Germany

Firm overview

The partnership of Viering, Jentschura & Partner (VJP) was founded in 1976 by Hans-Martin Viering and Rolf Jentschura. Both of our founding partners are still standing by our clients with words and deeds. Currently, Mr. Jentschura is managing and guiding the firm together with all other partners.

Experienced

More than 40 years later, VJP has become a worldwide operating patent and law firm with international experience. VJP has more than 20 partners and more than 180 highly qualified employees, including patent attorneys, attorneys-at-law, engineers and scientists. The partners of VJP have gathered expertise in the field of intellectual property for many years and worked in part as in-house attorneys. Some of our partners are members of the boards of examination for qualification and admission before the EPO and in Singapore.

The headquarters of Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB is located in Munich which is also where the firm was founded. The Bavarian metropolis is regarded as the European capital of patent law. This makes us benefit from proximity and close contacts to the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court, and last but not least the Munich Patent Infringement Courts.

International

VJP currently has four branch offices and one representative office internationally. Our branch offices in Munich, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Singapore and our Taiwan (Taipei) representative office make us present at strategically important business locations in Europe and overseas. With its office in Singapore, VJP is located at the hub of Southeast Asia and is considered one of the Top Tier IP boutiques. Our business partners benefit from an established contact network, on-site service and our broad international expertise. 

As a multinational law firm, VJP's IP Professionals come from a variety of countries, including Germany, France, Italy, USA, Japan, Korea, Australia, China, Taiwan and Singapore.

IP competent

VJP stands for international expertise and excellence in intellectual property services. VJP advises clients in all areas of intellectual property law, including preparing, filing, enforcing and managing patents, utility models, trademarks, supplementary protection certificates, designs, (semiconductor) topographies, search services and all types of proceedings before the patent and trademark offices, as well as in litigation before the courts in all instances, including major litigation involving several parallel infringement and nullity proceedings. We carry out our work with passion and the willingness to go the extra mile to achieve optimum results for our clients.

VJP helps protect innovations in all fields of natural science and technology, especially in the fields of physics, chemistry, biotechnology and genetic engineering, pharmaceutics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, medical engineering and software.

Global Network

Over the years, VJP has also built a regional and global network of excellent law firms, providing VJP’s clients through VJP, any assistance needed to coordinate multinational prosecution and litigation projects.

Value Justifies Protection. Our precept, our motivation, and our promise.

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

When it comes to intellectual property, Grünecker is the partner of choice. As a leading boutique firm, Grünecker offers a comprehensive range of IP services spanning all technical and legal areas. With 100 years of experience and a highly qualified team of over 85 patent attorneys, more than 60 patent practitioners, and over 30 attorneys-at-law, Grünecker is one of Europe’s largest and most renowned IP firms.

At home in Europe, with headquarters in Munich and offices in Berlin, Cologne, and Paris, Grünecker supports clients worldwide every day. Experts at the firm excel in a wide range of technical fields – from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, semiconductor technology, information technologies, and AI & machine learning to software, automotive, material science, medical technology, physics, chemistry and life sciences. Each year, our team files hundreds of strategically drafted patent applications in these areas, making us one of the top filing firms in Europe.

The Grünecker patent team is multinational: Besides attorneys registered in UK, France, Spain, Italy, Austria and Ireland, we are proud of our patent attorney colleagues from Japan and China. This together with a longstanding and trusted network of international partners in practically every country around the globe makes Grünecker a one-stop law firm for any challenging worldwide IP strategy.

Grünecker is also a heavyweight in defending and enforcing intellectual property rights. The firm’s teams manage numerous opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO) and represent clients in appeals and hearings in Munich and The Hague, and are highly experienced in nullity actions before the German Federal Patent Court.

Patent litigation teams at Grünecker pride themselves on offering holistic and diligent counsel to address clients’ needs. The close and well-tuned collaboration of litigators and patent attorneys has proven a key factor in the firm’s success. Whether before the highest German and European Courts, or in cross-border proceedings throughout Europe, the US, and Asia, Grünecker delivers tailored solutions that make a difference.

Grünecker represents clients before all relevant German courts and before the newly constituted Unified Patent Court (UPC), which currently has jurisdiction over 17 European countries. The firm’s attorneys were involved in creating this new system from day one, developing expertise at an early stage and representing some of the first cases filed with the UPC.

Beyond patents, Grünecker is one of the leading firms in the field of soft IP, representing renowned trademark and design owners. The firm offers the full range of trademark-related services including trademark clearances, portfolio development, and trademark prosecution.

With hundreds of disputes annually, the Grünecker team is at the forefront of litigation and enforcement of trademarks, designs, copyrights and competition law claims. Our attorneys have extensive experience combating counterfeits, knockoffs and parallel imports across all industries – including consumer products, food and beverages, medical devices, electronics, fashion, sports articles, luggage and luxury products – and successfully handle hundreds of border seizures annually in Germany and the EU.

Expertise at Grünecker also covers technology transfer and licensing, know-how and trade secret protection as well as digitalization and data protection.

Grünecker’s top-tier position is consistently recognized in international rankings, and this is echoed by recommendations from clients and industry peers who emphasize the expertise and dedication of the Grünecker teams.

For more information, please visit: www.grunecker.de

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.