JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2024/2025 – Patentrecht.

Ranking Patentprozesse/Rechtsanwälte – Band 4 / ★★★★☆

This small partner-centred IP boutique has built up a good reputation for infringement proceedings, particularly in telecommunications and often in connection with FRAND issues. Industry giants such as Oppo and Xiaomi are among its long-standing clients, and now Infineon is also relying on the Munich team in a dispute against its Chinese competitor Innoscience.

In other technical areas such as mechanics, large German SMEs such as Fischerwerke and Certoplast ensure a steady stream of litigation work.

Despite its low headcount, the team has proven in the past that it can handle even large-scale disputes, for example for AVM Computersysteme, which it represented in parallel proceedings against Huawei and an NPE. But given the fact that renowned senior partner Olaf Giebe is approaching retirement age, Klaka would benefit from further growth.

Litigation related to mechanics and mobile communications.

Wolfgang Götz (“agreeable and highly competent, always ready to develop the optimum strategy to secure the client’s interests”, competitor), Stefan Eck (“first choice, excellent and thorough work”, competitor), Constantin Kurtz

5 lawyers

Litigation: AVM Computersysteme against Huawei over wi-fi-compatible devices and against NPE over ISDN patents; Xiaomi against NPE over SEPs (all settled 2024); Infineon against Innoscience over gallium nitride semiconductors; Ball-b against FZV30 over pest-control traps; Certoplast against Tesa over special adhesive tape for harnesses; Fränkische Industrial Pipes against ABB over tube connectors; frequent litigation for Fischerwerke, Orope, Witron. Advice: Oppo concerning FRAND.