Robert Knaps

Lawyer

Vita

My name is Robert Knaps. I joined Kather Augenstein as a lawyer after my admission to the bar in 2022. I have been advising and representing national and international clients from various industries in all areas of intellectual property law.

As part of my studies at the University of Osnabrück, I majored in “German and European Law of Competition and Intellectual Property”, writing my student research project in patent law.

Kather Augenstein provides excellent advice with focus on the client’s specific needs and on possible future legal action.

Legal 500 Deutschland, Ranking 2022

During my legal clerkship, I gained expertise in intellectual property law, in particular patent rights, by working in an international commercial law firm and by completing my elective station at the 15th Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, which is responsible for patent infringement proceedings.

Representative cases
  • Participated in a series of patent infringement actions and the enforcement of a judgment in the field of offset printing plates before the Unified Patent Court.
  • Participated in a dispute concerning medical devices before the Central Division of the Unified Patent Court.
  • Participated in a series of patent infringement actions relating to 12 different standard-essential patents before the Mannheim and Munich Local Divisions of the Unified Patent Court as well as national courts – first injunction based on a standard-essential patent before the Unified Patent Court.
  • Participated in obtaining the first preliminary injunction confirmed by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court.
  • Participated in the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.
  • Participated in multiple patent infringement proceedings brought by a U.S. company against several competitors concerning patent infringement in the field of network security technology.
  • Participated in a series of patent infringement actions concerning 12 different standard-essential patents before two court venues in the field of mobile communications / LTE.