Attorneys-at-law · Patent Attorneys
65 UPC Representatives · 47 SEP Litigators
Germany · France · Spain
Short self-description
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is a leading IP law firm in Europe which has pooled the strengths and competencies of patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law for more than 45 years. Our mixed approach – legal and technical expertise – enables us to handle cases before all relevant courts through all instances.
Main practice areas: patent litigation; patent prosecution; oppositions and nullity; employee inventions; unfair competition law; trademarks; copyright; domain names; designs; antitrust law; due diligence; trade secrets.
Industry/technology focus: mechanical engineering; physics and general engineering; electrical engineering; electronics; information and communication technology; computer software; artificial intelligence and machine learning; blockchain and web3; automotive; green tech and sustainable technologies; optics, optoelectronics and laser technology; food technology (thermodynamics etc. related to food production); chemistry; pharmaceuticals; life sciences including biotech; medical devices and e-health; semiconductor technology; licensing & technology transfer; food; fashion.
UPC-related services: patent enforcement; defense against infringement claims; proactive revocation claims; defense against revocation claims; bring and pursue notice of opposition in EPO; defense in EPO opposition proceedings; unitary patent appeals from EPO; opt-outs and withdrawals.
SEP-related services: advice on FRAND negotiations for SEP holders; advice on FRAND negotiations for implementers; advice related to participation in standards development; SEP enforcement; defense against SEP infringement claims; bring revocation claims against SEPs (including EPO opposition, PTAB etc.); SEP prosecution and defense against revocation claims targeting SEPs; bring antitrust-based FRAND claims; defense against antitrust-based FRAND claims; bring contract-based FRAND claims; defense against contract-based FRAND claims; pursuit of antisuit injunctions and interim licenses; defense against antisuit injunction and interim license motions; pursuit of anti-antisuit injunctions; defense against anti-antisuit injunction motions.
Rankings and awards
- Patent Disputes Firm of the Year in Europe and Germany 2025 – Managing IP
- Intellectual Property Team of the Year in Germany 2025 – Legal 500
- Top Tier in UPC Litigation 2025 – JUVE UPC Ranking
- Best IP Advisor DACH 2025 – Leaders League
- Patent Litigation Firm of the Year in Germany 2024 – IAM Global IP Awards
- Best Lawyers for Intellectual Property Law – Best Lawyers® and Handelsblatt
- Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms 2025 – Financial Times
- TOP-KANZLEI Patentrecht 2024 – WirtschaftsWoche
UPC achievements
Defended first-instance final judgments or provisional measures decisions on appeal
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amgen (December 20, 2024, CoA, 1st instance Hamburg LD) UPC’s Court of Appeal throws out Alexion’s appeals against Amgen and Samsung Bioepis over validity doubts, reveals €100M value of each dispute – ip fray
- Ballino B.V. v. KINEXON Sports & Media GmbH (June 26, 2025, CoA, 1st instance Hamburg LD) UPC Roundup (2 weeks): separate fees for appeals of revocation claims and of revocation counterclaims even if jointly decided; other clarifications, new cases – ip fray
- Philips v. Belkin (October 3, 2025, CoA, 1st instance Munich LD) In major win for Via LA’s Qi charging pool, Philips largely defends, partly strengthens UPC’s first-ever SEP injunction on appeal against Belkin – ip fray
Overturned first-instance final judgments or provisional measures decisions on appeal
- Amgen v. Regeneron & Sanofi (November 25, 2025, CoA, 1st instance: CD Munich) UPC CoA reverses invalidation of Amgen patent, clarifies standards for added matter and sufficient disclosure; infringement action to resume – ip fray
Overturned important pretrial or post-judgment decisions on appeal
- Volkswagen AG v. Network System Technologies LC (September 17, 2024, CoA, 1st instance: Munich LD) UPC’s Court of Appeal reverses Munich LD, orders U.S.-based non-practicing entity to provide collateral to Volkswagen – ip fray
- Microsoft Corporation v. Suinno (September 16, 2024, CD Paris on R.333-request and confirmed by CoA, February 11, 2025: guidelines for representation of legal persons ORDER_Suinno v Microsoft_2025_02_11_signed_anonym 1.pdf; UPC Roundup (1 week): different questions of jurisdiction and representation addressed, and more – ip fray; ip fray on LinkedIn.
