Awards

The law firm of Michalski Hüttermann & Partner has been rated a top law firm – “TOP KANZLEI 2019” – in the area of patent law in WirtschaftsWoche magazine’s latest ranking. In addition, Dr. Dirk Schulz was recommended as one of the best attorneys in the magazine’s “TOP Anwalt 2019” list. To compose these lists of the best law firms and the best attorneys for patent and IP law, the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI) asked over 1260 legal professionals in 168 law offices to name the most renowned colleagues. This list was submitted to an expert jury, which selected 54 firms with 83 especially recommended lawyers for the area of patent law.

The current JUVE Handbook, "German Commercial Law Firms," has named our patent law firm one of the largest and best positioned prosecution entities in western Germany. The accolade cites the broad technical range of our firm, making particular note of the areas of chemistry, biotech, automotive and software. It also notes that our special position in the region has been strengthened by our relatively recent branch in Essen. Mention is also made of the significant prosecution work performed by our Düsseldorf office, noting that our biotech team is very active in CRISPR oppositions, but also that we prosecute oppositions intensively across all technical fields. In infringement and nullity suits, special acknowledgement was given to our software and electronic team. Named as frequently recommended patent attorneys are Dr. Stefan Michalski, Dr. Aloys Hüttermann, Dr. Dirk Schulz, Guido Quiram, Dr. Uwe Albersmeyer and Dr. Ulrich Storz.

Our law firm Michalski · Hüttermann & Partner was awarded "Europe's Leading Patent Law Firm 2019" by the Financial Times. We would like to thank our clients for their trust.

IAM recommends Guido Quiram as ‘World’s Leading IP Strategist’ in the IAM Strategy 300 edition: “World’s Leading IP Strategist … are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximise the value of IP portfolio”

IAM considers our prosecution prowess as the firm´s foremost attribute and recommends Dr. Aloys Hüttermann and Guido Quiram as ‘The World’s Leading Patent Professionals’ in the IAM Patent 1000 edition: “The firm’s drafting expertise extends far beyond simple filing; its practitioners possess deep, granular knowledge of what makes a good patent application into a bulletproof one. Drafting connoisseurs Aloys Hüttermann and Guido Quiram serve as the guardians of Michalski Hüttermann’s reputation. Name partner Hüttermann achieves outstanding results for his clients, many of whom operate in the chemicals sector, whereas Quiram largely focuses on electrical and mechanical engineering matters. “Guido is very responsive, totally clear and extremely thorough; he always strikes the right tone and writes extremely convincing, bespoke patent applications.”

Michalski - Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte is mentioned as a firm that has a technically broadly based team that is growing steadily. The luminaire mandates of the law firm specializing in intellectual property come mainly from the fields of mechanical engineering and electronics; however, one often advises in mandates with telecom relations. The names of Dr. Stefan Michalski, Dr. Aloys Hüttermann, Guido Quiram and Dr. Dirk Schulzare mentioned.

Our practice is once again named in the latest JUVE Handbook as one of the leading firms in the field of patent law. Dr. Stefan Michalski, Dr. Aloys Hüttermann, Dr. Dirk Schulz, Guido Quiram, and Dr. Uwe Albersmeyer are mentioned by name as highly recommended lawyers.

Our firm was ranked „Highly Recommended“ by Leaders League for patent prosecution. Mentioned partners were Dr. Stefan Michalski and Dr. Aloys Hüttermann.

Our firm was listed as one of the leading law firms in the patent prosecution area by Managing Intellectual Property. Furthermore MH-Partners Dr. Aloys Hüttermann and Dr. Ulrich Storz are on the lists of “IP Stars”.