Prinz & Partner

Prinz & Partner was founded in 1928 and operates as a classic IP boutique exclusively in the field of intellectual property. The firm has offices in Munich and Berlin and offers advice on all issues of national and international patent, trade mark and design law. The firm's attorneys advise and represent clients both in filing applications and in defending and enforcing IP rights before offices and courts.

Prinz & Partner is known for high quality, speed and innovative IP solutions that are always aligned with the economic goals of its clients. The firm has 6 partners and a total of more than 20 patent attorneys, lawyers and patent engineers. Clients include medium-sized companies as well as multinational corporations.

The firm is particularly valued for its extensive experience in German and European patent applications in many technical fields, such as mechanics, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, security technology, chemistry, medical technology and biotechnology, as well as in strategic trade mark advice and applications in Germany and abroad.

Prinz & Partner has a longstanding and successful history of enforcing and defending its clients' IP rights in infringement proceedings, oppositions, nullity actions and cancellation proceedings domestically and also internationally.

The firm's lawyers are also regularly involved in combating product piracy at trade fairs and in border seizure measures for their clients.

In order to provide clients comprehensively with all IP services, the firm also conducts very extensive freedom-to-operate studies, prepares expert opinions on infringement issues, conducts validity and due diligence proceedings and provides advice on domain matters, copyright and unfair competition.

Prinz & Partner cooperates with the European network AIPEX, which comprises more than 200 professionals. This cooperation with other IP boutiques enables the firm to offer European IP solutions "from a single source", drawing on the local expertise of all AIPEX law firms in the most important European countries. Prinz & Partner thus offers a convenient pan-European service, especially for companies from other continents (www.aipex.org).

Selection of clients: The firm's clients include medium-sized companies as well as well-known international corporations:

The list of medium-sized clients include Alfred E. Tiefenbacher, Bürkert, DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung), DEHN, Emma Sleep, Harting, Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik, medac, Rational, Rohde & Schwarz, Scopefluidics, SÜSS MicroTec, Uhlsport, Wala/Dr. Hauschka.

International clients include Becton Dickinson, Bio-Rad, BMW, Bobst, Essity, EZB (Europäische Zentralbank), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Framatome, Kennametal, Nike, Orange, Shimano, Thales, Valeo, Volvo, ZF TRW.