In the newly published edition of “The Legal 500 Germany” (2019, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is listed in three areas as “Top Tier Firm”: “Trade Mark & Competition Law”, “Patent Law: Registrations and Administrative Proceedings”, and in “Media: Copyright Disputes”.

The firm is also recommended in the fields of “Patent: Dispute Resolution” and “Media: Entertainment”.

In the editorial section, Legal 500 this year names sixteen lawyers from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT:

Dr. R. Böckenholt, Dr. C.-R. Haarmann, M. Nentwig and Dr. V. Schmitz-Fohrmann (all Trade Mark and Competition law); Dr. M. Schaefer (Media: Entertainment); Prof. Dr. H. Goddar, C. W. Appelt, Dr. S. Schohe, Dr. M. Engelhard, N. T.F. Schmid and Dr. D. Kuttenkeuler (all Patent law: Registration and Administrative Proceedings) as well as Dr. M. Rüberg (Patent law: Dispute Resolution).

BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT “stands out for its ‘professional team’ of ‘top segment’ lawyers with ‘excellent service level’ and ‘very personal connection to clients’.”

Legal 500 further stresses, in particular, the ‘very competent’ and ‘efficient’ work of Dr Rudolf Böckenholt – he is also a name for the next generation.

The entire assessment can be seen here. 

Legal 500 Germany offers corporate lawyers independent research and analysis of the performance of law firms in Germany. Issued annually, it is compiled and published by a sector leading team of specialized editors with excellent knowledge of the German legal market.

In 2018, for the very first time in Germany, a court in Munich blocked access to an illegal website offering unlawful access to copyright-protected films. For this reason, this year’s producer brunch on 11.02.2019 will take place under the heading: “Restricted area, no access: Blocking instead of deletion as response to illegal online providers of film and television contents”.

After the introduction to the topic a keynote speech in English on website blocking in other EU countries by Parvez Siddiqui, INCOPRO, London will follow. Dr. Martin Schaefer will then moderate a panel discussion with the guests:

• Evelyn Ruttke, Managing Director, GVU,
• Judith Steinbrecher, Divisional Head Industrial Property Rights & Copyright, Bitkom e.V. and
• Dr Friedrich Radmann, Legal & Business Affairs, Constantin Film.

The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. (doors open 9:15 a.m) and will run until 11:45 a.m. A buffet will be provided as usual afterwards.

The producer brunch is a joint event organised by the law firm BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, the Federal State of Brandenburg and media.connect brandenburg.

You can register here.

Patent lawyer and honorary president of UNION IP Nils T.F. Schmid will host the half-day round table event on 22 February 2019. The event will focus on “Smart IP – Applying intelligence to patenting, licensing and enforcing IP on new technology”.

The English-language workshop will take place in the German Patent and Trademark Office (Zweibrückenstrasse 12, 80331 Munich). Confirmed speakers include: Prof Peter Georg Picht (University of Zürich), Dr Dominik Bauer (Audi AG), Georg Weber (European Patent Office) and many more.
Further details can be obtained from Nils T.F. Schmid.

Details on the event can be found here.

UNION IP of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property is an independent non-profit organisation of experts focused on intellectual property. It was founded in 1961 under the name “UNION of European Patent Attorneys”. It is active throughout Europe and offers IP experts a professional forum.

In the current edition of the Kanzleimonitor, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT again receives first-class ratings in Industrial Property Rights and Patent Law.

In Industrial Property Rights, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is among the first three firms with 22 recommendations. Attorney Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt – just like last year – received multiple recommendations in the field of Industrial Property Rights.

In Patent Law, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT stands out again this year with a total of eleven recommendations to occupy first place by a wide margin. The ratings from the companies are also very satisfactory: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is ranked in 1st position both by departmental heads as well as by other syndics.

The empirical study ‘kanzleimonitor.de – Recommendation is the best reference’ by the Federal Association of Corporate Lawyers (BUJ), based on recommendations by in-house counsel, appears for the sixth year in a row.  Whilst in the first year it surveyed 390 companies, in the year 2018 a total of 931 companies took part in the study. 10,744 recommendations for law firms were provided, 8,448 of these in Germany and 2,296 abroad.

Further information on kanzleimonitor.de

With Dr. Sebastian Engels, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT is, together with the lead advisors of SKYE Partners (Frankfurt) part of the advisor team for Motive Partners, set to make its first investment in Germany with the acquisition of Lucht Probst Associates (LPA Group).

Established two years ago by private equity investors and financial experts, Motive Partners is represented with branches in New York and London. The focus of investment clearly rests on technology companies active in the financial sector. The acquisition of LPA Group, based in Frankfurt, fits exactly into this target group: As of 1999, it has developed software solutions for banks and asset managers and counts around 200 employees.

SKYE PARTNERS has been active as a corporate and transaction law firm since February 2018 and has specialized in company law, venture capital, private equity and M&A. Here, the firm uses web-based technology in order to form and coordinate customised teams for complex transactions. In this way, SKYE PARTNERS has a steadily growing network of currently 500 legal advisors at 17 locations in key jurisdictions in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.

Further information in JUVE and Deal Advisors.