1、TOP PATENT PROSECUTIONGERMANYAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsFIRMS OF AuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsApatentlandscapestudyAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsAuthoredBy:SumitChakr

2、aborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionandcriteria.2PatentfilingTrendResidentvs.Non-residentpatentsTopLawFirmsProsecutingPatentsTopLawFirmsProsecutingPatentsforDomesticAndForeignClientsWhichIPLawFirmRepresentsWhichCompanyInWhichGeography?.4.5.7.9.10IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithGer

3、manCompanies.12IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithAmericanCompanies.14IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithJapaneseCompanies.15GERMANYApatentlandscapestudy2Encompassedinbeautifulalpineranges,Germany,thesecondlargestcountryinEuropeboastsnotonlyofscenicbeautybutisalsoanimportanthubofinnovation.Hometomajorpharmaceuticalandaut

4、omobilemanufacturers,thecountryhasbeenacenterofinnovationinEuropefordecades.Whenwearediscussingtheinnovationquotientofacountry,lookingatitspatentprosecutiontrendprovideagreatperspectivetotheresearchgoingoninthere.Itindicateshowpatentsarebeingfiledduringaperiodwhichhelpsusjudgethewayacountryisprogres

5、singtechnologically.Wheretherearepatentfilings,therearelawfirmsandattorneysinvolved.Thus,tofindwhattheyareuptoandhowthestateofpatentprosecutionlookslikeinGermany,weusedThomsonInnovationtopullthedataofpatentsfiledinGermanyduringtheperiodof2010-2015.3AnoverviewofthePatentfilingtrend:Thetotalnumbersofp

6、atentsfiledforaperiodoftimeisakeyindicatorofthestateofinnovationinthecountry.Residentvs.Non-residentpatents:Thiscriterionprovidesgreatinsightontheresearchactivitydonebythelocalcompaniesincomparisontotheforeigncompanies.ProsecutionTrend:TheprosecutiontermhelpsyouknowhowthelandscapeoftheGermanlawfirms