DLA Piper's forensic patent practice foots on four pillars, namely technology, industrials, consumer goods and life sciences, and acts for clients in infringement and nullity proceedings before the DPMA, EPO and Federal Patent Court. As head of the German practice as well as co-head of the firm's global patent group, Markus Gampp's core competencies include antitrust-related SEP-disputes. Constanze Krenz, who primarily acts in the technology and industrials sectors, and Kokularajah Paheenthararajah, who is qualified as a doctor and lawyer, made partner in May 2023.
Testimonials
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'The DLA patent law team acts like a real team and not a group of ragtag lawyers. The coordination among each other works excellently and the advice is always well thought out and takes cost-benefit aspects into account.'
'Philipp Cepl is an outstanding patent lawyer. He is absolutely reliable and has enormous knowledge of substantive patent law as well as procedural law and, on top of that, he knows how to assess the judges very well.'
Key clients
- Ardagh Group
- BASF SE
Work highlights
- Represented Honeywell in a global patent enforcement campaign against competitor Zebra regarding multiple active and passive lawsuits related to mobile barcode scanners.
- Representation of Belkin as defendant in several patent infringement proceedings brought by Philips before the LG/OLG Düsseldorf.