Awards
Feedback from the IP community
Year by year, the IP community continues to honour our firm with positive feedback and awards. These are a sign of appreciation for the passion and dedication we invest on behalf of our clients as an intellectual property law firm. However, what our international team enjoys receiving most of all is personal feedback from our clients upon successful completion of a project.
Managing IP Awards / IP Stars
- EPO - Firm of the Year award, 2022-2023
- Europe - Firm of the Year award - Patent Prosecution, 2019-2020
- Germany - Firm of the Year award - Patent Prosecution, 2021, 2025
- Germany - Firm of the Year award - Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms), 2019, 2023
- Winner "IP Stars Top Tier Firm" award 2013-2024
- Tier 1 in Patent disputes - patent & trade mark attorney firms and Patent Prosecution, 2025
- Tier 3 in Trade mark - patent & trade mark attorney firms, 2025
- Europe - Impact Case of the Year award - Sanofi v Amgen, 2025
- Recommended in UPC Litigation, 2025
- Awarded attorneys: Thorsten Bausch, Mike Gruber, Niels Hölder, Leo Polz, Anne Katrin Schön, Michaela Ring (TOP 250 Woman in IP), Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Peter Klusmann, Georg Siegert, Luis José Soriano Albert, Joseph Taormino (IP Stars); Claudia Unsin, Lasse Weinmann (Notable Practitioners); Michael Pfeifer, Marcel-Xavier Peigné (Rising Stars)
IAM Patent 1000
- Consecutively awarded Gold Rating (Highly Recommended) in Prosecution and Nullity, as well as European Patent Office since 2013
- Consecutively classified Recommended for Patent Infringement Proceedings Germany since 2017
- Consecutively classified Recommended for IP Transactions Germany since 2017
- Consecutively classified Recommended for Patent Filing Procedures Spain since 2017
- Regular awarded attorneys: Claus Thomas Becher („Highly recommended“); Andreas Stefferl; Frank van Bouwelen; Joachim Renken; Joseph Taormino; Morten Garberg; Leo Polz; Peter Klusmann; Thorsten Bausch; Veit Peter Frank, Clemens Tobias Steins, Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Gustavo Fúster Olaguibel; Silvia Bertran Valls („recommended“)
Legal500 Deutschland/EMEA
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category Patent Prosecution since 2010
- Consecutively placed Tier 2 in the category Patent Litigation since 2016
- Tier 2 classification in the category Patent Attorneys: Patent Litigation, 2024
- Tier 3 classification in the category Trademark Law, 2025
- Recommended attorneys: Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Holger Stratmann, Mike Gruber, Matthias Kindler, Peter Klusmann, Klemens Stratmann, Leo Polz, Joseph Taormino, Georg Siegert, Christopher Furlong, Michaela Ring
Leaders League
- Consecutively placed Leading in the category Germany - Patent: prosecution since 2017
- Classified as Highly Recommended in the category Germany - Patent: litigation 2025
- Classified as Highly Recommended in the category Trade marks: Trademark litigation 2025
- Classified as Excellent in the category Trademark prosecution 2025
- Recommended attorneys: Thorsten Bausch, Henrik Vocke, Leo Polz, Thomas Becher, Lasse Weinmann, Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine, Markus Müller, Holger Stratmann, Niels Hölder, Clemens Tobias Steins, Christian-Holger Folz, Michaela Ring, Isabelle Kuschel, Wedig von der Osten-Sacken, Morten Garberg, Michael Pfeifer, Gregor König, Dorothea von Renesse, Nicolas Douxchamps
Chambers Europe/National
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category Patent Prosecution for Germany since 2012
- Consecutively placed Tier 4 in the category Patent Litigation for Germany since 2018
- Regular awarded attorneys: Peter Klusmann, Thorsten Bausch (Band 2); Joseph Taormino (Band 3) und Leo Polz (Band 4).
JUVE (-Patent)
- Consecutively placed Tier 1 in the category Patent Litigation/Patent Attorneys since 2012
- Consecutively placed Tier 3 in the category Patent Litigation/Lawyers since 2016
- Consecutively placed Tier 4 in the category Trademark and Design Law since 2016
- Regularly recommended lawyers for "Patent Filing": Thorsten Bausch, Mark Jones, Peter Klusmann, Matthias Kindler, Markus Müller, Georg Siegert, Peter Schweighart, Andreas Stefferl, Leo Polz, Joachim Renken, Joseph Taormino
World Trademark Review 1000
- Bronze firm 2025 for the EUIPO, Germany, and Spain
- Silver Ranking 2025 Recommended Individuals: Michaela Ring
- Bronze Ranking 2025 Recommended Individuals: Isabelle Kuschel