Best Lawyers in Germany for Intellectual Property Law

Stephan Baur studied at the universities of Passau, Munich and Freiburg, where he also took his doctorate (Dr. jur.). He is currently a lecturer in private business law at the distance learning university HFH Hamburg. In addition, he is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) and of supervisory boards of commercial companies.

Wolfgang Schmid is a lawyer and of counsel at Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner. His main focus lies on competition and cartel law, copyright, publishing and press law, trademarks and designs, as well as pharmaceuticals and food law. Wolfgang is a member of the German Association for Intellectual Property Rights (Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and the Ligue International du Droit de la Concurr...

Dr. Christian Freudenberg, born 1967 in Hagen, studied law at the Ruhr University, Bochum. Thereafter, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Rostock and the University of Hagen. He has been admitted to practise law in 1997. Since 2006, he is listed as a certified specialist in intellectual property law. From 1998 to 2000 he was Director of Business Affairs at edel music AG. Since 2001, he has been working as an attorney, joining a business law practice spezialising in media a...

Bettina Backes studied at the University of Bonn. This was followed by a long-term period of employment in the publishing industry and the intensification of her specialization in a law firm focused on media law and several years as a partner in a trans-regional and internationally-oriented commercial law firm in Stuttgart. Alongside her voluntary involvement in various cultural and educational institutions, she is a (deputy) judge at the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg and mem...

Sebastian Engels advises clients in all aspects of trade mark, copyright, and unfair competition law. He works with German and international clients to develop IP strategies both in Germany and abroad. As a special focus of his expertise he is advising and representing E-Commerce and IT-providers amongst others with regard to consumer protection regulations, transactional matters, data protection law, and domain name law. Sebastian Engels studied law at the University of Constance (Germany) a...

Dr. Christof Karl specializes in litigation and prosecution of patents, particularly in the technical fields of computer hardware and software. He has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional cases in the field of telecommunications, including with regard to all aspects of patent-related anti-trust law. He also advises clients on issues of licensing, employee invention law, copyright law and Internet law. Dr. Karl represents clients in patent infringement proceedings before the German Reg...

Boris Uphoff is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Intellectual Property Law and Litigation. Boris practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Boris Uphoff since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Boris Uphoff is held by other lawyers.

Eckhard Ratjen works in the field of trade mark law and law of unfair competition as well as copyright. His practice concentrates, among other things, on the prosecution of trade mark applications, infringement proceedings, and preliminary injunctions. Eckhard Ratjen advises medium sized and large international and German clients in areas such as media and consumer products. He also enthusiastically assists start-up companies in all areas of intellectual property law. Eckhard Ratjen studied l...

Christoph Angerhausen is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Christoph practices law in Düsseldorf, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Christoph Angerhausen since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Christoph Angerhausen is held by other lawyers.

Malte Nentwig provides advice in trade mark law. This includes, in particular, strategic advice on how to develop suitable trade mark portfolios. He has a strong focus on German as well as international trade mark searches. For his German and international clients, he is responsible for the filing of trade marks at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the European Intellectual Property Office, and the World Intellectual Property Office, as well the coordination of worldwide applications a...

Dr. Jürgen Meier is a partner at Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB in Munich, where his practice focuses on Intellectual Property Law , particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceutical technologies. He studied biology and biochemistry at the universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Sussex (England), and Dundee (Scotland). Following the completion of his Ph.D. at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Dr. Meier conducted research for sev...

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Hartwig, born in Göttingen in 1974, studied law in Kiel and Liège from 1994 to 1998 and then completed postgraduate studies in commercial law in Hamburg. After completing her studies, she was a trainee lawyer in Hamburg and New York and a research assistant at the University of Hamburg. She completed her doctorate in 2002. Ms. Hartwig has been working as a lawyer since 2003. She initially worked in a major international law firm and later joined ZENK. She has al...

Dr. Stefan Fickert (born 1969) is a German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney based in Munich with Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB . His practice focuses on Intellectual Property Law , including patent matters involving complex chemical and scientific technologies. Dr. Fickert studied organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry at the University of Erlangen/Nürnberg and the University of Rennes in France. He completed his diploma thesis in the fie...

Heinrich Georg Pannen has many years of experience in the full range of intellectual property and copyright law. His work includes conducting registration proceedings, opposition and appeal proceedings, as well as nullity and appeal proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Federal Patent Court. His focus is on managing national and international intellectual ...

Dr. Martin Jäger is Counsel at Hausfeld in Düsseldorf. He advises on all aspects of German and European antitrust law with a focus on antitrust litigation and merger control. Furthermore, he has many years of diverse experience in distribution antitrust law, in particular at the interface with intellectual property law and in antitrust damages proceedings, as well as in advising clients from the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Hausfeld, Martin was Senior Counsel at a leading G...

Pascal Böhner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Pascal practices law in Munich, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Pascal Böhner since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Pascal Böhner is held by other lawyers.