What Cohausz & Florack does

Cohausz & Florack (legal entity: COHAUSZ & FLORACK Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB) is a privately held German intellectual property law firm founded in 1954 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, with a secondary office in Munich. The firm employs approximately 140 people, including 30 patent attorneys (Patentanwälte) and 5 attorneys-at-law (Rechtsanwälte), organized as an independent partnership (Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB) without external equity ownership. Its core service offering covers the full IP lifecycle: patent prosecution and opposition proceedings, trademark and design registration, freedom-to-operate and validity analyses, IP litigation in German and European courts (including UPC procedures), employee invention law, IP strategy consulting, due diligence, licensing, and arbitration. Technical coverage spans mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ICT, chemistry, life sciences, and environmental technologies.

The firm supplements its professional services with proprietary technology tools: CFDocs, a self-developed online platform for searching and downloading patent specifications directly from patent databases, and CFOnline/CFDataroom, a web-based document storage portal available to select clients for secure document management and portfolio collaboration. Marketing and thought-leadership channels include a multi-language website (German, English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish), the CFTicker newsletter, the CFPodcast and CFTalks series, CFWebinar recordings, and presence on LinkedIn, Xing, Instagram, and YouTube. Revenue is generated exclusively through professional service fees for legal representation and advisory engagements, governed by German legal fee regulations (RVG) and patent attorney fee schedules, with pricing quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The firm has no API, no SDK, no disclosed revenue, and no parent company.

Name

Cohausz & Florack

Legal name

COHAUSZ & FLORACK Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Website

https://cohausz-florack.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cohausz & Florack is a Düsseldorf-based German IP law firm (founded 1954) employing ~140 staff, including 30 patent attorneys and 5 lawyers, that provides patent prosecution, trademark and design registration, and IP litigation to international corporations and German Mittelstand companies across multiple technical disciplines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis (BPAHAMAG), Standards-Essential Patents (SEP) & FRAND Advisory (BPAHAMAL)

Keywords

• Patent prosecution services
• Trademark registration services
• Intellectual property law
• Patent litigation services
• Design protection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. IP Legal Services: Professional legal services for intellectual property protection including patent prosecution, trademark registration, design protection, litigation, and related advisory services. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for legal representation and advisory engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Cohausz & Florack provides intellectual property legal services including patent prosecution, patent and trademark litigation, design protection, validity and opposition proceedings, freedom-to-operate analyses, IP portfolio management, and UPC advisory across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ICT, chemistry, and life sciences. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for legal representation and advisory engagements, supported by proprietary client-facing tools such as CFDocs for document retrieval and CFOnline/CFDataroom for secure document storage.

