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.
- EPO - Firm of the Year award, 2022-2023
- Europe - Firm of the Year award - Patent Prosecution, 2019-2020
- Germany - Firm of the Year award - Patent Prosecution, 2021
- Germany - Firm of the Year award - Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms), 2019, 2023
- Winner "IP Stars Top Tier Firm" award 2013-2023
- Tier 1 in Patent disputes - patent & trade mark attorney firms and Patent Prosecution (2023)
- Awarded attorneys: Thorsten Bausch, Mike Gruber, Niels Hölder, Leo Polz, Anne Katrin Schön, Michaela Ring (TOP 250 Woman in IP), Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Peter Klusmann, Georg Siegert, Joseph Taormino (IP Stars); Claudia Unsin, Lasse Weinmann (Notable); Michael Pfeifer, Marcel-Xavier Peigné (Rising Stars).
IAM Patent 1000
- Consecutively awarded "Gold Rating" ("Highly Recommended") in "Prosecution and Nullity", as well as "European Patent Office" 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 („Highly recommended“); Andreas Stefferl; Frank van Bouwelen; Joachim Renken; Joseph Taormino; Morten Garberg; Leo Polz; Peter Klusmann; Thorsten Bausch; Veit Peter Frank, Clemens Tobias Steins, Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Gustavo Fúster Olaguibel; Silvia Bertran Valls („recommended“)
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 "Germany - Patent: prosecution" since 2017
- Classified as "Excellent" in the category "Germany - Patent: litigation" 2023
- Classified as "Excellent" in the category "Trade marks: Trademark litigation" 2023
- Classified as "Highly Recommended" in the category "Trademark prosecution" 2023
- Recommended attorneys: Thorsten Bausch, Henrik Vocke, Leo Polz, Thomas Becher, Lasse Weinmann, 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 - Listing in the legal field "Patent Law" as "TOP Law Firm" for 7 consecutive years and listing Thorsten Bausch as "TOP Lawyer 2022".
- Handelsblatt 2021 - These are the best lawyers and law firms in Germany. Find out more
- brandeins/Statista - Best Commercial Law Firm 2023. Find out more.