Arnold Ruess Rechtsanwälte PartmbB offers comprehensive expertise in trade mark prosecution and litigation, including the coordination of international proceedings, and also advises clients on licensing and contracts, advertising strategies and product launches. The practice assists a client base consisting of large international corporations and German medium-sized companies from a variety of industries, such as the tobacco industry and retail. In addition to design and trade marks, key contact Peter Ruess  also handles competition and copyright issues.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Top IP Boutique.'

  • 'Peter Ruess is highly qualified in handling complex trade mark matters.'

  • 'The team is an exceptionally good advisor in every respect: the response is very prompt, is always pragmatic and takes our individual needs into account, and they also think about how to provide additional valuable input (for us, the client). In addition, working with the entire team is also very pleasant on a personal level.'

  • 'Peter Ruess: Top consultant.'

  • 'This is a very capable but nimble team that delivers exceptional work to achieve great results.'
  • 'Peter Ruess is an exceptionally good consultant in terms of expertise. He knows the industry and delivers very good and pragmatic solutions in a short space of time. He also takes economic aspects into account, which we consider to be very positive.'

Key clients

  • IDENTYTEC GmbH & Co. KG
  • tegut GmbH & Co. KG
  • tobaccoland
  • Deutsche Lufthansa AG
  • ZENTIS group
  • Johanniterorden, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
  • Weingut Markus Molitor
  • eismann Tiefkühl-Heimservice GmbH
  • B-ON
  • Sigor Licht GmbH

Work highlights

  • Strategic trade mark advice to the Order of St. John/Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe eV as well as management of the trade mark portfolio and trade mark litigation.
  • Advising ZENTIS Group on trade mark strategy and advertising, portfolio management and product launches.

Lawyers

Practice head

Peter Ruess