We are COHAUSZ & FLORACK. Nice to meet you!

Whether our lawyers, administrative team, or junior staff: a wide array of personalities work at COHAUSZ & FLORACK. What do we all have in common? A passion for technology and a desire for good ideas. Get to know us!

We celebrate 70 years of COHAUSZ & FLORACK.

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  • Jan Ackermann

Cohausz & Florack wins Managing IP Award 2025 in the category “Germany Impact Case of the Year”

Award for outstanding performance in Federal Court of Justice landmark decision X ZR 104/22

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  • Dr. Arwed Burrichter & Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Cohausz & Florack is “European Cross-Border Patent Litigation Team of the Year”

Managing IP Award 2025 recognizes the firm’s outstanding performance in the Bayer / Xarelto proceedings

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Eine junge Frau nutzt ihr Smartphone, umgeben von digitalen Bildschirmen, die vernetzte Medieninhalte und futuristische Datenströme darstellen.
  • Gottfried Schüll

Microsoft Faces HEVC Lawsuit in Germany

Strategic Enforcement of Standard-Essential Patents

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  • Tamara Moll

Iconic – or even a work of art?

Federal Court of Justice denies copyright protection for Birkenstock sandals

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Außenansicht des Europäischen Parlaments mit EU-Flagge und Fahnen der Mitgliedstaaten. Moderne Glasarchitektur mit reflektierenden Fenstern.
  • Gottfried Schüll

EU Commission abandons SEP reform proposal and reinforces the EU’s quality as a court location

C&F welcomes the Commission’s commitment to consistent European case law

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Werbegrafik für die Veranstaltung "Patent Enforcement in Korea" am 3. April 2025 in Düsseldorf, organisiert von Cohausz Florack & Talks und Kim & Chang.
  • Dr. Peter Reckenthäler

CFTalks: Patent Enforcement in Korea

Statistics, Overview, Comparison with Germany and Benefits/Challenges

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COHAUSZ & FLORACK Banner der Aufzeichnung eines Webinars mit digitaler Illustration eines klassischen Gebäudes und modernem Schriftzug.
  • Dr. Arwed Burrichter & Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Recording CFWebinar: EPO Case Law Update 2024/2025 - Chemistry, Pharma and Life Sciences

Recording from 11.02.2025

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Verpackung des Medikaments Xarelto 20 mg auf schwarzem und blauem Stoff.
  • Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

A&O SHEARMAN and COHAUSZ & FLORACK successful for Bayer in keeping generics off the German market

Higher Regional Court Munich upholds preliminary injunctions based on Bayer’s patent on the once-daily administration of rivaroxaban (Xarelto®)

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Our expertise

We’ll support you with the development, registration, and pursuit of your intellectual property rights (IP). Moreover, we’ll advise you strategically on the systematic set-up, management, and maintenance of a patent portfolio, the design of IP management for your operation, and due-diligence processes. We’ll represent you in all matters relating to intellectual property rights and associated areas of law before courts and authorities. This includes defending and enforcing your intellectual property right.

Our legal expertise

Our technical expertise

Your company – as individual as your ideas

Whether you’re an SME or a global corporation, a high-tech firm or a creative mind: we’ll show you how to get the most out of your ideas with the right IP strategy.

Idea finders

Idea developers

Idea managers

Startups

UPC and unitary patent

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will act as a central instance to provide more legal certainty in the EU and to make proceedings simpler and more cost-effective. Find out about the UPC and the new unitary patent, which offers effective protection for your ideas in up to 24 EU member states!

IP rights: more security for your ideas

Whether it’s a matter of technically sophisticated developments or successful forms of design: you must protect your good ideas. With patents, trademarks, and designs, you do precisely that – and gain the edge over the competition.

Helpful! Our services

Our online tools make it easier for you to manage your IP portfolio.