Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation

ARNOLD RUESS offers a strong practice in the area of patent infringement. The law firm acts for clients from the TMT industry, including notable standard-essential patent litigation, having further expertise in FRAND advice. It also frequently acts in anti-anti-suit injunctions. ARNOLD RUESS is also adept at assisting clients from the life sciences sector with second medical use claims and biosimilar litigation.

"It is very impressive how the law firm organise the matters and how efficiently they do it."

"ARNOLD RUESS are an absolutely great team to work with and have a good understanding of what we need. They are able to operate from an in-house perspective without much oversight."

"The team are very proactive in a considered way and have the ability to deliver exactly what we want in the timelines that we need it."

ARNOLD RUESS represented Nokia in the enforcement of ten SEPs against Daimler and several interveners with parallel proceedings at the European Commission and in the USA.

Cordula Schumacher rises in the rankings after receiving praise for her excellent patent enforcement practice, frequently handling complex litigation, including anti-anti-suit injunctions, as well as nullity actions and coordinating international parallel proceedings. She further supports clients in FRAND licence claims. "She is a superbly talented lawyer who bridges the German perspective and international perspective. She has a formidable presence in the courtroom." "She knows how to work with the court to make sure they understand our arguments."

Bernhard Arnold brings to bear solid experience assisting clients with patent infringement cases and enforcement of IP rights proceedings. His client base includes companies from the technology and pharmaceutical industries.

Arno Riße joins the rankings following excellent market recognition and strong activity in complex infringement proceedings in the technology field. He also supports clients with FRAND licensing issues. "He is very strong on technical work." "He is technical and understands our complicated areas of technology. He is our go-to for the whole of Germany for the technical merits of arguing patents." "He can present arguments very well."

Peter Ruess focuses his practice on trade mark and unfair competition topics. He acts on unfair advertising claims, copyright violation proceedings and trade mark portfolio management issues. "I particularly appreciate his economic understanding and the ability to think out of the box. He finds a viable and satisfactory solution to every matter, even factually and legally demanding ones." "Peter Ruess is a very pleasant partner who can adapt well to the client." "He is very responsive and responds very quickly and precisely. He gets to the point and has the tactics and benefit for the client in mind."