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 31 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!

Our podcasts

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Our judgments

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Our awards

Grafik mit dem Schriftzug „recommended in JUVE PATENT Germany 2025“ in türkis auf weißem Hintergrund

JUVE Patent Ranking 2025

“This Düsseldorf-based patent attorney firm stands out for its involvement in the most economically significant patent disputes across all technical fields. Cohausz & Florack’s expertise and track record are particularly noteworthy in telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (...). The firm ranks among the market’s most renowned experts in pharmaceuticals and biotech (...). One of the firm’s key strengths, which secures its market-leading position, is its ability to manage generational change proactively while staying aligned with innovations and emerging technical focal points.”

Special mentioned: Gottfried Schüll, Dr. Arwed Burrichter, Philipe Walter,Dr. Christoph Walke, Matthias Waters, Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer, Dr. Peter Reckenthäler

Ones to watch: Svenja Schwandt

Categories: Patent Filing, Litigation: Patent Attorneys, Patent attorneys with technical specialty, Ones to watch

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Best Lawyers - Best Law Firms - Germany 2026

Germany's best law firms – Award in the categories of IP Law and Litigation (Metropolitan Tier 1 - Nordrhein-Westfalen).

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Best Lawyers Edition 2025

Germany's best law firms – Award in the categories of intellectual property and dispute resolution (based on Best Lawyers analyses in cooperation with Handelsblatt).

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