Go ahead, believe
what the others say.
2024
The Chambers Global Guide 2024: Germany has ranked us in Band 2 for Intellectual Property: Trademark & Unfair Competition, and states: “Lubberger Lehment holds a strong track record of assisting brand owners with trade mark, unfair competition and copyright law. Its clients hail from the luxury goods, cosmetics and technology industries. The team has notable expertise in portfolio management and selective distribution matters, further assisting with parallel import cases. The law firm is also well versed in the intellectual property aspects of transactions, including due diligence.”
Chambers and Partners
WTR 1000 has listed us again in Gold Band. WTR 1000 states: “One of Germany’s best-known, highest-profile and highest-quality IP boutiques, Lubberger Lehment is a well-connected and well-recognised trademark practice. Peers in the market unanimously hail them as skilled litigators in the arena. They are undoubtedly very tough to have on the other side, but they are always fair in their approach. The whole team are good negotiators.”
World Trademark Review
The Legal 500 has once again listed us in Tier 1 in the field of trademark law, and in Tier 2 for unfair competition law in the 2024 ranking for Germany. The Legal 500 states: “Lubberger Lehment is a renowned IP boutique firm with a focus on trademark law; their service portfolio includes trademark law aspects of M&A transactions, the management of trademark and design rights portfolios and the fight against product piracy, which is particularly availed of by clients in the luxury goods segment.”. Further, the Legal 500 mentions: “Lubberger Lehment is one of the leading law firms in contentious disputes and places a special focus on assisting with proceedings concerning Internet-related issues.”
Legal 500
2023
Chambers has ranked us in Band 2 in Germany in the field of “Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition” in its 2023 ranking. Chambers states: “Lubberger Lehment holds a strong track record of assisting brand owners with trade mark, unfair competition and copyright law. Its clients hail from the luxury goods, cosmetics and technology industries. The team has notable expertise in portfolio management and selective distribution matters, further assisting with parallel import cases. The law firm is also well versed in the intellectual property aspects of transactions, including due diligence.”
Chambers and Partners
The Legal 500 has listed us in the 2023 ranking for Germany in Tier 1 in the field of trademark law and in Tier 2 for unfair competition law. The Legal 500 states: “In addition to numerous lawsuits, Lubberger Lehment’s advisory portfolio also includes advice on trademark law in corporate transactions; the IP boutique enjoys a particularly good reputation in the luxury segment, but its core clients also include companies with digital business models. The firm’s expertise includes the management and structuring of trademark and design portfolios as well as anti-piracy and unfair competition matters.”
Legal 500
“Lubberger Lehment is one of the top boutiques in Germany. The group stands out for its litigious capabilities, particularly against large online platforms and traders, with many of its cases reaching the highest-level domestic courts.”
World Trademark Review
2022
JUVE has awarded us with the title of Law Firm of the Year 2022 in Trademark and Unfair Competition Law. The JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2022/2023 states: “Hardly any law firm for soft IP has positioned itself so clearly and successfully in the market on the side of manufacturers of branded goods, which it represents in disputes against large trading platforms or trading companies.”, and further: “Lubberger Lehment shows how to build up a successful and sustainable team: In addition to the old master Dr. Andreas Lubberger and experienced partners such as Martin Fiebig, it is more and more a young generation of partners that takes on responsibility for large mandates, such as Coty, Shiseido or Würth”.
JUVE Awards 2022
“Lubberger Lehment holds a strong track record of assisting brand owners with trade mark, unfair competition and copyright law. Its clients hail from the luxury goods, cosmetics and technology industries. The team has notable expertise in unlawful price fixing, portfolio management and selective distribution matters, further assisting with parallel import cases. The law firm is also well versed in the intellectual property aspects of transactions, including due diligence.”
Chambers and Partners
“Lubberger Lehment is one of the country’s most highly regarded boutiques, as reflected by its position in the WTR 1000 gold tier. One key reason for this reputation is its commitment to moving with the times – it has a knack for protecting brand owners against online traders and internet giants, and has also been building out its IT and data protection practice in recent years.”
