We are: COHAUSZ & FLORACK

We are COHAUSZ & FLORACK. Nice to meet you!

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!

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Our expertise

Position your company in a technologically and economically smart way – and secure your competitive edge! We’ll support you. We’d be delighted to advise you on all IP strategy issues. We’ll make sure that your intellectual property is used in a way that adds real business value to your company.

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Our team members are all engineers and scientists with vast expertise in a broad range of technical fields, and some have been working as researchers for many years. What they all have in common: attention to detail.

Our
attorneys & teams

A wide range of technical and scientific disciplines come together at COHAUSZ & FLORACK, which is an ideal prerequisite for successful, cross-disciplinary collaboration. All patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law are specialists in their respective fields and have comprehensive know-how in all manner of legal issues, particularly in the area of intellectual property rights. Incidentally, it is part of the firm’s tradition that we train our own young talent. Many of our attorneys have already been in our team for decades.

Partner of the law firm

26 partners, 26 experienced personalities: All partners at COHAUSZ & FLORACK will do what it takes to protect intellectual property rights and will support you in establishing your brand and innovation strategy.

Patent attorneys

Our currently 35 patent attorneys feel more than confident in all relevant specialist areas: from mechanical engineering or electrical and process engineering to physics, chemistry, pharmaceutics, and biochemistry. And in our firm, interdisciplinary cooperation is a matter of course.

Attorneys-at-law

COHAUSZ & FLORACK currently has five attorneys who deal exclusively with all issues relating to industrial property rights and will be at your side to advise and assist you. You can rely on a strong team with strong expertise!

Our ideas

What’s happening in the world of innovation? What developments is the COHAUSZ & FLORACK team involved with? And which rulings will influence the legal practice of tomorrow? We’ll keep you informed!

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Our judgments

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Our awards

2025 Edition Best Lawyers

The following attorneys were honored in the Intellectual Property Law category of the Best Lawyers ranking:

Andreas Thielmann, Gottfried Schüll, Dr. Thomas Rox, Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Hans-Joachim Meyer, Mathias Karlhuber, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell, Rebekka Schiffer, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger, Dr. Fabian Vogelbruch, Dr. Henning Sternemann, Hendrik Bücker, Jan Ackermann, Matthias Waters, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Michel Kaminsky, Dr. Reinhard Fischer

In addition, awards were presented in the Litigation category:
Gottfried Schüll, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell

IAM Patent 1000 2024

“COHAUSZ & FLORACK is an outstanding firm and one of the best in Germany. Its patent attorneys are highly professional, very experienced, and have a great network of national and international experts to help them keep on top of developments in IP rights across the world. They are also exceptionally understanding of their clients’ businesses and of the needs of in-house attorneys, and collaborate effectively to work out detailed and fast solutions to IP issues.”

Prosecution and nullity: gold/highly recommended

Recommended as a law firm before the European Patent Office

Special mentioned: Andreas Thielmann, Gottfried Schüll, Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Mathias Karlhuber, Philipe Walter, Arnd Ziebell, Dr. Christoph Walke, Dr. Jochen Kapfenberger, Dr. Fabian Vogelbruch, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Michel Kaminsky

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Financial Times - Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms 2024

COHAUSZ & FLORACK is again listed in "Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms" in 2024. The nomination was made for the areas Chemistry & Pharmaceuticals; Electrical Engineering & Physics; Biotechnology, Food & Healthcare.

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