Bristows are a European headquartered hub for litigation, transactions and advice throughout the world and have remained fiercely independent since they first began in 1837. This means they are free to partner with the best people in any jurisdiction for each client need, or work with your existing relationships. They don’t work to billing targets. This ensures you get the right combination of experts working as one, who take the time to share their different perspectives and find the right answer, no matter how difficult or novel the question is. It’s a rare approach that defines the quality of our advice. And because they like to recruit inquisitive minds, many with science and technology backgrounds, they live and breathe your business, can talk the same language and have a keen eye on the future. They enjoy getting to the heart of the matter with advice that is simple to understand and easy to use.

Carpmaels & Ransford is one of Europe’s largest IP firms, known for providing cutting-edge IP advice to innovators, with a key focus on healthcare. We are experts in EPO opposition, strategic prosecution, Unified Patent Court actions, and in UK and pan-European patent and SPC litigation. We have a very long history of supporting innovation, both for our clients and within the IP industry itself. Next year we celebrate the firm’s 250th anniversary.
We offer a truly integrated team of litigators and patent attorneys. Our UK qualified litigators, European litigators (German and Dutch qualified) and patent attorneys are members of the same firm, and we work together in hybrid, cross-practice teams ensuring the full and proactive management of clients’ patent portfolios from prosecution, and opposition to litigation. The firm has the largest and most effective UPC team in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe. We led the first successful revocation action to be filed before the Central Division of the UPC, and since then, we have been instructed on UPC preliminary injunction cases, the first change of language dispute in the UPC and the first UPC case concerning SPCs.

COHAUSZ & FLORACK (C&F) is a law firm founded in 1954 with offices in Düsseldorf and Munich and a team of around 140 people. The firm supports its clients – both international corporations and innovative, medium-sized German companies, some of whom have been clients for decades – in all matters relating to intellectual property and unfair competition. This includes the registration, administration, and licensing of extensive intellectual property portfolios, searches for third-party intellectual property rights, and related freedom-to-operate opinions as well as cooperation agreements. C&F also represents its clients in proceedings over the infringement or the legal status of IP rights. The firm sees itself as a strong partner, advising its clients proactively, individually, and holistically on all IP matters. The 35 patent attorneys and 5 attorneys-at-law boast exceptional technical expertise and work together as an efficient, interdisciplinary team and in a spirit of trust.

C&F combines knowledge in all technical disciplines under one roof – from mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and ICT to chemistry and life sciences – with the current demands such as environmental technologies or artificial intelligence always playing a role. C&F also has a wealth of experience in IP proceedings in other countries, which include the EU member states and the North American and East Asian G20 countries. For this purpose, the firm harnesses its solid network of partner law firms across the globe. Internally, C&F strives towards the long-term advancement and high-quality training and development of its team members, who are all dedicated to protecting innovation with curious and open minds. In this way, C&F is instrumental in ensuring that companies invest in development, remain competitive, and enrich society with their ideas.

Docket Navigator is a litigation research and analytics platform that delivers deep insights into US federal patent, trademark, copyright, antitrust, securities and trade secret litigation. Based in Texas, Docket Navigator’s unique and innovative approach to modeling court cases in a digital platform has made it a must-have tool for patent litigators in the US, including over 16,000 attorneys, judges, clerks, litigation support firms, expert witness firms, tech companies and researchers. Docket Navigator delivers insights to its subscribers via a daily email called the Docket Report, customised daily alerts, a searchable online database, and powerful analytics tools. Eighty-eight of the AmLaw 100 firms, and 28 of the top 30 ‘busiest’ patent litigation firms (based on the number of patent cases filed each year) maintain subscriptions to Docket Navigator.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the world’s largest IP law firms, practising all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law. More than 300 of Finnegan’s legal professionals have degrees in scientific disciplines, more than 225 are registered to practise before the USPTO and nearly 40 are former USPTO patent examiners. Finnegan delivers sophisticated legal strategies to help clients to protect, advocate and leverage their valuable IP assets, with technical expertise in virtually every industry and technology – including automotive, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, chemicals, electronics, semiconductors, computers and software, industrial manufacturing, consumer products, medical devices, clean energy and renewables, robotics and 3D printing.

Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues relating to international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, European patents and trademarks and unfair competition. The attorneys in its European office have active practices at both the EPO and the USPTO and possess a keen understanding of the diversity of laws and practices among the European national systems. This knowledge of the European legal system and how it differs from that in the United States allows Finnegan’s European attorneys to effectively counsel both European and US clients on the full range of IP issues.

HGF Ltd is one of Europe’s largest firms of IP specialists. The firm is one of only a few to offer a fully integrated IP solution, bringing together over 200 patent attorneys, trademark attorneys and IP solicitors to provide a full-service IP solution. The firm has 22 offices throughout Europe.

HGF is able to provide expert guidance in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals and healthcare fields. With one of the UK’s largest teams of specialist attorneys and solicitors in these fields, HGF has a wealth of experience providing clients with practical, legal and strategic advice on managing their IP. From protecting cutting-edge new innovations for leading research groups and institutions, to high-profile oppositions and litigation on market leading products, HGF offers a full suite of services for organisations from drafting and prosecution, to freedom to operate, litigation, due diligence and advice on IP strategy, agreements and licensing.

Nokia creates the technology to connect the world. They develop and deliver the industry’s only end-to-end portfolio of network equipment, software, services and licensing that is available globally. Their customers include communications service providers whose combined networks support 6.1 billion subscriptions, as well as enterprises in the private and public sectors that use our network portfolio to increase productivity and enrich lives.

Their valuable IP portfolio spans more than 20,000 patent families, built from more than €126 billion invested in research and development over the past two decades. With active licensing programmes, including for mobile phone, automotive and consumer electronics markets, they have more than 100 licensees.

Powell Gilbert is one of the most highly regarded European IP law firms. In addition to extensive IP litigation experience in the UK courts, the firm has unrivalled experience in advising clients on European IP strategy and coordinating European IP litigation. The firm is actively involved in a significant number of cases before the new Unified Patent Court, including some of the first to have been filed.

The firm’s exceptional team of lawyers combine extensive litigation experience with strong scientific and technical backgrounds, meaning they are uniquely positioned to address complex and commercially critical IP matters. They work with clients from knowledge, technology and brand-based industries – from start-ups to multinationals – across a broad range of sectors, including electronics, telecoms, energy technologies, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and consumer goods. Their experience ranges from advising on some of the largest telecoms and FRAND licensing disputes to acting in the most complex biotechnology patent cases. Their experience in other areas of IP law includes enforcing trademark rights against counterfeiting in the luxury goods sector, advising on the enforcement of plant variety rights and acting in copyright disputes involving iconic furniture designs and wearable medtech.

Thum & Partner is a German patent attorney firm with a strong UPC and litigation focus. The firm currently operates with a team of 12 attorneys and 6 patent engineers and runs offices in Munich and Constance. The strong team has first-hand insights from over 20 different UPC cases and many years of experience in hundreds of German and European opposition and nullity cases and cross-border infringement matters. Thum & Partner was nominated as JUVE Patent UPC Firm of the year 2025 and is shortlisted as UPC Firm of the Year in Germany for the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025.