With a team of patent lawyers and solicitors, Hogan Lovells International LLP is ideally equipped to handle complex disputes from a single source, with particular success in the pharmaceutical, automotive, technology and telecommunications sectors. The group's international positioning further enables them to seamlessly assist with cross-border matters and disputes before the UPC as well. Key contacts include Alexander Klicznik, who is dual-qualified as a solicitor and patent lawyer, Martin Fähndrich (mechanical engineering, process and medical technology, among others) and Andreas Schmid (electrical engineering and physics).
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Testimonials
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- 'Hogan Lovells has mastered the fundamentals of patent litigation - assessing non-infringement and filing invalidity challenges with the Federal Patent Court.'
- 'Extremely large and strong team.'
- 'The team at Hogan Lovells offers excellent technical expertise as well as a friendly personal touch.'
- 'They are different in that their lawyers are technically excellent, legally brilliant and pleasant to work with.'
- 'The Hogan Lovells team is very professional in IP litigation and always provides us with timely and professional advice. In addition, they have done an excellent job defending non-infringement and invalidity claims in our cases.'
Key clients
- Amazon
- General Electric
- Guccio Gucci S.P.A.
- Hanwha Q-Cells
- Intex Marketing Ltd.
- Intex Recreation Corp.
- Medit
- Meril
- Netflix
- OPPO Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Palo Alto Networks
- Roche (F. Hoffmann La Roche)
- Solar Edge
- Sonion
- Sodastream
- Supponor
- Xiaomi
- ZOLL Medical
Work highlights
- Representation of Amazon in patent infringement proceedings initiated by Nokia and Alcatel Lucent concerning video coding on six patents, some of which are allegedly standard-essential, before the Unified Patent Court, the Regional Courts of Munich I, Mannheim and Düsseldorf, as well as in parallel invalidity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and in several proceedings in the same series of proceedings in the United Kingdom.
- Representation of Meril Life Sciences and Meril GmbH in five UPC proceedings, each of which includes a counterclaim for invalidity, as well as representation in eleven European opposition proceedings before the EPO as well as utility model cancellation proceedings and infringement proceedings (UPC and national courts), relating to the technology of heart valve prostheses.
- Representation of Xiaomi in patent disputes with Panasonic before the UPC and the Regional Court in Munich, with a total of seven lawsuits, including three proceedings before the UPC.