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1、TOP PATENT PROSECUTIONGERMANYAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsFIRMS OF AuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsApatentlandscapestudyAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsAuthoredBy:SumitChakraborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsAuthoredBy:SumitChakr
2、aborty,SeniorAssociate,IPSolutionsTABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionandcriteria.2PatentfilingTrendResidentvs.Non-residentpatentsTopLawFirmsProsecutingPatentsTopLawFirmsProsecutingPatentsforDomesticAndForeignClientsWhichIPLawFirmRepresentsWhichCompanyInWhichGeography?.4.5.7.9.10IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithGer
3、manCompanies.12IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithAmericanCompanies.14IPLawFirmsAssociatedWithJapaneseCompanies.15GERMANYApatentlandscapestudy2Encompassedinbeautifulalpineranges,Germany,thesecondlargestcountryinEuropeboastsnotonlyofscenicbeautybutisalsoanimportanthubofinnovation.Hometomajorpharmaceuticalandaut
4、omobilemanufacturers,thecountryhasbeenacenterofinnovationinEuropefordecades.Whenwearediscussingtheinnovationquotientofacountry,lookingatitspatentprosecutiontrendprovideagreatperspectivetotheresearchgoingoninthere.Itindicateshowpatentsarebeingfiledduringaperiodwhichhelpsusjudgethewayacountryisprogres
5、singtechnologically.Wheretherearepatentfilings,therearelawfirmsandattorneysinvolved.Thus,tofindwhattheyareuptoandhowthestateofpatentprosecutionlookslikeinGermany,weusedThomsonInnovationtopullthedataofpatentsfiledinGermanyduringtheperiodof2010-2015.3AnoverviewofthePatentfilingtrend:Thetotalnumbersofp
6、atentsfiledforaperiodoftimeisakeyindicatorofthestateofinnovationinthecountry.Residentvs.Non-residentpatents:Thiscriterionprovidesgreatinsightontheresearchactivitydonebythelocalcompaniesincomparisontotheforeigncompanies.ProsecutionTrend:TheprosecutiontermhelpsyouknowhowthelandscapeoftheGermanlawfirms
7、thatareinvolvedinthepatentfilinginthecountry.Wehavefurtherdividedthisintotwoparts:Clicktosharethisstudywithyourfriends!THE KEY METRICS THAT WE USED TO DERIVE OUR INSIGHTS ARE ASFOLLOWS:Themetrics,aboveotherthanhelpingusunderstandthepatentprosecutiontrendinGermany,alsoletuscomparehowstrategiesofdiffe
8、rentlawfirmsvarybasedonthetypeofclientsthattheydealwith.TopLawFirmsassociatedwithGermanCompanies:ThemetricwouldhelpunderstandaboutthelawfirmsthatareinvolvedinfilingpatentsfortheinnovationdonewithinGermany.TopLawFirmsassociatedwithforeigncompanies:Themetricwouldhelpunderstandtheaboutthefirmsthatareca
9、teringforeignclients.4Beforewegetstartedwiththelawfirmsstats,letusfirstlookathowIPisgrowinginGermany.ThechartbelowrepresenttheoverallpatentfilingtrendinGermanyinthelast5yearsfrom2010to2015.1.PATENT FILING TRENDTherewasanincreaseof22%inthepatentfilingbetween2010and2011whilesubsequentgrowthhasbeenvery
10、lowfrom2011to2013.Aquarteranalysisoftheperiod2010-15showsthattherewasanincreaseof27%inthefirstquarterin2010and2011.However,therehasbeenadecreasinggrowthinallofthesubsequentquartersthroughout2010-13whichisasurprisingstatistics.5Theofficeoffirstfilinginformationgivesustheratioofpatentfilingdonebydomes
