Awards
Feedback from the IP community
Year by year, the IP community continues to honour our firm with positive feedback and awards. These are a sign of appreciation for the passion and dedication we invest on behalf of our clients as an intellectual property law firm. However, what our international team enjoys receiving most of all is personal feedback from our clients upon successful completion of a project.
MIP Firm of the Year Award / IP Stars
- Winner "IP Stars Top Tier Firm" award 2013-2021
- Winner "Firm of the Year" award in the category "Prosecution Germany" 2013-2021
- Winner "Firm of the Year" award in the category "Europe Patent Prosecution" 2020
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category "Patent Prosecution" since 2015
- Consecutively placed Tier 2 in the category "Patent contentious - patent & trade mark attorney firms" since 2015
- Consecutively placed Tier 3 in the category „Trade mark - patent & trade mark attorney firms“
- Awarded attorneys: Thorsten Bausch, Niels Hölder, Leo Polz, Michaela Ring, Anne Katrin Schön (TOP 250 Woman in IP), Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Peter Klusmann, Georg Siegert, Joseph Taormino (IP Stars); Mike Gruber, Claudia Unsin, Lasse Weinmann (Notable); Michael Pfeifer, Marcel-Xavier Peigné (Rising Stars).
IAM Patent 1000
- Consecutively awarded/placed "Gold Rating/"Highly Recommended" in "Patent Application Proceedings" for EPO and Germany since 2013
- Consecutively classified "Recommended" for "Patent Infringement Proceedings Germany" since 2017
- Consecutively classified "Recommended" for "IP Transactions Germany" since 2017
- Consecutively classified "Recommended" for "Patent Filing Procedures Spain" since 2017
- Regular awarded attorneys: Claus Thomas Becher und Leo Polz („Sehr empfehlenswert“); Andreas Stefferl; Frank van Bouwelen; Joachim Renken; Joseph Taormino; Morten Garberg; Peter Klusmann; Thorsten Bausch; Veit Peter Frank, Clemens Tobias Steins, Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Gustavo Fúster Olaguibel; Silvia Bertran Valls („Empfohlen“)
Legal500 Deutschland/EMEA
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category "Patent Prosecution" since 2010
- Consecutively placed Tier 2 in the category "Patent Litigation" since 2016
- Tier 2 classification for 2022 in the category "Patent Attorneys: Patent Litigation"
- Consecutively placed Tier 4 in the category "Trademark Law” since 2018
Leaders League
- Consecutively placed "Leading" in the category "Patent: Filing" since 2017
- Consecutively placed "Highly recommended" in the category "Patent: Litigation" since 2017
- Classified as "Excellent" in the category "Trade marks: Trade marks application" 2022
- Classified as "Highly Recommended" in the category "Trade Marks: Litigation" 2022
- Recommended attorneys: Matthias Wolf, Thorsten Bausch, Matthias Kindler, Leo Polz, Peter Schweighart, Rainer Zangs, Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Holger Stratmann, Niels Hölder, Clemens Tobias Steins, Christian-Holger Folz, Michaela Ring, Wedig von der Osten-Sacken
Chambers Europe/National
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category “Patent Prosecution” for Germany somce 2012
- Consecutively placed Tier 4 in the category “Patent Litigation” for Germany since 2018
- Regular awarded attorneys: Peter Klusmann, Thorsten Bausch (Band 2); Joseph Taormino (Band 3) und Leo Polz (Band 4).
JUVE (-Patent)
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category "Patent Litigation/Patent Attorneys" since 2012
- Consecutively placed Tier 3 in the category "Patent Litigation/Lawyers" since 2016
- Consecutively placed Tier 4 in the category "Trademark and Design Law" since 2016
- Regularly recommended lawyers for "Patent Filing": Thorsten Bausch, Mark Jones, Peter Klusmann, Matthias Kindler, Markus Müller, Georg Siegert, Peter Schweighart, Andreas Stefferl, Leo Polz, Joachim Renken, Joseph Taormino
Legal Alliance Summit & Awards
- Winner "Best European IP Firm 2019" Silver Award
- Winner "Best European IP Firm 2018" Gold Award
- Winner"Best European IP Firm 2017" Silver Award
- Winner "Best Paneuropean IP Firm 2016" Gold Award
Innovation & IP Forum and Awards
- Winner "Best IP Advisor in Germany, Austria & Switzerland 2019"
- Winner "Best IP Advisor in Germany, Austria & Switzerland 2018"
Other awards
- Financial Times 2021 – Europe‘s Leading Patent Law Firms. Find out more
- Financial Times 2020 – Europe‘s Leading Patent Law Firms. Find out more
- WirtschaftsWoche 2020 - Listing in the legal field "Patent Law" as "TOP Law Firm 2020" and listing of Claus Thomas Becher and Georg Siegert as "TOP Lawyer 2020".
- Handelsblatt 2021 - These are the best lawyers and law firms in Germany. Find out more