- Managing Partners: Juergen D Hengelhaupt, Dr Marlene Ziebig, Henry Schneider
- Number of partners: 8
- Number of lawyers: 21
- Languages: English and German
Firm Overview:
GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER, internationally also known as Berlin-Patent, advises on all aspects of intellectual property matters including patents, trademark, designs, unfair competition, licensing, knowhow, copyrights and trade secrets. Acting on behalf of domestic and foreign clients, the professional services cover not only the prosecution of all kinds of IP rights, including their elaboration and registration, but also their enforcement against infringements and their defence. Other key areas of the firm’s activity are the provision of expert opinions as part of a protective right evaluation, due diligence and the analysis of third-party rights, the drafting of license agreements and the handling of copyright and competition law cases.
With more than 20 IP lawyers and more than 60 IP staff, GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER is large enough to cover all fields of intellectual property protection but small enough to give individual and careful attention to every case. The firm combines the professional know-how of experienced patent attorneys with the expertise of specialised attorneys-at-law and highly qualified technical consultants.
Main Areas of Practice:
Patent Prosecution:
8 partners, 18 fee earners
IP prosecution by GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER covers all relevant technical fields. The firm’s interdisciplinary teams are able to give tailored advice on the registration of inventions and the enforcement of the ensuing rights. This will ensure the most comprehensive protection for innovations, which rank among any company’s most important assets.
• Long-term professional support of domestic and international companies and institutes
• Strong regional focus on Asia, particularly Korea, China and Japan
• Substantial increase of the number of Japanese clients supported by hiring a former Japanese patent appeal examiner
Key Clients: Samsung SDI, Samsung Mobile, Volkswagen, SB LiMotive, Coty
IP Litigation:
4 Partners, 18 fee earners
The patent litigation practice builds on an over 20 years’ experience and has a strong patent litigation capability in Germany. GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER is able to support the needs of its clients wherever they arise. Furthermore, the firm closely cooperates with local specialist practitioners in other jurisdictions for conducting patent litigation and anticounterfeiting campaigns on a global scale. The firm keeps its focus on the key elements that will achieve positive results while preventing wasteful “no-stoneunturned” approaches.
• Representation of clients in a number of litigation cases in the telecommunication area
Trademark & Designs:
2 Partners, 4 fee earners
GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER was recently ranked as top law firm in the category “Registration ratio for German trademarks” among all German law firms with a ratio of 100% of all trademarks filed with the German Patent and Trademark Office. This top ratio is mainly due to the professional consultation prior to the trademark application which results in efficient trademark prosecution.
• Acknowledged high level of registration rate in Germany
Copyright & Unfair Competition:
2 Partners, 4 fee earners based in Germany
The firm has a long standing experience in copyright law and unfair competition law cases. The copyright and unfair competition law group advises in all matters arising in this area of practice.
• Enforcement of copyrights in the internet environment
Main Technical Fields:
Mechanical Engineering:
Design and construction of complex tools and automatic processing units.
Specialised Attorneys: 4
Key Clients: Volkswagen, Bosch Rexroth, Korsch
Automotive Engineering:
Design, construction, and functioning of all types of vehicles and their individual components, such as motor cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, rolling stocks, and aircrafts.
Specialised Attorneys: 5
Key Client: Volkswagen
Pharmaceutics & Life Science:
Pharmaceutical agents and compositions and their manufacture, biotechnological products and processes, cosmetics.
Specialised Attorneys: 6
Key Client: Coty Germany, Bayer
Electrical Engineering:
Electrical components, electrical machinery, generation of energy (heavy current engineering), electronics, instrumentation and control engineering, computer technology and computer engineering (weak current engineering).
Specialised Attorneys: 5
Key Clients: SB LiMotive, Samsung SDI, Samsung Mobile Display
Telecommunication:
Transmission of information, protocols, networks and communication media, packet switched data services (e.g.VoIP,VOD, video conferences), circuit-switched data services (e.g. conventional telephony).
Specialised Attorneys: 7
Key Client: Samsung Mobile Display
Medical Engineering:
Instruments, apparatuses, products, technical processes, software, and materials for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.
Specialised Attorneys: 6
Key Clients: Biotronik, Human Med AG
New Materials:
Organic and inorganic polymers, technical glasses and ceramics, metallic light construction materials, textiles, materials for polymer electronics, crystalline materials, composite materials, and their manufacture.
Specialised Attorneys: 6
Key Clients: Mitsui DuPont, Japan Super Quartz
International Work:
GULDE HENGELHAUPT ZIEBIG & SCHNEIDER has a strong international background,with a special focus on Asia. Among its clients are global players from Korea, Japan, China, Germany and USA. The firm has an established contact office for Chinese clients in Beijing, China. The Japanese business could significantly be expanded by hiring a former Japanese patent appeal examiner. All attorneys have gathered international experience either during their studies or during placements with international law firms.
Areas of PracticePatent Prosecution
Patent Litigation
Trademarks
Designs
Unfair Competition
Copyright