11、ticandforeigncompaniesattheGermanpatentoffice.ResidentVsNon-residentFilingsDuring2010-2015,80%ofthepatentsfiledwiththeGermanPTOhadGermanpriorityandtherest20%hadforeignpriority.Weanalyzedthis20%datainabitmoredetailtofindtheforeigncountriesthatconsiderGermanywhichworldsfourthlargesteconomy,asapotentia
12、lmarketfortheirinventions.TheGermanmarketwhichislargestintheEUdueto,howevernotlimitedto,itslocationatthecenterofEurope,qualityengineering,andfirstclassinfrastructureattractsforeigninvestorsinnumeroussectors.TheUSAfiledthemostnumberofpatentsfollowedbyJapan,SouthKorea,andChina.TheUScompanieswererespon
13、siblefor40%ofthetotalforeignfilinginGermany.Japanesecompaniesfiled27%,SouthKoreancompanies7.8%andChinesecompaniessharewas4.2%inforeignfilingsattheGermanPTO.2.RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS,WHOARE FILING MORE PATENTS?6TheyearlyfilingdatafortheUSAsuggestsanannualincrementalincreaseduringtheperiod2011-13.O
14、verall,therewasagrowthofnearly37%intheperiod.ThefigureforJapanwas37%whileSouthKoreawascatchingupwith36%.Sincetheoverallfilinghasnotmuchincreased,theincreaseinforeignfilingimpliesthatresidentfilinghasdecreasedovertheperiodoftime.7Duringtheperiodof2010-2015,298,000patentswerefiledwiththeGermanPTOinwhi
15、chmorethan4170IPlawfirmswereinvolved.Outofthetotalpatents,57,317patentswerefiledbynon-Germancompanieswhichwererepresentedby650+differentlawfirms.Thenon-Germancompanieswererepresentedbyonly16%ofthetotallawfirmsofGermany.Otherthanthat,thetop20lawfirmsprosecutedonly25%ofthetotalforeignpatentapplication
16、.ThestatisticsareevenmoresurprisingforGermancompanies.Thetoptwentylawfirmsprosecutedonly9%ofthe240,711patentsfiledduring2010-15byGermancompanies.ThisimpliesthatpatentprosecutioninGermanyisnotconcentratedandiswidespread.Thechartbelowrepresentsthetop20lawfirmsprosecutingpatentsinGermany.3.THE TOP IP L
17、AW FIRMS PROSECUTINGPATENTS IN GERMANYDownload Also:The State of Innovation in AustraliaTraditionally,the Australian economy has been highly dependent on miningoperations and farming.Although a consistent innovation is happening inthe mining sector,the other sectors are being hugely neglected.8Manit
18、z,Finsterwald,andPartnerprosecutedthehighestnumberofpatentsfollowedbyGrunecker,Kinkeldey,Stockmair&Schwanhausser.Lookingattheyearlyfilingdata,Manitz&Partnerprosecuted205patentsin2010ascomparedwith1190in2013indicatinganincreaseofover400%.Grunecker,Meissner,andVieringdemonstratedanincreaseof110%,116%,
19、and218%,respectivelyduringthesameperiod.Download Also:A brief patent landscape study focusing on innovation taking place in 4GLTE technology and companies behind that.The study also reveals the topNPEs working in the same domain.Top 50 Most Innovative Companies of 4G LTE Technology9TheGermanlawfirms
20、areprosecutingpatentsnotonlyforGerman-headquarteredcompaniesbutalsoforthecompaniesfromrestoftheworld.TheTop10lawfirmsfromthepreviouschartweresplitbasedonthegeographyoftheirrespectiveclientele,thatis,adomesticcompanyiscategorizedasResidentswhileaforeigncompanyiscategorizedasNon-resident.Thechartbelow
21、comparesthenumberofpatentsprosecutedbythetoptenlawfirmsforresidentandnon-residentcompanies.4.TOP LAW FIRMS PROSECUTING PATENTS INGERMANYSPLIT BETWEEN DOMESTIC CLIENTS AND FOREIGN CLIENTS10Manitz,Finsterwald&Partner4.1 WHICH IP LAW FIRM REPRESENTS WHICHCOMPANY IN WHICH GEOGRAPHY?Manitz,Finsterwald&Pa
