Vossius & Partner offers a full-service soft IP practice, combining portfolio management, strategic filing expertise and comprehensive dispute resolution, covering all stages from cease-and-desist letters and temporary injunctions to main proceedings. Practice head Mathias Kleespies advises on trade mark portfolios and tailored filing strategies, and frequently represents clients in litigation and invalidation proceedings. Simone Schäfer focuses on trade mark prosecution and enforcement, while Paul Kretschmar specialises in protecting brands and designs against imitation and unfair exploitation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Great firm with a longstanding tradition of quality in IP services, trade marks included. ’
- ‘Marcus Von Welser is extremely accurate and knowledgeable.’
- 'The team is always prompt and efficient, and their advice is targeted to the client's needs.'
- 'Great firm with longstanding tradition of quality in IP services, trade marks included.'
- 'Simone Schäfer is an excellent practitioner, very experienced, a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Paul Kretschmar is super smart and one of the best in trade marks.'
Key clients
- 3M
- British American Tobacco (BAT)
- DIAGEO
- Festina Lotus SA
- Flix SE
- Hitachi Energy Ltd.
- 3M
- AMUL-Group Indien (KAIRA DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE MILK PRODUCER’S UNION LIMITED)
- BRUNATA-METRONA-Gruppe
- Carapelli Firenze S.p.A.
- DIAGEO
- HRC Cellparts Ltd.
Work highlights
Representing Festina Lotus and its subsidiary in multi-jurisdictional design infringement proceedings against Richemont in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Represented Flix SE in a case before the Federal Court of Justice concerning an alleged greenwashing violation under the new EU CPC Regulation.
Representing BRUNATA-METRONA in exceptionally complex litigation involving multiple parallel proceedings before several German courts, the GPTO, EUIPO and the Swiss Trade Mark Office.
Practice head
Mathias Kleespies
Other key lawyers
Paul Kretschmar; Simone Schäfer; Marcus Von Welser