The scope of our services is international thanks to links to associates in more than 100 countries on all continents and through the membership of its attorneys in national and international associations, including AIPPI, ECTA, FICPI, GRUR, ITMA, LES, and PTMG.
We act for foreign associates and also directly for foreign clients in securing protection in Germany and on a European scale.
KROHER • STROBEL correspond in German, English, French, Chinese and Japanese. All partners of the firm speak English fluently, and several also French.
The attorneys of KROHER • STROBEL are admitted to practice at
- the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO)
- the European Patent Office (EPO)
- the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
- the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
The lawyers of KROHER • STROBEL are entitled to represent cases before all German courts of the first and second instance and all relevant authorities and IP offices.
KROHER • STROBEL can thus provide legal assistance to their clients in all stages of proceedings in the area of industrial property law. Cooperation between patent attorneys and lawyers within the firm ensures synergy, in particular in litigation on complicated technical matters.
The attorneys of KROHER • STROBEL regularly act as counsel in oral proceedings at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the EPO and the Federal Court of Patent Appeals. They also act for clients in patent nullity suits before the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe.