ARNOLD RUESS

Number of partners: 4
Number of lawyers: 14
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 Legal 500, Chambers, JUVE, WTR, IAM, Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal. In 2019, ARNOLD RUESS won the prestigious JUVE award “Law Firm of the Year for IP in Germany”.

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
■ Representing Wilkinson (Edgewell Group) in patent dispute against Gillette and advising them re trademark and unfair competition law
■ Successful defence in first biosimilar infringement proceedings in Germany for Celltrion and Mundipharma against Roche
■ Litigation on second-medical use claims for Hexal
■ Coordination of international patent litigation and conducting German proceedings for various international clients (pharmaceutical products, telecommunication industry, consumer products, software, biotech)
■ 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