Cohausz & Florack enjoys a great reputation among both international corporations and medium-sized German companies for its advice on patent portfolio registration and management as well as for its representation in official proceedings. The group offers a comprehensive range of services, which includes freedom-to-operate reports as well as cooperation agreements and covers a variety of technical specialist areas, such as electrical engineering, chemistry and life sciences. This offering is complemented by international cooperation with foreign partner law firms, which enables the team to seamlessly assist with intellectual property rights across borders, such as the US and China. Mechanical engineering and mining technology represent other specialist areas, in which Andreas Thielmann is particularly active, while Arwed Burrichter focuses on chemistry and life sciences.

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Testimonials

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  • 'In-depth knowledge of technologies, our industry and the market.'

  • 'Top quality of all work results.'
  • 'Reliability, speed, thoroughness, client orientation.''
  • 'Christoph Walke is outstanding in quality, speed, client orientation and manners.'

  • 'Natalie Kirchhofer: Very high success rate, very accurate, very fast, friendly, highly accessible and committed.'

  • 'It is the combination of speed, accuracy, punctuality, success rate, friendliness, making suggestions on how to proceed and thinking together with the client and pointing out advantages and disadvantages of different options.'

  • 'Broad professional base, very good network nationally and internationally.'

Key clients

  • Ascensia Diabetes Care
  • Autokabel
  • AMI Förder- und Lagertechnik GmbH
  • Bayer Crop Science
  • bio-tec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KG
  • Deutsche Post DHL
  • DIRAK GmbH
  • DVS Innovation GmbH
  • EWM AG
  • Ferdinand Lusch GmbH
  • FIBRANT
  • Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
  • Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
  • HOAC® Schweisstechnik GmbH
  • ILLIG Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
  • KOBIL GmbH
  • Kyowa
  • Lhoist SA
  • Nemak Europe GmbH
  • Plasmatreat GmbH
  • Schmitz Cargobull
  • Scheidt & Bachmann
  • Sharp Corporation
  • SIG Technology AG, SIG Combibloc Systems GmbH
  • Smart Catering GmbH & Co. KG
  • Via LA
  • VaroLibre
  • Vinventions

Other key lawyers

Arwed Burrichter, Philipe Walter, Christoph Walke, Henning Sternemann, Jan Ackermann, Jochen Kapfenberger, Arnd Ziebell, Natalie Kirchhofer, Andreas Thielmann