Product overview

Cohausz & Florack is a patent and intellectual property law firm (Patent- und Rechtsanwälte) offering legal services for IP protection. The core offering consists of legal advisory services for patents, trademarks, and designs, supported by technology tools: CFDocs for patent document retrieval, and CFOnline/CFDataroom for client document management. Communication channels include the CFTicker newsletter, CFPodcast podcast series, and CFTalks webinars. The firm provides prosecution (registration), litigation, validity proceedings, research, and IP portfolio management services across technical fields including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, life sciences, and information technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patent Prosecution Services End-to-end patent filing and prosecution services before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), European Patent Office (EPO), and international patent authorities, covering patent applications, examination, and grant procedures across all technical fields.
• Patent Litigation Services Representation in patent infringement and revocation proceedings before German national courts, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), and the EPO Boards of Appeal, including infringement analysis, nullity actions, and coordination with foreign counsel.
• Trademark Registration and Protection Services Trademark filing, prosecution, opposition, cancellation, and enforcement before the DPMA, EUIPO, and WIPO, including international registration via the Madrid System and trademark portfolio management.
• Design Protection Services Registration, prosecution, and enforcement of design rights before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), including Registered Community Designs and national German design rights.
• IP Validity and Opposition Proceedings Handling of patent and trademark validity proceedings, opposition actions, and nullity actions before the EPO, DPMA, EUIPO, and competent courts, including Rechtsbeständigkeitsverfahren.
• UPC (Unified Patent Court) Advisory Specialist advisory on Unitary Patent, Unified Patent Court proceedings, and opt-out strategy decisions, supporting clients before the new European court system and coordinating pan-European patent enforcement strategies.
• IP Strategy and Consulting Services Strategic IP advisory including freedom-to-operate analyses, due diligence procedures, employee invention law (Arbeitnehmererfinderecht), patent and trademark monitoring, and angrenzende Rechtsberatung (adjacent legal advice) in unfair competition and related fields.
• Patent Monetization Services Advisory on monetization of patent assets, including protection strategies for standard-essential patents (SEPs), pharmaceutical IP strategy, and licensing support to extract value from existing IP portfolios.
• China Desk / Asian IP Procedures Specialized support for international patent and trademark procedures in China and Japan, including coordination with partner law firms and support from the German-Chinese Business Association (DCW) and German-Japanese Business Council (DJW).
• IP Portfolio Management and Monitoring Ongoing IP portfolio management including patent and trademark monitoring, renewal fee handling (Jahresgebühren), and lifecycle management across jurisdictions, supported by the firm's CFOnline/CFDataroom client portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Handles over 3,600 domestic patents, approximately 800 US patents, approximately 700 Chinese patents, and approximately 300+ Japanese patents
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DPMA - Deutsches Patent- und MarkenamtcoreOthersGerman Patent and Trade Mark Office - official authority for patent and trademark registration in Germany. Firm maintains official connection for filing and prosecution of German IP rights.
• EPO - Europäisches PatentamtcoreOthersEuropean Patent Office - handles European patent applications. Firm files and prosecutes European patents through EPO.
• EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property OfficecoreOthersEuropean Union Intellectual Property Office - handles EU trademarks and designs. Firm files EU trademarks and designs through EUIPO.
• WIPO - World Intellectual Property OrganisationcoreOthersWorld Intellectual Property Organisation - handles international IP registrations. Firm handles international patent and trademark filings through WIPO.
• AIPPI - Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété IntellectuelleminorOthersInternational Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property - professional membership organization for IP practitioners.
• EPI - Institut der beim Europäischen Patentamt zugelassenen VertretercoreOthersInstitute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office - professional body for European Patent Attorneys. Firm attorneys are members.
• FICPI - Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété IntellectuelleminorOthersInternational Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys - professional association for IP professionals globally.
• GRUR - Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtschutz und UrheberrechtcoreOthersGerman Association for Industrial Property and Copyright - leading German IP professional association. Firm attorneys are members.
• INTA - International Trademark AssociationminorOthersInternational Trademark Association - global organization for trademark professionals.
• ICC - International Chamber of CommerceminorOthersInternational Chamber of Commerce - global business organization dealing with commercial law and dispute resolution.
• LES - Licensing Executives SocietyminorOthersLicensing Executives Society - international organization for licensing and technology transfer professionals.
• DIS - Deutsche Institution für SchiedsgerichtsbarkeitminorOthersGerman Institution for Arbitration - provides arbitration services. Firm offers arbitration proceedings for IP disputes.
• DCW - Deutsch-Chinesische WirtschaftsvereinigungminorOthersGerman-Chinese Business Association - supports business relations between Germany and China. Firm has China Desk for Chinese IP matters.
• DJW - Deutsch-Japanischer WirtschaftskreisminorOthersGerman-Japanese Business Council - supports business relations between Germany and Japan.
• 100+ Partner Law Firms WorldwidecoreTechnology or IntegrationStrong network of over 100 partner law firms around the world for international IP procedures, particularly in North American and East Asian G20 states.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bird & Bird: Global full-service law firm with a substantial IP practice in Germany and across Europe; competes for cross-border IP mandates and offers broader corporate services Cohausz & Florack does not provide.
• Taylor Wessing: International law firm with strong German offices and an active IP/tech practice; competes for innovative Mittelstand IP mandates alongside broader corporate services.
• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with deep IP litigation and patent prosecution capabilities in Germany; competes for large multinational IP mandates that Cohausz & Florack would pursue.

Direct peers

• Maiwald Patentanwälte: Munich-based IP boutique with comparable prosecution, opposition, and litigation capabilities across chemistry, life sciences, pharma, and engineering; directly competes with Cohausz & Florack for German Mittelstand IP mandates.
• Eisenführ Speiser: Bremen-based German patent and law firm offering patent prosecution, trademark, and litigation services; comparable in technical breadth and German Mittelstand focus.
• Hoffmann Eitle: Major Munich-headquartered patent and trademark firm with similar scale, technical breadth, and German/European patent litigation focus, directly competing for the same Mittelstand and international corporate clients.
• Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte: Leading Munich-based German IP boutique with comparable patent prosecution and litigation offerings across technical disciplines; one of Cohausz & Florack's closest direct competitors in the German market.
• Vossius & Partner: Munich-based IP firm with strong patent prosecution and litigation practice and similar European focus; competes head-to-head with Cohausz & Florack for European patent and UPC work.
• df-mp Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlmann: Munich-based German patent and law firm offering patent prosecution, IP litigation and related services across multiple technical disciplines; comparable mid-size IP boutique competing for similar mandates.

Regional players

• König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse: Düsseldorf-based patent law firm with comparable technical and legal IP expertise; a fellow Düsseldorf-headquartered competitor sharing the same regional Mittelstand client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles28 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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