The Legal 500

Within IP: patents: Litigation, Bardehle Pagenberg is a second tier firm,

Bardehle Pagenberg has seen a constant flow of work from clients based in the US, France, and Asia. Even though Jochen Pagenberg is slowly moving towards retirement, the practice has several highly qualified younger lawyers able to maintain the firm’s large client base. Prepaid Cards BVBA instructed the team against Lycatel, and the firm acted in an unusual case for the Plant Variety Office before the Court of Justice of the European Union in litigation concerning plant variety rights. Cisco, Celltrace and Boston Scientific are further clients.

Within IP: patents: Prosecution, Bardehle Pagenberg is a second tier firm,

Bardehle Pagenberg maintains a ‘significant market presence’, covering a wide range of industries, including advising clients from the software industry. A considerable amount of work comes from French, US, and Asian clients, and the team has acted for adidas, ConocoPhillips, Teva, Samsung, Qualcomm, Dell, Nintendo and Apple. Peter Hess and Wolfgang Bublak are singled out.

Within IP: trade marks , Bardehle Pagenberg is a third tier firm,

Bardehle Pagenberg counts a number of household names among its clients including Longchamp, which instructed the team in design protection litigation, L’Oréal, Eurosport, H&M and Ermenegildo Zegna. Nestlé instructs the team on trade mark registration matters. Claus Eckhartt and Jochen Pagenberg are recommended. The firm suffered a blow with the departure of the ‘impressive’ Dietrich Beier, who left to set up his own boutique firm.