Successful infringement assertions (main proceedings)
- Philips v. Belkin (February 11, 2026, Munich LD)
Philips wins UPC’s first-ever main-proceedings bench ruling as Munich LD enjoins Belkin over Qi patent; FRAND defense failed- ip fray - Polidoro v. Bekaert (December 18, 2025, Mannheim LD) Item 3.1 of December 21, 2025 UPC Roundup – ip fray
- 10x Genomics v. Curio (June 16, 2025, Dusseldorf LD) UPC Dusseldorf LD affirms 10x v. Curio preliminary injunction in final ruling, creates opening for late claim construction arguments – ip fray
- Philips v. Belkin (September 13, 2024, Munich LD) First-ever UPC SEP injunction: Philips prevails over Belkin on Qi wireless charging patent, but there was no FRAND defense for lack of market power – ip fray
Successful infringement defenses (main proceedings)
- Dish Technologies L.L.C. v. AYLO (June 6, 2025, Mannheim LD)
Mannheim LD assumes UPC will have to develop its own doctrine of equivalents, provides other clarifications in DISH’s 4th loss against Aylo – ip fray
AYLO and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG achieve two further victories in the series of multinational patent disputes over video streaming technology against DISH | BARDEHLE PAGENBERG - Sanofi v. Amgen (May 13, 2025, Dusseldorf LD) UPC Dusseldorf issues first decision on second medical use, hands win to Amgen in cholesterol patent dispute against Sanofi – ip fray
Invalidated patents through revocation (counter)claim or EPO opposition
- Dish Technologies L.L.C. v. AYLO (June, 4, EPO Opposition Division, EP 3 822 805, related to UPC_CFI_198/2024) AYLO and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG achieve two further victories in the series of multinational patent disputes over video streaming technology against DISH | BARDEHLE PAGENBERG
- KINEXON Sports & Media GmbH v. Ballino B.V. (April 30, 2025, CD Paris) UPC Roundup (1 week): CoA reverses PI denial, CD invalidates offside detection patent, Gucci doesn’t infringe Agfa patent, and more – ip fray
Defended patents against revocation (counter)claim or EPO opposition
- Polidoro v. Bekaert (December 18, 2025, Mannheim LD) Item 3.1 of December 21, 2025 UPC Roundup – ip fray
- NanoString v. 10x Genomics (March 20, 2025, EPO Opposition division, EP4108782, related to UPC_CFI_2/2023)
10x Genomics and BARDEHLE PAGENBERG strike back against NanoString – EP/UP 4 108 782 upheld by EPO in slightly amended form | BARDEHLE PAGENBERG
Unified Patent Court injunction in 10x Genomics v. NanoString could be reinstated as EPO Opposition Division upholds patent in ‘slightly amended form’ – ip fray - Sanofi v. Amgen (April 4, 2025, EPO Opposition Division, EP 3 666 797, related to UPC_CFI_1/2023) EPO and UPC disagree on validity of Amgen’s patent for cholesterol drug – JUVE Patent
- NJOY v. Juul Labs (November 5, 2024 et al., CD Paris) Revocation Action 571801-2023 Decision on the merits signed registry.pdf
- JOY v. VMR Products (January 22, 2025, CD Paris) 358DF60276AD6161200150C9346DB5FE_en.pdf | ip fray
Obtained provisional measures (preliminary injunctions)
- 10x Genomics v. Curio (April 30, 2024, Dusseldorf LD) UPC’s Dusseldorf Local Division grants 10x Genomics preliminary injunction against Curio, clarifies legal standard in four contexts – ip fray
- Sun Patent Trust v. Roku Inc., Dolby International AB v. Roku Inc. (AASI, May 19, 2025, Munich LD) Dolby seeking SEP-based preliminary injunction against Roku as Munich I Regional Court outpaces UPC’s Munich LD by wide margin – ip fray
- Hand Held Products v. Scandit (August 27, 2024, Munich LD) UPC’s Munich LD grants PI in barcode scanner case, clarifies direct infringement standard, absolute vs. relative prohibition, urgency – ip fray
- Philips v. Yunding Information Technology (ex parte PI, September 9, 2024, Hamburg LD) UPC granted Philips ex parte PI last week to remove presumably patent-infringing toothbrushes from Chinese rival’s IFA trade fair booth – ip fray
- Cilag GmbH, Ethicon LLC v. Rivolution GmbH (August 6, 2025, Munich LD) UPC Court of Appeal denies stay of provisional measures against RiVOLUTiON
Fended off applications for provisional measures (PIs)
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amgen (June 26, 2024, Hamburg LD) 2024-06-26 LD Hamburg UPC_CFI_124-2024 ORD_38032-2024 ACT_13886-2024 anonymized.pdf
