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The move to Munich has been
facilitated by a collaborative
agreement with Munich-based
intellectual property firm,
Fleuchaus & Gallo. Both parties
felt that this arrangement would
be mutually beneficial, but more
importantly, would open up
significant opportunities for
our clients.
The collaboration with
Fleuchaus & Gallo allows
us to offer high quality UK,
German and European patent,
design and trade mark filing
and prosecution services
across all technical fields. The
arrangement allows us to
improve further our services for
UK, German and international
On 18 August 2014 our newest office opened, in
Munich. Headed by Life Sciences & Chemistry partner
Adrian Tombling, this new office places us at the
heart of the European patent ecosystem, as both the
European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Patent
Institute (EPI) are headquartered in Munich, and the
Unified Patent Court will have a division in the city.
Contents
2-3
Withers & Rogers
in Munich
At the heart of Europe
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A fracking opportunity
for UK oil & gas
innovators
What’s the future for
UK shale gas?
7
Supplementary
protection certificate
system
Short-changing medical
device manufacturers
8-9
Personal 3D printing
How can design owners
protect themselves?
10-12
The Unified
Patent Court
A bridge across the Atlantic
for patent trolls?
Withers & Rogers
in Munich
At the heart of Europe
clients seeking patent protection
across Europe. In particular, the
move enables us to maintain
a higher level of control over
our clients’ work in Germany,
which in turn helps to maintain
and improve our already high
quality standards. By working
together, Withers & Rogers and
Fleuchaus & Gallo can provide
aligned filing, prosecution and
enforcement services in a highly
efficient manner, resulting in
significant advantages to our
clients in terms of quality and
consistency. In many cases we
can leverage this improved
efficiency to increase certainty
over costs, without reducing the
level of service that we provide.
IPreview
summer
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