rospatt osten pross

What rospatt osten pross does

rospatt osten pross (legal form: Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung, PartGmbB) is a German intellectual-property-only law firm founded in 1947 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, with a secondary office in Mannheim. The firm's practice covers the full stack of IP contentious and advisory work: patent litigation and nullity proceedings, trademark and design prosecution and enforcement, copyright, unfair competition, and a notable SEP/FRAND specialization. Service delivery is partner-led and courtroom-anchored, with particular depth before the Düsseldorf and Mannheim Regional Courts, the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG), the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), and the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) local and regional divisions sitting in those cities.

The firm is organized as a true specialist IP boutique, with approximately nine partners and seven associates supported by technical paralegals and administrative staff — a deliberately lean bench relative to German full-service firms. Its roster includes practitioners with senior judicial backgrounds (notably the lateral hire of a former presiding BGH Xth Civil Senate judge) and SEP/FRAND counsel, allowing the firm to staff high-stakes, multi-jurisdictional patent matters. The client base comprises large multinational enterprises in technology (Samsung, Apple, Ericsson), pharmaceuticals (AbbVie, Novartis), and mobility/luxury (Ferrari, Porsche), pointing to a practice weighted toward global IP enforcement for repeat institutional clients.

Revenue mechanics follow the standard German lawyer-PartGmbB model: fee-for-service billing on patent and trademark matters, typically combining hourly rates at market IP rates with success-fee or quasi-success-fee components on litigation outcomes. Pricing is anchored by matter complexity and likely ranges from per-hour rates on advisory work to multi-million-euro fee envelopes on pan-European UPC matters. As a private partnership with no external investors and no equity-like instruments disclosed, the firm has no fundraising and no exit pathway; growth is funded exclusively from partner capital and retained earnings, with all strategic decisions made within the partner group.

Name

rospatt osten pross

Legal name

rospatt Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB

Website

https://rospatt.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

rospatt osten pross is a German intellectual property-only law firm founded in 1947, headquartered in Düsseldorf with a secondary office in Mannheim. It serves multinational technology, pharmaceutical, and automotive clients with patent litigation, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition, and SEP/FRAND mandates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Compliance, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement (BPAHAMAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

IP Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis (BPAHAMAG)

Keywords

• Patent litigation services
• Intellectual property law
• Trademark enforcement
• Design rights protection
• FRAND licensing disputes

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, Others

Revenue model

1. IP Litigation Services: Legal representation and trial advocacy in patent, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition, and related IP disputes before German courts, UPC, EPO, and international forums. Revenue is generated through professional fees for legal services rendered.
2. IP Advisory Services: Strategic IP counselling, freedom-to-operate analyses, IP contracts, licensing agreements, competition law and FRAND advisory, trademark and design protection strategies. Revenue generated through consulting fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

rospatt is a specialist intellectual property law firm that provides IP litigation and advisory services to multinational corporations. The firm represents clients in patent, trademark, design, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret, and SEP/FRAND disputes before German courts, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), EUIPO, EPO, and the CJEU, alongside strategic IP counselling, IP contract drafting, and freedom-to-operate analyses. Services are delivered by partner-led teams of dual-qualified lawyers (law plus physics/chemistry) operating from Düsseldorf and Mannheim.

