work in fields such as engineering, computer technology, and chemistry. The firm is led by experienced European patent attorneys like Kay Rupprecht, Julian Würmser, Florian Meyer, Stephan Held, Stefan M Zech, Jochen Kilchert, and Ulrich Kreutzer. The partners are supported by a team of junior patent attorneys and consultants such as Uwe Fitzner and Eugen Popp. 

The notable lawyers in the firm are patent litigator Michael Nieder and trade mark and plant variety lawyer Gert Würtenberger; both lawyers have been in practice for many decades. Its merger with Gert Würtenberger's firm, Würtenberger Rechtsanwälte, in January 2022 strengthened its trade mark practice and added a plant variety practice to its offering. In February 2023, the firm partnered with the French IP group Santarelli Group to launch the European Patent Litigators Network (EPLN), an association of firms working together to provide services for the Unified Patent Court. The firm also has a UK practice, which is led by Andrew J Parker.

Testimonial

2023

"The team is very friendly, very efficient and very supportive. They not only administer our cases but they actively contribute with ideas and suggestions, both for current cases and for long-term strategies."

"We value their reliability and timeliness."

Patent

The firm witnessed several staff changes in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, the firm welcomed veteran patent litigator Michael Nieder as a counsel and Gert Würtenberger and his team. The notable departures in 2022 were European patent attorney and 2021 Rising Star Manuel Soria Parra, patent litigator Marina Wehler and head of legal Tobias Wuttke.  Patent litigator Philipp Rastemborski and patent attorney Florian Henke left the firm in 2023. The firm's patent attorney team was strengthened in 2022/2023 with Hans Joachim Gerstein, Rolf Kröncke and Constantin Günther, who joined from Gramm Lins & Partner, and South Korean patent attorney Alexander Son.

SIB LEX and its sister firm Società Italiana Brevetti joined the EPLN in May 2023.