{"id":2595,"date":"2022-12-22T14:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/robert-knaps\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:07:47","slug":"robert-knaps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/team\/robert-knaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Knaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section big-visual parallax\" data-parallax-min-screen-width=\"768\">\n\t\t<picture class=\"big-visual__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-4948_tech-1-414x221.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"221\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-4948_tech-1-767x410.jpg\" width=\"767\" height=\"410\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-4948_tech-1-1920x650.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"650\" alt=\"\" class=\"big-visual__image parallax__load-image\" loading=\"edge\" \/><\/picture>\n\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"big-visual__content parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"move\" data-parallax-orientation=\"up\" data-parallax-distance=\"70%\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"big-visual__title big-visual__title--small\">Robert <strong>Knaps<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big-visual__text\">Lawyer<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section text-box text-box--variant-3 parallax\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 text-box__title\">\t\t\t\tVita<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text--intro\">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. Since 1 June 2026, I have held the position of <strong>Senior Associate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of my studies at the University of Osnabr\u00fcck, I majored in &#8220;German and European Law of Competition and Intellectual Property&#8221;, writing my student research project in patent law.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"text-box__aside\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h3\">Contact<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p><a class=\"link--tel\" href=\"tel:%20+492115135360\">+49(0)211 513536-0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link--download link--vcard\" href=\"mailto:knaps@katheraugenstein.com\">knaps@katheraugenstein.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text--intro\">German, English, French<\/p>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section__background section__background--01 \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"move\" data-parallax-orientation=\"down\" data-parallax-distance=\"80%\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<use 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src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/de-leading-firm-english-2022-1.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" class=\"quote-slider__image parallax__load-image parallax__item\" data-parallax-type=\"class\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"quote-slider__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kather Augenstein provides excellent advice with focus on the client&#8217;s specific needs and on possible future legal action.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Legal 500 Deutschland<\/strong>, Ranking 2022\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section collapse \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__text text-box text-box--variant-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>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 D\u00fcsseldorf, which is responsible for patent infringement proceedings.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"collapse__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"collapse__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"collapse__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRepresentative cases\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"collapse__icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__container collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"umdc7e\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"182\">Participated in a series of patent infringement actions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juve-patent.com\/cases\/local-division-mannheim-imposes-over-e1-7-million-penalty-against-kodak\/\">the enforcement of a judgment<\/a> in the field of offset printing plates before the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Unified Patent Court<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"dal3lx\" data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"313\">Participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedpatentcourt.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/api_order\/2024-12-18%20CD%20Paris%20%20UPC_CFI_454-2023%20%20ORD_598508-2023%20%20Act_589997-2023%20anonymized.pdf\">dispute concerning<\/a> medical devices before the Central Division of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Unified Patent Court<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"rg534t\" data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"650\">Participated in a series of patent infringement actions relating to 12 different standard-essential patents before the Mannheim and Munich Local Divisions of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Unified Patent Court<\/span><\/span> as well as national courts \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedpatentcourt.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/api_order\/308AF9B9C8A3DF35034DC00828CE3CF6_de.pdf\">first injunction based on a standard-essential patent<\/a> before the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Unified Patent Court<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"pq6ffp\" data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"792\">Participated in obtaining the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedpatentcourt.org\/sites\/default\/files\/upc_documents\/2023-12-11%20LD%20Dusseldorf%20UPC_CFI_452-2023%20ORD_592936-2023%20ACT_589655-2023%20anonymized.pdf\">preliminary injunction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedpatentcourt.org\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/api_order\/UPC_CoA182-2024%20Anordnung%20im%20Verfahren%20auf%20\u00dcberpr\u00fcfung%20der%20Anordnung%20einstweiliger%20Massnahmen_eng-FINAL%20VERSION_EN.pdf\">confirmed<\/a> by the Court of Appeal of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Unified Patent Court<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1kuvt1g\" data-start=\"793\" data-end=\"873\">Participated in the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"n9bthb\" data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"1064\">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.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"dezlta\" data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1242\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Participated in a series of patent infringement actions concerning 12 different standard-essential patents before two court venues in the field of mobile communications \/ 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