ARNOLD RUESS

Number of partners: 5

Number of lawyers: 18

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Thai

Firm Overview:

ARNOLD RUESS is a boutique IP firm in Düsseldorf, Germany, serving national and interna-tional clients from innovative mid-size enterprises to Fortune 500 companies. Founded in 2010 as a spin-off from a magic circle firm, the practice has acted in several high-profile IP cases. ARNOLD RUESS and its partners are highly recommended by all major ranking institutions including Chambers, JUVE, Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyers / Handelsblatt, FOCUS, IAM 1000, WTR 1000, Leader's League and MIP IP Stars.

Main Areas of Practice:

- Intellectual Property

- Patent Litigation

- Trademark Litigation

- Copyright

Intellectual Property:

ARNOLD RUESS specialises in the entire field of intellectual property:

■ Strategic advice regarding trademarks and technical rights, unfair competition and copyright law

■ Litigation before the specialist German courts including coordination of international proceedings with partners in other jurisdictions

■ Licensing and other contract negotiations and drafting

■ Evaluation and optimisation of rights portfolios

■ Developing and advising on advertising strategies, promotional material and branding

Recent work includes:

■ Advising Nokia in prominent “connected cars” case against Daimler, obtaining first-ever Anti-anti suit injunction in Germany for Nokia against Continental, as well as – now settled – patent litigation with Apple and BlackBerry

■ Regularly acting for Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe as exclusive German IP counsel on a variety of technical and non-technical IP matters (patent, design, trademark, copyright) including litigation; defending key trademark in appeal proceedings

■ Global Coordination of multi-jurisdictional patent litigation project for Sanofi involving more than 10 countries, representing client in German proceedings

■ Representing Alcon (ex-Novartis group) as market leader for eye care products in patent litigation against Hoya, coordination of Europe-wide litigation

■ Continuously advising/representing Subaru Germany and Emil Frey group companies in advertising campagins and related disputes

■ Lead counsel for Sisvel in first FRAND cases at Federal Surpreme Court after Huawei v. ZTE and obtaining two landmark decisions on future FRAND requirements

■ Representing Alcon (ex-Novartis group) as market leader for eye care products in patent litigation against Hoya, coordination of Europe-wide litigation

■ Representing InterDigital in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation against Xiaomi

■ Successful defence in first biosimilar infringement proceedings in Germany for Celltrion and Mundipharma against Roche

■ Litigation on second-medical use claims for Hexal

■ Advising Zentis on trademark law and strategy and advertising campaigns, recently instructed as counsel of record for entire trademark portfolio

■ Litigation before trial and appeal courts regarding copyright issue for famous cosmectics brand, recently decided in client’s favor by German Federal Supreme Court

■ Exclusive German IP counsel for Leading provider of software solutions in the travel industry Clients: Alcon, Guhl, InterDigital, Nokia, Nordsee, Order of St John (Johanniterorden), Sanofi, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe, Subaru, Wilkinson (Edgewell Group), Zentis

■ Coordination of international patent litigation and conducting German proceedings for various international clients (pharmaceutical products, telecommunication industry, consumer products, software, biotech)