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Intellectual property
Helping our clients make their rights work for them.
We support clients in solving their most complex, business-critical IP, data and commercial challenges, wherever they arise.
Our global team of over 100 IP and data practitioners helps clients to identify, protect and commercialise their technology, brands, content, data, and know-how. Our practice covers both contentious and non-contentious matters and spans our international network.
Clients come to us when they need a team on their largest, strategic projects where the IP and data are critical and the commercial challenges are complex, often with a significant international component.
Our international IP and technology team takes a practical approach to helping clients defend their businesses and enforce their rights. We find commercial solutions where possible, but we’re ready to litigate when and where necessary. We have a wealth of experience in cross-border IP litigation and have acted on some of the most high-profile pharmaceutical and technology disputes.
Magic circle firm with the corporate and commercial power to lead on the weightiest, most sophisticated IP-rich transactions" with “strength in patent litigation.”"
Chambers Europe 2021
Client successes
Advising AB InBev on the sale of its Australian business to Asahi, including a significant standalone IP licence for global brands including Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois.
Advising London Stock Exchange on its $27bn acquisition of Refinitiv, including on related data, technology and analytics integration projects.
Advising Novartis on the sale of Novartis Manufacturing GmbH, which operates a production plant for biotechnological substances, to BioNTech SE for the production of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate BNT162.
Advising Volkswagen AG as IP/IT, Antitrust and CFIUS counsel in its $2.6 billion co-investment with Ford Motor Co. in autonomous vehicle technology company Argo AI.
Advising Siemens AG, one of the world’s leading industrial manufacturers, on the development of MindSphere, a cloud-based open operating platform that connects machines, plants, and systems.
Defending VMWare in a complex dispute regarding open source software.
Advising on and coordinating global defense for Volkswagen AG in proceedings and litigation based on unfair competition law aspects in connection with nitrogen oxide emissions by diesel vehicles.
Representing a US headquartered consumer technology company in a worldwide dispute with a multinational semiconductor company before the Regional Courts of Munich I and Mannheim, as well as the Federal Patent Court.
Advising Coty on its strategic long term exclusive licence of the Burberry brand for fragrances and make-up, winner of 'Deal of the Year' at the Luxury Law Summit.
Defending Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp in an innovator-innovator biotech patent case brought by Eli Lilly & Company in the cutting edge field of biologic “immunomodulatory therapy”.
Advising Liberty Global on the biggest deal in the European telecoms sector for over a decade, including comprehensive standalone technology licensing arrangements.
Our team
Dr. Andrea Lensing-Kramer Partner
Düsseldorf
Dr. Christoph Werkmeister Partner
Düsseldorf
David Brooks Partner
London
Dr. Frank-Erich Hufnagel Partner
Düsseldorf
Giles Pratt Partner
London
Jelle Drok Partner
Amsterdam
Laura Whiting Partner
London
Dr. Lutz Riede Partner
Vienna, Düsseldorf
Matthias Koch Partner
Düsseldorf
Menachem Kaplan Partner
New York
Dr. Philipp Dohnke Partner
Hamburg
Rachael Annear Partner
London
Richard Bird Partner
Hong Kong
Richard Lister Partner
London
Rutger Kleemans Partner
Amsterdam
Dr. Theresa Ehlen Partner
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Tobias Timmann Counsel
Düsseldorf
Dr. Torsten Schreier Partner
Frankfurt am Main
Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Partner
Düsseldorf, Munich
