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

Düsseldorf, April 11, 2025 – Cohausz & Florack (C&F) has won the title “Germany Impact Case of the Year” at this year’s Managing IP Awards. The case in question, in which the C&F team played a prominent role, led to the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) landmark decision X ZR 104/22 (May 7, 2024), which held that claims for damages due to patent infringement must also be considered if a contract was performed in a patent-free country. Together with the law firms Heuking and Budde Schou (Denmark), C&F represented a Danish plant manufacturer, which – as the licensee – had filed a lawsuit against a German competitor. C&F’s patent attorneys and partners Andreas Thielmann and Jan Ackermann played a pivotal role in the case.

“The Managing IP Award is a huge honor for our entire team and motivates us to continue committing ourselves to protecting innovation in mechanical engineering,” says Jan Ackermann, patent attorney and partner at C&F. The Managing IP Awards ceremony took place in London on April 10, 2025.

The annual Managing IP Awards honor law firms, individuals, and companies from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa who have committed themselves to the cause of strengthening intellectual property and expanding the international IP market.

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