Meissner Bolte Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB

Meissner Bolte is a fully integrated specialist IP law firm offering legal services in all areas of intellectual property. Meissner Bolte is one of the leading law firms in Germany in the fields of patent, trade mark, design, and competition law. Meissner Bolte offers full-service protection of industrial property rights for innovative companies at home and abroad. Starting with the application process, through prosecution, to the enforcement and exploitation of your intellectual property rights, we are the IP experts to have at your side.

At Meissner Bolte, comprehensive IP consultation means teamwork: with a total of 350 employees, eleven offices throughout Germany and one office in the UK and 80 highly qualified patent attorneys and lawyers, we work together using our combined legal expertise to protect and defend your creative accomplishments, technical innovations, unique products and valuable methods. Our teams focus on protecting industrial property rights in their entirety by combining all opportunities afforded by patent, trade mark and design law with a single objective in mind: to develop and implement a sustainable strategy for your IP management.

When it comes to protection of technical issues, we focus closely on the details. Our patent attorneys are graduate engineers and scientists in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, computing and IT, medical technology, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and material sciences.

To strengthen the bridge between science and law, many of our attorneys have also earned a Master of Laws degree. Moreover, the majority of our lawyers have specialist qualifications and training in the protection of industrial property rights and are actively involved in relevant industry and professional associations.

Korea expert Alexander Son, who joined Meissner Bolte in 2023, has taken over as head of the firm's Asia Desk and advises a growing number of German and Korean clients on national and cross-border filing and litigation matters.

Meissner Bolte's international reach is a cornerstone of its comprehensive IP services. With native-speaking departments, including English, Japanese and Korean, international clients are perfectly catered for. In addition, Meissner Bolte maintains close relationships with many of the best international IP law firms. This has led to active participation in numerous cross-border patent infringement proceedings involving both European countries and the USA. We also have direct experience in front of the Unified Patent Court – both in infringement and validity matters.

We actively promote international connections through our flagship events: the IP Days and our Asia Seminar. These events serve as platforms for the exchange of knowledge, best practices and the latest developments in IP law, benefiting not only our clients but the entire IP community. In addition, Meissner Bolte is a proud member of the European Patent Litigators Network (EPLN), which co-operates with four leading law firms from France, Italy and the Netherlands. Through this alliance, we can provide seamless, high-quality intellectual property services and advice throughout Europe, ensuring comprehensive support for our clients' International needs.

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