About

Provided by BARDEHLE PAGENBERG

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG provides its clients with excellent services in all fields of Intellectual Property – from the first idea through to the launch, exploitation, enforcement and strategic management, particularly in the legal areas of patent law, trademark & design law, unfair competition law, antitrust law  as well as licensing & technology transfer

Thanks to its vast experience in various industries, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG covers a very broad spectrum of services. The IP firm is well-known for its expertise in the automotive industry, telecommunications, software and electronics. Moreover, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG focuses on technical sectors such as mechanical engineering or medical devices as well as on sports equipment and the pharmaceutical sector.

With more than 40 years of experience in the IP world, a considerable international clientele and over 240 specialists, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is able to simultaneously conduct numerous major infringement, opposition, and nullity proceedings.

In addition to its core business, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG also has its own IT department providing its clients with useful legal tech services. Thanks to its in-house language service team, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is able to offer high-quality translation and interpretation services to its clients. Notably, BARDEHLE PAGENBERG even has a graphic designer in its team, not only helping our clients in preparing adequate representations for design filings, but also for illustration purposes in litigation proceedings.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property: Patent Attorneys: Contentious - Germany
2
Band 2
What the team is known for

BARDEHLE PAGENBERG boasts a broad-based IP practice with thriving teams in both the patent and trade mark arenas. The law firm regularly handles large-scale patent and utility model infringements, and validity and opposition proceedings, particularly for clients from the TMT and automotive industries. The team assists clients with patent prosecution and opposition at both German and European levels. It additionally covers contentious trade mark and unfair competition matters, as well as trade mark prosecution for clients from the food and drinks industry, also advising on the management of global trade mark portfolios. BARDEHLE's expertise also encompasses design rights and design filing strategy.

Work Highlights

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  • BARDEHLE PAGENBERG defended Microsoft against Uniloc in patent infringement and parallel invalidity proceedings.

Notable Practitioners

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Tilman Müller-Stoy
2
Tilman Müller-Stoy
2
Band 2

Tilman Müller-Stoy's well-regarded practice covers high-end patent disputes, including validity proceedings, infringements and compulsory licensing cases.

"He devises clever strategies especially when patents are being challenged before the European Patent Office or Federal Patent Court of Germany."

"Tilman is a strategic thinker in developing successful case strategies."

Johannes Heselberger
3
Johannes Heselberger
3
Band 3

Johannes Heselberger centres his practice on high-profile patent litigation before German patent courts. His client roster includes technology, engineering and life science companies.

Tobias Wuttke
4
Tobias Wuttke
4
Band 4

Tobias Wuttke handles a notable caseload representing clients from the biotechnology, chemicals and technology sectors in patent infringement litigation.

Claus Eckhartt
5
Claus Eckhartt
5
Band 5

Claus Eckhartt has an impressive client list that consists of multinational beverage corporations, musical instrument manufacturers and cosmetics companies. He acts in opposition as well as cancellation proceedings, colour mark infringements and worldwide trade mark prosecution.

Ranked Lawyers at
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG

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Germany

Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

Tilman Müller-Stoy
2
Tilman Müller-Stoy
2
Band 2
Johannes Heselberger
3
Johannes Heselberger
3
Band 3
Tobias Wuttke
4
Tobias Wuttke
4
Band 4
Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition

Claus Eckhartt
5
Claus Eckhartt
5
Band 5

Members

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Christof Karl

Joachim Mader

Philipe Kutschke

Tobias Kaufmann