Product overview

rospatt is a specialized IP law firm offering a unified portfolio of intellectual property legal services. The practice operates across two primary service lines: (1) IP Litigation, encompassing patent litigation, trademark and brand protection, design litigation, copyright disputes, unfair competition claims, plant variety rights, contractual IP disputes, trade secret protection, SEP/FRAND matters, anti-counterfeiting enforcement, interim injunctions, and alternative dispute resolution; and (2) IP Advisory, covering competition law and FRAND licensing, trademark and design protection strategies, IP contract drafting, pharmaceutical and regulatory law, strategic IP counselling, and freedom-to-operate opinions. The firm serves clients across diverse industry sectors including automotive, biotechnology, chemicals, consumer goods, electronics, energy and clean tech, engineering, information technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and quantum technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IP Litigation Full-scope intellectual property litigation services including patent infringement, trademark and brand enforcement, design litigation, copyright disputes, unfair competition, plant variety rights, contractual IP disputes, trade secrets, SEP/FRAND, anti-counterfeiting, interim injunctions, and alternative dispute resolution. Represented before German courts, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), EUIPO, EPO, and the CJEU.
• IP Advisory Strategic IP advisory services including competition law and FRAND licensing counsel, trademark and design protection strategies, IP contract drafting, pharmaceutical and regulatory law advisory, strategic IP counselling, and freedom-to-operate opinions.
• rospatt @ UPC (Unified Patent Court Practice) Dedicated practice for Unified Patent Court (UPC) proceedings, covering European Patent EP, Unitary Patent UP, and UPC litigation and advisory representation for clients seeking pan-European patent enforcement.
• Patent Litigation Representation and trial advocacy in patent infringement proceedings before German courts (Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Munich) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), including associated opposition, nullity, and cancellation proceedings.
• Trade Marks & Brands Litigation and advisory services for trademark and brand protection, including enforcement against counterfeiting, parallel imports, and unfair competition for corporate brand owners.
• Design Litigation Enforcement and defense of registered and unregistered Community designs before national courts and the EUIPO for design rights holders.
• SEP & FRAND Specialized advisory and litigation services for standard-essential patents (SEPs) and FRAND licensing terms, particularly in telecommunications and mobile device sectors.
• Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcement Comprehensive anti-counterfeiting enforcement including provisional measures, customs seizures, border enforcement actions, and online marketplace monitoring for brand owners.
• Freedom to Operate Risk assessment and clearance opinions regarding potential infringement of third-party IP rights prior to product launch, primarily for technology and pharmaceutical companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful landmark decisions before German Federal Court of Justice, CJEU, and UPC, shaping European IP law including Front Kit (CJEU C-123/20), Testarossa (CJEU C-720/18), and others
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Taylor Wessing: European-headquartered full-service firm with established German IP practice and growing UPC presence. Competes for technology, life sciences, and brand IP work but as part of a broader corporate service offering.
• Bird & Bird: Global full-service firm with one of the largest dedicated IP practices worldwide and historically strong German patent litigation capability. Overlaps with rospatt on SEP/FRAND and tech IP matters but offers broader service portfolio.
• Freshfields: Global elite firm with significant IP litigation capability in Germany (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt). Competes for the largest patent and SEP matters as a broader full-service incumbent with deeper resources.
• Hogan Lovells: Global full-service firm with strong German IP practice in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt. Competes for major patent litigation, SEP/FRAND, and life sciences IP mandates as a broader incumbent.

Direct peers

• df-mp Dörries Frank-Molnia & Partner: Specialized German IP litigation boutique with strong pharmaceutical and chemistry patent litigation focus. Direct competitor in the same forum-centric, life-sciences-heavy patent practice.
• Hoffmann Eitle: Major German IP firm combining patent attorneys and lawyers with significant litigation capability in Munich. Competes with rospatt in patent infringement, opposition, and technical IP across pharma, electronics, and engineering clients.
• Bardehle Pagenberg: Leading German patent litigation boutique based in Munich with comparable practice focus on patent infringement, UPC proceedings, SEP/FRAND, and IP advisory for technology and life sciences clients. Direct competitor in the same niche and German court forums.
• Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte: One of Germany's largest dedicated IP boutiques with deep patent litigation capability across Munich and other German forums. Competes with rospatt for high-stakes patent infringement and nullity matters for major enterprise clients.
• Hoyng ROKH Monegier: Pan-European IP boutique with offices in Germany (Düsseldorf, Munich), Netherlands, France, and Belgium. Closest cross-border pure-play IP competitor, particularly active in UPC and SEP/FRAND matters.
• Vossius & Partner: Munich-based IP boutique specializing in patent litigation, trademark and design enforcement, with strong life sciences and biotech practice. Direct competitor for the same German forum work and similar client mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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