At our ultra-modern head office, which has its own spacious conference centre, our patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law manage all aspects of your intellectual property matters. We can represent you not only before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the German Federal Patent Court, but also in other European jurisdictions and international proceedings. Our specialised departments for patent searches, translations and recordation matters provide additional support for all your needs.

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Our London office is located in the heart of the legal district and can provide you with excellent representation for your intellectual property rights both in the UK and the EU even after Brexit. All patent attorneys in our London office are dual qualified as both Chartered (British) Patent Attorneys and European Patent Attorneys and can represent you in the fields of chemistry, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering, physics, software and telecommunications, both in proceedings in the UK and before the European Patent Office.

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Our regional office in Düsseldorf works closely with our main office in Munich to serve companies located in the “EUREGIO” region around the Rhine, Meuse and Waal rivers as well as in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region. Particularly in proceedings involving patents, utility models, trademarks and designs, our clients have the advantage of local support but can still benefit from the infrastructure of a major intellectual property law firm.

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Our Hamburg office serves the needs of companies throughout Northern Germany and Scandinavia in all areas of intellectual property law and in all technical fields. Our colleagues in Hamburg expertly represent clients in proceedings before the German and European Patent Offices as well as before the Federal Patent Court, the Federal Court of Justice and the patent litigation chambers of the German civil courts.

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Located in the industrial north of Italy, the Milan office provides comprehensive advice to our Italian clients in all technical fields (in particular chemistry, mechanical engineering and physics) as well as in the areas of trademark law, design law and competition law.

In addition to drafting and prosecuting Italian, European and PCT applications, another focus of our Milan office is the validation of European patents in Italy. Just a short distance from the major infringement courts in Milan and Turin, our attorneys can also expertly represent your interests in patent litigation cases.

The Milan office is an independent entity that acts in cooperation with HOFFMANN EITLE PartmbB (see Legal Notice for details).

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Located between major hubs of world trade, our Amsterdam office is ideally situated to provide clients with expert advice in all areas of intellectual property law in all jurisdictions throughout the Netherlands. Our attorneys in Amsterdam assist both Dutch and international clients in the filing and defence of their intellectual property rights as well as in related areas such as licensing or R&D contracts. With qualifications as Dutch and European patent attorneys, we can represent our clients before the Dutch and European patent offices and in patent litigation matters at the courts in the Hague.

The Amsterdam office is an independent entity that acts in cooperation with HOFFMANN EITLE PartmbB (see Legal Notice for details).

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HOFFMANN EITLE S.L.U is located in the heart of the Spanish capital’s business district, close to many Spanish government agencies - including the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM).

The main focus of our offices in Madrid and Barcelona is to provide quality services in connection with the obtainment and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Spain, in particular in the field of life sciences, including biotechnology, biomedicine, bioinformatics, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and medical technology.  Our teams in Madrid and Barcelona handle the drafting of applications and represent you before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office in patent grant and opposition proceedings. They can also provide you with expert advice on validity, patent infringement, freedom-to-operate, due diligence, Supplementary Protection Certificates and IP strategies.

The Madrid office is an independent entity that acts in cooperation with HOFFMANN EITLE PartmbB (see Legal Notice for details).

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The Barcelona office is located in the Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona). Catalonia is one of the most significant pharmaceutical and biotech clusters in Europe, with a rapidly growing medical devices sector.

The main focus of our offices in Madrid and Barcelona is to provide quality services in connection with the obtainment and enforcement of intellectual property rights in Spain, in particular in the field of life sciences, including biotechnology, biomedicine, bioinformatics, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, and medical technology.  Our teams in Madrid and Barcelona handle the drafting of applications and represent you before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and the European Patent Office in patent grant and opposition proceedings. They can also provide you with expert advice on validity, patent infringement, freedom-to-operate, due diligence, Supplementary Protection Certificates and IP strategies.

The Barcelona office is an independent entity that acts in cooperation with HOFFMANN EITLE PartmbB (see Legal Notice for details). 

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