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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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Double honour: Cohausz & Florack wins two Managing IP Awards 2026

Two awards for patent disputes in Germany and Europe

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More Proximity to Clients: COHAUSZ & FLORACK Strengthens Presence in Munich

By expanding its Munich office, C&F is intensifying its local activities and is creating additional proximity to clients as well as patent offices and courts.

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  • Mathias Karlhuber & Tamara Moll

Patents Or Trade Secrets? 8 Questions To Ask

Ask eight questions to decide whether patents or trade secrets best govern how your assets turn into revenue, margins and loyalty, say Mathias Karlhuber and Tamara Moll at Cohausz & Florack in a book inspired by the EPO and LESI's High Growth Technology Business Initiative.

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  • Tamara Moll & Eva-Marie Mümken

CFWebinar: PPWR unwrapped

Verpackungen gestalten, Recht verstehen. Zwischen Design & Paragraphen.

20. Mai 2026

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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, Dr. Tobias Hoheisel

Recording CFWebinar: EPO Case Law Update 2025/2026 - Chemistry, Pharma and Life Sciences

Recording from 19.03.2026

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COHAUSZ & FLORACK Banner der Aufzeichnung eines Webinars mit digitaler Illustration eines klassischen Gebäudes und modernem Schriftzug.
  • Mathias Karlhuber & Lars Grannemann

Recording CFWebinar: EPO Case Law Update 2025/2026 Engineering, physics and digital innovations

Recording from 26.02.2026

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Fassade des Land- und Amtsgerichts Düsseldorf mit NRW-Wappen und Schriftzug auf grauer Steinwand
  • Dr. Christoph Walke & Dr. Matthias Rottmann

UPC Update – Second Panel for Düsseldorf Local Division

Effective March 1, 2026, the UPC’s Local Division in Düsseldorf will be expanded by a second panel to be presided by Bérénice Thom.

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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.