Christian Harmsen
Bird & BirdBird & Bird is one of the major players in national and cross-border patent litigation, not least due to its extensive team of lawyers and patent attorneys and its strong international focus, resulting in visibility both before German courts as well as before the UPC. With its broad expertise, the group also represents clients across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, life sciences, automotive and consumer goods. The practice is headed by Christian Harmsen, who particularly appears in international proceedings and often represents companies from the technology sector. Pharmaceuticals and telecommunications are two key focus areas for Oliver Jan Jüngst.
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'The team is very international and very flexible. It covers most of the sectors of our work and has a very high level of expertise. If additional specialists are required, this will only be initiated after prior consultation with the client.'
'Oliver Jan Jüngst is very reliable and always available. Everything runs in a very structured and harmonious manner. The big advantage of Bird & Bird is that they are very international and we had direct contacts in other countries when we had questions.'
'Oliver Jan Jüngst is certainly one of the most experienced lawyers in infringement proceedings in the pharmaceutical sector.'
Key clients
- Airbus
- American Axle
- Asahi Kasei
- A.p.f. Aqua System
- Betapharm
- Broadcom
- Canon Inc.
- CureVac
- Edwards Lifesciences
- Electrolux
- Fisher & Paykel
- Fuyao
- Garmin
- Hako
- Huawei
- Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
- Maxeon
- Medisca
- Merck KgaA / Ares Trading S.A.
- NanoString
- Neo Materials
- Nissan
- Nokia
- Ontex
- Provisur
- Renault
- Salesforce
- Sirio Healthcare Co., Ltd.
- SK On Co.
- Teva/Ratiopharm
- Valeo
- Venable/FCA (Stellantis)
- Western Digital
- Zentiva
Work highlights
- Representation of Edwards Lifesciences in invalidity proceedings concerning heart valve prostheses and catheters.
- Representing Huawei in several infringement proceedings regarding Wifi 5 and Wifi 6 patents.
- Successful representation of Nanostring in the first inter-partes injunction proceedings before the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA).
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Oliver Jan Jüngst
Bird & BirdPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Christian Harmsen