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.

Our blog

  • Gottfried Schüll

Cohausz & Florack starts the new year with three new partner appointments

Career leap for full partner Svenja Schwandt and associate partners Lars Grannemann and Dr. Margarete Rittstieg

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  • Tamara Moll

Success in the Square Dispute

Cohausz & Florack Defends Wacker Against Ritter Sport

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Mann mit Kopfhörern und Brille arbeitet an mehreren Bildschirmen und einem Tablet in einem abgedunkelten Raum.
  • COHAUSZ & FLORACK

Patent disputes relating to the H.265 video standard

One case concludes with a settlement, while two lawsuits continue.

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  • Tamara Moll & Eva-Marie Mümken

CFTalks: PPWR unwrapped

Verpackungen gestalten, Recht verstehen. Zwischen Design & Paragraphen.

20. Januar 2026 in Düsseldorf

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  • Dr. Reinhard Fischer & Tamara Moll

Q&A: enforcement proceedings for trade secrets in Germany

An extract from Lexology Panoramic

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  • Mathias Karlhuber

Unified Patent Court as a Key to Success in Global Patent Disputes

Cohausz & Florack at IAM Live: Navigating the UPC on November 5, 2025, in Paris

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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.