Germany

Firm overview

df-mp is one of the top firms in intellectual property law with an international outlook and a broad scope of specialized expertise. Globally oriented companies in such practice areas as biotechnology, chemistry, physics, medical devices, mechanical and electrical engineering and pharmaceuticals trust the competent advice offered by our highly-rated team.

Our know-how in a broad range of cutting-edge technologies as well as in-depth experience in intellectual property law enables us to meet our clients‘ high demands for expert counseling. We offer comprehensive advice on the global protection of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on Europe and the United States. The firm is notable for its competence in natural sciences and high-tech, multilingualism and intercultural sensitivity.

The df-mp attorneys have considerable experience in obtaining and defending clients’ key patents in proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office, as well as challenging the patents of third parties in such proceedings. Notable success has also been achieved by the firm in patent infringement proceedings and nullity actions before the German courts. Another recognized specialty of the firm is client counselling on freedom-to-operate and patent validity matters.

Aside from technology-oriented advice, the attorneys of df-mp develop successful strategies on protecting and enforcing trademark and design patents. df-mp’s trademark and design practice offers our clients world-wide filing and prosecution services. Furthermore, our attorneys also actively prosecute and oppose European and German trademarks and designs as well as enforce and defend them against third parties.

Firm overview

TWAINSCORE is a highly specialized IP boutique law firm located in Munich, Germany. We handle complex IP litigation cases before German and European courts and patent- and trademark offices. Our expertise covers patent litigation cases which we are handling both before German infringement and nullity courts as well as before the Unified Patent Court. Furthermore, we have in depth knowledge and expertise in protecting luxury brands against counterfeits and illegal grey market activities. Besides, we handle unfair competition and trade secret infringement cases. Despite our focus on contentious matters, we also regularly handle non-contentious matters, such as licensing-, joint development and r&d agreements or IP due dilligences within venture capital and m&a transactions.

Firm overview

MERH-IP is a mid-size law firm based in Munich, established as a small law firm of four patent attorneys with many years of experience, who were previously partners in three other law firms. Since our founding in 2009, we have grown into a medium-sized law firm with more than 60 employees including 6 partners, 15 patent attorneys and 9 technical experts.

The law firm sees itself as an “intellectual property boutique” specializing in the field of commercial legal protection. Our aim is to be a fast service provider in the field of commercial legal protection, where the quality of the work and a trusting client relationship come first.

Our range of services includes advice and representation in all matters of Intellectual Property including patents, utility models, trademarks, designs, domains, employee’s inventions, copyright and unfair competition law. The firm represents clients ranging from renowned multinational corporations from Europe, the United States and Japan, to medium-sized companies and start-ups.

Our professional understanding of servicing in the IP-field makes very high demands on the quality of our work in view of both technical and legal aspects. Expert knowledge in a broad range of cutting-edge technologies as well as in-depth expertise in intellectual property law with annual filings of around 2,400 patent applications enables us to safeguard your interests in the field of Intellectual Property and to represent any company successfully before courts and offices. Attorneys of our firm have outstanding track records in hearings, trials and oral proceedings.

In addition, partners of the firm are continuously involved in infringement proceedings, mostly in the field of telecommunication and automotive technology.

In total, dispute matters are about 20% of the firm’s work.

We are particularly known for our innovative and efficient strategies prosecuting applications and our above-average patent grant rate, also in technical areas where the rejection rate is usually very high, e.g. computer-implemented inventions.

These particularly good results are based on our “team-approach”, which focuses on additional research and the processing of cases by several team members together. The high quality of the work is also ensured by in-house training seminars, "MERH-IP lunchtime lecture" series.

Firm overview

From our offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, we work with clients ranging from established, global Fortune 100 companies to enterprising startups.

Our team of more than 2,200 lawyers and legal professionals provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, litigation, and regulatory services in major industries, including energy, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, retail and ecommerce, sports, technology, and transportation. We focus on both immediate and long-term goals with our clients, helping them address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes.

We approach every representation with an equal commitment to first understanding, and then efficiently and effectively advancing, the interests of our clients and arriving at the best results. If a client has a question, we’ll immediately find the person in our global network with the answer. If there’s a shift in the legal landscape, we’re on top of it, and our clients will be too.

Founded in 1873, we stand on the shoulders of more than 150 years of achievement, but we never rest on our reputation.