Fieldfisher

Intellectual Property

Benjamin Grzimek is a Partner in Fieldfisher´s Dusseldorf office and advises on all matters of Patent Law.

The focus of his practice is on advising and representing companies in patent infringement cases. His clients include small and medium-sized enterprises as well as global corporations from the pharmaceutical, medical technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, mechanical engineering and other industries.

He has particular experience in assisting and coordinating cross-border disputes, both in the strategic preparation and implementation of patent enforcement measures and in defending against such attacks. He is therefore familiar with the basic features of the essential legal and other frameworks for patent infringement proceedings in more than a dozen countries.

He has also gained experience in patent and licensing arbitration proceedings, both as party representative and as arbitrator.

He has particular experience in the area of disputes concerning standard-essential patents. In more than 50 cases, he has advised patent owners and defendant companies on the specific patent, procedural and antitrust aspects of such disputes, in particular on the factual and legal circumstances giving rise to a possible compulsory licence defence (FRAND defence).

He is recommended by various professional magazines and platforms:

Our team was named as a top law firm for Patent Law in 2021 by Wirtschaftswoche. In 2020, we were recognised by Managing Intellectual Property as part of the Cross-border Telecoms Patent team.

Prior to joining Fieldfisher, he worked in law firms of various sizes and with different international orientations.

He advises his clients in German, English and Spanish.

He is a member of the associations for industrial property protection GRUR, VPP and LES.

He has published on various aspects of Patent Law and regularly lecture at home and abroad. Currently, he is particularly active as co-editor of a publication on global aspects in SEP/FRAND cases by the organisation The Sedona Conference and as a speaker at the Euroforum seminar on R&D contracts.