HAMBURG LOCAL DIVISION Law and Practice Contributed by: Lukas Wosnitza, Michael Schneider, Sönke Scheltz and Désirée Heintz, Eisenführ Speiser
Sönke Scheltz is a partner at Eisenführ Speiser and an attorney-at-law working in the patent litigation group. He mainly represents international clients, but also German
Désirée Heintz is a patent attorney and partner at Eisenführ Speiser, and a member of the patent litigation group. She has extensive experience in evaluating
medium-sized companies, in complex, multinational patent infringement and nullity proceedings before all German courts and the UPC. Sönke has recently made a name for himself in the enforcement of standard- essential patents for well-known patent pools, such as Sisvel and multinational technology companies including Philips, helping shape the relevant case law of the German courts. He is experienced in infringement proceedings concerning utility models, and in PI proceedings for non-validity-tested patents, having contributed to one of the most relevant landmark decisions in recent years in that context.
standard-essential patents, especially in the field of mobile communications (4G, 5G, etc), wireless technologies (DVB-T2, IEEE 802.11ax, etc), video coding (H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC, VP9 and AV1) and audio coding (AAC, etc). These technical fields – along with the field of medical technology – also constitute the focus of her litigation work, which includes the representation of, in particular, international corporations and patent pools in proceedings concerning infringement and nullity before the German courts, including the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice, as well as the UPC.
Eisenführ Speiser Johannes-Brahms-Platz 1 20355 Hamburg Germany Tel: +49 403 097 440 Fax: +49 403 097 4444 Email: mailham@eisenfuhr.com Web: www.eisenfuhr.com
32
CHAMBERS.COM
Powered by FlippingBook