- Ballino B.V. v. KINEXON Sports & Media GmbH (June 3, 2024, Hamburg LD) UPC Hamburg LD deems three-month delay too much for preliminary injunction request: Ballinno v. Kinexion & UEFA – ip fray
Settlements
- Adeia v. Disney (December 22, 2025 – The Hague LD):
Disney, Adeia settle global litigation, strike media patent licensing agreement – ip fray - Access Advance licensors v. Transsion (December 1, 2025 – Munich LD):
BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes – ip fray - 10x Genomics v. Bruker/NanoString (May, 2025, Munich LD, CD Munich, CoA, EPO):
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG paves the way for global settlement of landmark litigation between 10x Genomics and Bruker/NanoString | BARDEHLE PAGENBERG
10x Genomics and Bruker (NanoString) end global patent dispute – ip fray - Malikie v. Nintendo (November 27, 2025 – Hamburg LD):
item 5.1 of December 7, 2025 UPC Roundup – ip fray - Qualcomm v. Shenzhen Transsion et al. (2025, Hamburg LD, Munich LD):
BREAKING: Qualcomm settles with China’s Transsion (Africa’s smartphone market leader): Indian patent lawsuit withdrawn – ip fray - Honeywell v. Scandit (March 2025, Munich LD) (Honeywell, Swiss Firm Scandit Settling Barcode Patent Dispute)
Other UPC-related achievements
- Philips v. Belkin (February 11, 2026, Munich LD)
Philips wins UPC’s first-ever main-proceedings bench ruling as Munich LD enjoins Belkin over Qi patent; FRAND defense failed- ip fray (first-ever bench ruling by the UPC in main proceedings, also the first-ever SEP bench ruling by the UPC) - Air up group GmbH v. Guangzhou Aiyoun Yanwu Technology Co. Ltd, service of decision by default by publication on the Court’s website (January 21, 2025, Munich LD) 4C5B6D602782F2B27E96F39C9AC27430_en.pdf
- Suinno v. Microsoft, Clarification of standard for default judgment against claimant (July 12, 2025, CoA) UPC’s Court of Appeal clarifies standard for default judgment against claimant, enters default judgment against NPE suing Microsoft – ip fray
SEP achievements
Won permanent SEP injunctions
- Philips v. Belkin (September 13, 2024, LD Munich)
First-ever UPC SEP injunction: Philips prevails over Belkin on Qi wireless charging patent, but there was no FRAND defense for lack of market power – ip fray
Won preliminary SEP injunctions
- Dolby v. Roku (November 20, 2025, Munich I Regional Court) BREAKING: Dolby wins Europe’s first-ever preliminary injunction based on SEP – ip fray and Access Advance announces growth of HEVC and VVC pools, renewals; new information about SEP PI (Dolby v. Roku) available now – ip fray
Won antisuit/anti-antisuit injunctions
- Dolby and Sun Patent Trust v. Roku (January 28, 2025, LD Munich) AA licensors win two AASIs in UPC’s Munich Local Division: Dolby, Sun Patent Trust defang Roku’s lawsuit in District of Massachusetts – ip fray
Litigated FRAND determination claims
In the following UPC cases NEC filed counter-claims for FRAND determination. All cases were settled prior to hearing and decision by the court:
- NEC Corporation v. TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG/ TCL Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd./ TCT Mobile Germany GmbH/ TCT Mobile Europe SAS/ TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd./ TCL Operations Polska Sp. Z.o.o,/ TCL Overseas Marketing Ltd. (Unified Patent Court, LD Munich, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 2 645 714 of 22 December 2023 – settled, ACT_595922/2023
- NEC Corporation v. TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG/ TCL Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd./ TCT Mobile Germany GmbH/ TCT Mobile Europe SAS/ TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd./ TCL Operations Polska Sp. Z.o.o,/ TCL Overseas Marketing Ltd. (Unified Patent Court, LD Munich, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 057 321 of 22 December 2023 – settled, ACT_596658/2023
- NEC Corporation v. TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG/ TCL Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd./ TCT Mobile Germany GmbH/ TCT Mobile Europe SAS/ TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd./ TCL Operations Polska Sp. Z.o.o,/ TCL Overseas Marketing Ltd. (Unified Patent Court, LD Munich, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 2 863 637 of 2 April 2024 – settled, ACT_16417/2024
Invalidated SEPs (not UPC-related)