World Trademark Review
In trademark law in Germany, we are ranked in “Tier 1”. The Legal 500 says: “Lubberger Lehment is a well-established name for precedent trademark cases before the Federal Supreme Court, often conducted for large international companies against trading platforms. However, they are equally experienced in developing and managing extensive trademark and design portfolios.” In addition, two of our colleagues have been honored: Dr Andreas Lubberger is listed in the “Hall of Fame” and Dr. Rani Mallick is mentioned as a “Name of the Next Generation”. In competition law, we are in the second highest category, “Tier 2”.
Legal 500
2021
The online magazine Managing Intellectual Property has ranked us in this year’s “IP Stars” ranking in the field of trademark law in Germany in “Tier 1”. In addition, three of our colleagues have been mentioned specifically: Dr. Andreas Lubberger and Dr. Cornelis Lehment each as a “Trade Mark Star 2020/21” and Friederike Funk as a “Notable Practitioner”.
Managing Intellectual Property
2020
»Representing rights owners, quite often against platforms, the firm has a clear profile and distinguishes itself from many other IP firms. There are only few IP practices that were involved in as many fundamental trademark and unfair competition litigation as LL.«
JUVE Rechtsmarkt
»Soft IP boutique Lubberger Lehment offers one of the most successful litigation practices on the German market as well as advice on the IP aspects of transactions, a field of activity that has been growing successfully since the Munich office opened in 2017. The team is well known for numerous landmark judgments of the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH), with recent judgments regularly dealing with trademark law and the digital economy, especially online commerce. Representing clients from the luxury cosmetics industry remains one of the major strengths of the team, which has, however, been successfully expanding the sector spectrum of its clients for some years now.«
Legal 500
»The work that comes out of Lubberger Lehment is outstanding. Its lawyers are unpretentious and will dive into the nitty gritty of each case to solve questions that have never been asked before. As a result, they are frequently seen at the Supreme Court and the cases on which they work are crucial to driving the nation’s IP scene forward.” There is no shortage of talent at the illustrious outfit, which is captained by Andreas Lubberger.«
World Trademark Review
»Renowned for assisting brand owners with trade mark, unfair competition and copyright law. Advises clients from the luxury goods and technology industries on trade mark enforcement, portfolio management and selective distribution matters. Additionally assists with the fight against piracy by advising on border seizures and represents clients in deceptive advertising claims. Sources describe them as “an excellent boutique firm” and add that “quality-wise they are great.”«
Chambers and Partners
2019
Global IP Awards: Litigation Firm of the Year / Germany
»The Global IP Awards were developed by the IP Media Group, which publishes IAM and World Trademark Review (WTR), the world’s leading intellectual property intelligence, analysis and data platforms. They recognise outstanding achievement in IP litigation, prosecution and transactional work during 2018.«
World Trademark Review
2018
»With its clear focus on representing branded companies at the interface with distribution law, this law firm, which is frequently recommended in trademark and unfair competition law, is constantly developing. In the cosmetics and luxury goods sector, such names as Shiseido and Hermès were added to their list of clients. With their ongoing work for the Springer Publishing House in Adblocker proceedings, LL has achieved a reputation in this field which recently ensured that they now also represent another well-known German media company«.
JUVE Rechtsmarkt
»Specialised firm renowned for its strength in complex litigation cases concerning trade mark, unfair competition and copyright law. Additionally advises on trade mark portfolio management, enforcement and strategic issues. Highly regarded for its expertise in the luxury goods and media industries, where the team represents a range of high-profile brand owners. Also attracts technology and fintech start-ups as clients.«
Chambers and Partners
»The boutique with its headquarters in Berlin is known for its numerous BGH and ECJ proceedings and offers comprehensive advice in trademark law, starting with strategic advice on trademark portfolios, through the drafting of license and operating agreements, enriched in particular by expertise in antitrust-compliance, to the fight against product piracy, especially in online trade. In addition, the company is active in the preparation of due diligence reports and risk assessments, also during transactions«.
Legal 500
»Lubberger Lehment is one of the top IP firms in Germany – the very best when it comes to work in the perfume industry. Its writs and presentations are academically excellent. Businesses that want sophisticated support from technically gifted, dedicated and highly professional lawyers have a great option here.«
WTR 1000