Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is an international law firm whose IP practice is recommended for cross-border patent litigation. The firm has litigators who can handle patent disputes in technical fields such as telecommunications, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The team can also advise on patent office proceedings.

Patent stars Marcus Grosch and Johannes Bukow are the key contacts for IP at the firm. Grosch is highly respected in electronics and telecoms patent disputes. Bukow is a litigator to instruct when there is an interplay between patents and antitrust. Other notable senior patent practitioners are Jesko Preuß, Jérôme Kommer, and Katrin Gerstenberg.

Michael Krenz, Felix Trumpke, Andreas Duensing and Andreas Hahne are practitioners to watch.

2023

"We appreciate that they are able to integrate commercial constraints in their legal advice."

Case studies show the firm acted for clients such as Daimler, Pfizer, Google, and BlackBerry in major patent disputes. The firm's competition law practice leader Nadine Herrmann sadly passed away in September 2022.