- Samsung/Micron/Google v. Netlist (Federal Patent Court, judgment revoking EP 2 454 735 of March 7, 2024, 2 Ni 23/22 (EP) and 2 Ni 30/22 (EP) – appeal pending)
- Samsung/Micron/Google v. Netlist (Federal Patent Court, judgment revoking EP 3 404 660 of November 7, 2024, 2 Ni 24/22 (EP) and 2 Ni 31/22 (EP) – appeal pending)
- Xiaomi v. KPN (Federal Patent Court, judgment revoking EP 2 291 003 of August 6, 2024, 4 Ni 73/22 (EP) and 4 Ni 88/22 (EP))
- TomTom v. Nokia (Federal Patent Court, judgment revoking EP 2 286 629 of June 30, 2022, 2 Ni 43/20 (EP) and 2 Ni 44/22 (EP) – revocation final)
- TomTom v. Nokia (Federal Patent Court, judgment revoking EP 2 087 629 of March 17, 2022, 2 Ni 23/22 (EP) and 2 Ni 30/22 (EP) – revocation confirmed by Federal Court of Justice with judgment of June 13, 2024, X ZR 64/22)
Defended SEPs against invalidity contentions (not UPC-related)
- Vestel Germany GmbH v. Dolby International AB (Federal Patent Court, judgement nullity complaint dismissed regarding EP 2 777 269, 2 Ni 6/21 (EP) of 4 August 2022)
- Vestel Holland B.V. v. Dolby Video Compression (Federal Court of Justice, judgement nullity complaint dismissed regarding EP 2 842 318, 2 Ni 3/21 (EP) – I. Instance, X ZR 82/23 – II. Instance of 17 September 2024)
- TCT Europe SAS v. Dolby International AB (Federal Court of Justice, judgement nullity complaint dismissed regarding EP 2 777 270, 2 Ni 39/21 (EP) – I. Instance, X ZR 105/23 – II. Instance of 16 March 2024)
Won technical infringement rulings over SEPs
- Philips v. Belkin (February 11, 2026, Munich LD)
Philips wins UPC’s first-ever main-proceedings bench ruling as Munich LD enjoins Belkin over Qi patent; FRAND defense failed- ip fray - Philips v. Belkin (September 13, 2024, LD Munich) First-ever UPC SEP injunction: Philips prevails over Belkin on Qi wireless charging patent, but there was no FRAND defense for lack of market power – ip fray
Settlements prior to decisions
- Access Advance licensors v. Transsion (December 1, 2025 – Munich LD):
BREAKING: Transsion takes HEVC Advance license, settling multiple video patent enforcement disputes – ip fray - Qualcomm v. Shenzhen Transsion et al. (2025, LD Hamburg, LD Munich) BREAKING: Qualcomm settles with China’s Transsion (Africa’s smartphone market leader): Indian patent lawsuit withdrawn – ip fray
- OPPO vs. Nokia (2022-2024, Munich I Regional Court, Mannheim Regional Court, Hamburg Regional Court) Nokia-OPPO 5G patent dispute settled with license agreement after more than 2.5 years and OPPO leaving Germany – ip fray
- Dolby International AB
- v. Optoma (Unified Patent Court, Düsseldorf LD, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 605 534 of 10 May 2024 – settled, ACT_26489/2024) (UPC Roundup: first PI affirmance, another SEP settlement, FRAND procedures, joinders, amendments, and more – ip fray)
- v. Epson (Unified Patent Court, Hamburg LD, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 605 534 of 29 January 2025 – settled, ACT_4762/2025)
- v. HP (Unified Patent Court, Düsseldorf LD, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 490 258 of 30 November 2023 – settled, ACT_590145/2023) (UPC Dusseldorf LD lets pool administrator Access Advance intervene in Dolby v. HP SEP case: FRAND compliance of pool terms in dispute – ip fray)
- v. ASUS (Unified Patent Court, Düsseldorf LD, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 490 258 of 30 November 2023 – settled, ACT_ 590109/2023)
- NEC Corporation v. TCL (Unified Patent Court, Munich LD, complaint regarding patent infringement EP 2 645 714 of 22 December 2023 – settled, ACT_595922/2023; complaint regarding patent infringement EP 3 057 321 of 22 December 2023 – settled, ACT_596658/2023; complaint regarding patent infringement EP 2 863 637 of 2 April 2024 – settled, ACT_16417/2024)
Other SEP-related achievements
- Philips v. Belkin (February 11, 2026, Munich LD)
Philips wins UPC’s first-ever main-proceedings bench ruling as Munich LD enjoins Belkin over Qi patent; FRAND defense failed- ip fray (first-ever SEP bench ruling by the UPC) - Long-standing experience in advising patent pools and their licensors on all aspects of SEP licensing, FRAND and enforcement, namely Access Advance, Via LA, Sisvel and Vectis. Recently we also started representing individual licensors (Sun Patent Trust) in litigation related to the Avanci automotive pool.