22、rtnerappearstobedoingthemajorityoftheirprosecutionsforthenon-residentcompanies.AfurtheranalysisshowsthatmostofthefirmsclientsarelocatedintheUSA.Nearly96%(3829patents)oftheprosecutioninlast5yearswasdoneforasingleclient-GMGlobalTechOperationsInc.,whichoperatesasasubsidiaryofGeneralMotorsCompany.InGerm
23、any,thefirmworkswithcompaniessuchasWeberMaschibGMBH,MacoTechnologieGMBH,Boysen,Arnold&RichterandSchneiderElectric.GruneckerInGruneckerscase,around27%ofitsclientsarebasedoutofUSAandaround25%arebasedoutofJapanwhilethemajority(foranysingleregion)arebasedoutofDEat39.5%.OtheractiveregionsincludeFinland,U
24、K(GB)andKorea.FortheUSAregion,XeroxappearstobeamajorclientfollowedbyATMELCorporationandLearCorporation.OthercompaniesofinterestareGlobalFoundaries,CooperTechnologies,AgilentTechnologies,andSamsung.WithrespecttotheJapaneseregion,thecompaniesofinterestareYazakiCorporation,SemiconductorEnergyLab,Hitach
25、i,Panasonic,SumitomoandFuji.ForGermanyregion,themajorclientsareKronesAG,TycoElectronics,WeberMaschibGMBHandVeritasAG.11VieringLookingatthelocationsoftheclienteleofViering,itappearsthataround42%ofthelawfirmsclienteleisbasedoutofSouthKorea,17%isfromtheUSAandnearly8%isfromTaiwan.Germancompaniesstandat2
26、8%.FortheKoreanregion,themajorclientsareHyundaiMotorCorporation,LGDisplay,andKiaMotors.Morethan70%oftheprosecutionwithinSouthKoreawasdoneforHyundaifollowedbyLGwhichstoodat7%.FortheUSAregion,IntelappearstobeamajorclientalongwithOsramSylvaniaInc.andFordGlobal.InTaiwanregion,themajorclientsincludeDexin
27、Corporation,MicroStarInternational,OzakiInternationalCompany,andWinharborTechnology.Company-WiseAnalysisAnalyzingthecompanywisefigures,VolkswagenwasrepresentedbyGuldeandPartnerinGermanyandtheUSA.InfineonTechnologieswasrepresentedbyViering&Parnter,Westphal&Partner,Schoppe&PartnerinGermanyandtheUSA.Si
28、milarly,DensoCorporationwasrepresentedbyKuhnen&WackerPatent,Winter,BrandlandTBK,forthemajorityofitsprosecutionsinJapan.12ThechartbelowshowsthenumberofpatentprosecutionsdonebylawfirmsforclientsbasedinGermany,theUSA,andJapan.TheGermancompaniesarerepresentedby4172lawfirms,theUScompaniesarerepresentedby
29、669lawfirmsandJapanesecompaniesarerepresentedby434lawfirms.4.2 IP LAW FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH GERMANCOMPANIES13InthecaseofGermancompanies,themostactivelawfirminpatentfilingareMeissner,Bolte&PartnerGbRwhichprosecuted1813patents,EppingHermannwasinvolvedin1593patentapplicationsandGrunecker,Kinkeldeyprose
30、cuted1552patentapplicationsinlast5years.144.3 IP LAW FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICANCOMPANIESInthecaseoftheUSA,Manitzwasinvolvedin3976prosecutions,Dorflerin1260,Gruneckerin1062andBoehmertin761patentapplications.Download Also:Xiaomis global expansion planA Patent portfolio analysis uncovering Xioamis
31、patent acquisitionand filing campaign to build war chest for its global expansion plan.154.4 IP LAW FIRMS ASSOCIATED WITH JAPANESECOMPANIESFortheJapanesecompanies,themostactivelawfirmswerefoundtobeTBKwith1460patentprosecutions,Kuhnenwith1173applications,HoffmanEitlewith1134patentapplicationsandGruneckerwith993applications.GreyB.com55MarketStreet,Level10Singapore048941+65-84306322Followus!SalesGGreyBServicesGreyBisapatentresearch&analyticsfirmwhichusesuniquecombinationsofhumanbrainsandstrongmachinelearningalgorithmtounearthhiddeninsights.THANKS FOR READING