At Vossius & Partner, the legal team is supported by an in-house group of patent lawyers, which enables the practice to handle a wide range of proceedings, including nullity and infringement proceedings. At the end of 2022, the firm also joined forces with Dutch law firm Brinkhof to form VOSSIUS & BRINKHOF UPC Litigators, in order to jointly act in disputes before the UPC and thus further advance its international reach. Key contacts include practice head Thure Schubert, who has expertise in employee invention law, and Georg Andreas Rauh, who is experienced in FRAND and SEP matters.
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Testimonials
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- "What we value most is that they are very objective in their analysis and suggestions and we trust their judgment."
- 'Excellent quality of service and responsiveness and a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Andreas Kramer: Great lawyer. Competent, responsive, gets things done.'
- 'A one-stop shop for all patent needs, including freedom-to-operate, patent prosecution and patent litigation services. This is a unique offer.'
- 'Thure Schubert is a masterful lawyer in leading many parallel proceedings in Germany. Calm, cool and collected, he has an effective style in front of German judges.'
- 'Kai Rüting will be one of the future stars of the German patent litigation arena.'
Key clients
- 3M
- Alcon Inc.
- Archos S.A.
- Bestway
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- British American Tobacco
- CHINT Group
- CJ CheilJedang Corp.
- Eglo Leuchten GmbH
- Fliteboard Europe BN
- GOK
- Lenovo Group Ltd.
- OPPO
- TASKA Prosthetics
- Tomra Systems ASA
- Wiko
- XIAOMI
- ZTE
Work highlights
- Representation of Xiaomi against several licensors of the Access Advance HEVC patent pool in a dispute regarding several standard-essential patents in numerous proceedings before the courts in Düsseldorf and the Federal Patent Court.
- Represented Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC) in global medical device litigation.
- Representing British American Tobacco (BAT) in global litigation involving e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn products and liquidizers such as IQOS/Heats, ePods and glo/neoSticks.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thure Schubert