{"id":2605,"date":"2022-12-22T14:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/dr-benjamin-pesch\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:19:00","slug":"dr-benjamin-pesch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/team\/dr-benjamin-pesch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Benjamin Pesch"},"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-4728_tech-1-414x221.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"221\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-4728_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-4728_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\">Dr Benjamin <strong>Pesch<\/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 Benjamin Pesch. I have been a lawyer since 2016 and have been working for Kather Augenstein since 2019, currently as <strong>counsel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My practice focuses on patent law and utility model law, with an emphasis on infringement proceedings. I advise clients from a wide range of industries, from start-ups to international corporations, and help them enforce their intellectual property rights against infringers when an out-of-court solution is not an option. I represent clients both before national courts and before the Unified Patent Court.<\/p>\n<p>Another focus of my work is advising and representing clients in actions for entitlement when an invention has been unlawfully patented by another party.<\/p>\n<p>Besides my practice, I regularly publish in professional journals on current issues in patent law. I am member of the German Association for Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR), the Association of Intellectual Property Professionals (VPP), and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, I have been listed by Managing IP as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipstars.com\/Lawyer\/Benjamin-Pesch\/Profile\/120734#profile\">\u201cRising Star\u201d<\/a> in the field of patent law. Since 2024, Handelsblatt \/ Best Lawyers has also recommended me as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/unternehmen\/dienstleister\/best-lawyers-das-sind-deutschlands-beste-anwaelte-des-jahres-2025\/100128841.html\">\u201cOnes to Watch&#8221;.<\/a> IAM Patent 1000 describes me as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iam-media.com\/rankings\/patent-1000\/profile\/firm\/kather-augenstein\">\u201cNext Generation Individual\u201d<\/a> in its 2025 edition.<\/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:pesch@katheraugenstein.com\">pesch@katheraugenstein.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link--download\" href=\"http:\/\/xyz\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">vCard<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text--intro\">German, English<\/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 href=\"\/app\/themes\/kather-augenstein\/images\/sprites\/icons.svg#kather-augenstein\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section class=\"section quote-slider quote-slider--lavender-gray \">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-slider__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"quote-slider__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/Ranked-in-Chambers-Global-2022-1-138x138.jpg\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/Ranked-in-Chambers-Global-2022-1-256x214.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"214\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/Ranked-in-Chambers-Global-2022-1-130x130.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" media=\"(max-width: 1299px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/Ranked-in-Chambers-Global-2022-1-240x214.jpg\" width=\"240\" 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>The Kather Augenstein lawyers are very precise in their predictions of case outcomes and the opponent&#8217;s next steps. It is very refreshing to have this clarity and certainty to build business decisions on.<\/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>Chambers and Partners<\/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\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>\n<p>Involvement in multiple series of lawsuits for patent infringement of various standard-essential patents (LTE, 5G) at three courts as a part of international disputes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in several patent infringement proceedings concerning medical devices in the field of intermittent self-catheterization &#8211; e.g. LG D\u00fcsseldorf GRUR-RS 2021, 35163<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in several patent infringement proceedings concerning an endoscopic device for causing hemostasis &#8211; e.g. OLG D\u00fcsseldorf, GRUR-RR 2021, 345 ff.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in several preliminary injunction proceedings concerning the binding effect of a final declaration of the IFA (\u201cInformationsstelle f\u00fcr Arzneispezialit\u00e4ten\u201d) vis-\u00e0-vis an originator and its effects on generic manufacturers, e.g. GRUR-RR 2020, 283<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in obtaining an inspection order against a competitor concerning the production of a raw material for the food and pharmaceutical industry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in patent infringement proceedings concerning a device for laser emission spectrometry for the purpose of sorting scrap parts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in patent infringement proceedings relating to network protection devices<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in patent infringement proceedings relating to an exoskeleton<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in a proceeding concerning claims for entitlement to property rights relating to an electromagnetic drive for a nail gun<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in a proceeding concerning claims for entitlement to property rights relating to a method of manufacturing an automobile component<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in utility model cancellation proceedings at the German Patent and Trademark Office and opposition proceedings at the EPO concerning a paper filter for separation of paint mist<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Involvement in trademark opposition proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office and the EUIPO<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<details class=\"collapse__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"collapse__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPublications\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>The object of the patent for medical indications, Comment on FPC, decision of 4 May 2023 &#8211; 3 Ni 2\/21 (EP), GRUR-RS 2023, 20724 &#8211; Mirabegron, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2023%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2023.639.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2023-S-639&amp;jumpType=Jump&amp;jumpWords=GRUR-Prax%2B2023%252c%2B639&amp;readable=Suche%2Bnach%2BFundstelle%253a%2BGRUR-Prax%2B2023%2B%2B639\">GRUR-Prax 2023, 639<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Right of prior use in case of modifications of a prior used device and subsequent restriction of the claim &#8211; Comment on FCJ, decision of 20 June 2023 &#8211; X ZR 61\/21, GRUR-RS 2023, 17236 &#8211; Faserstoffbahn, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2023%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2023.564.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2023-S-564&amp;jumpType=Jump&amp;jumpWords=GRUR-Prax%2B2023%252c%2B564&amp;readable=Suche%2Bnach%2BFundstelle%253a%2BGRUR-Prax%2B2023%2B%2B564\">GRUR-Prax 2023, 564<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/indepth\/the-pharmaceutical-intellectual-property-and-competition-law-review\">The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review: Germany<\/a>, published in: The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review, 4th Edition 2023<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: var(--tundora); font-family: var(--font-roboto);\">No new administrative remedies in case of unenforced administrative remedies &#8211; Comment on HRC Brandenburg, decision of 2 June 2023 &#8211; 7 W 61\/23, GRUR-RR 2023, 392 &#8211; Operation of websites, published in: <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: var(--font-roboto);\" href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2023%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2023.540.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2023-S-540&amp;jumpType=Jump&amp;jumpWords=GRUR-Prax%2B2023%252c%2B540&amp;readable=Suche%2Bnach%2BFundstelle%253a%2BGRUR-Prax%2B2023%2B%2B540\">GRUR-Prax 2023, 540<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Immediate appeal against the decision on the disclosure of expert opinions in inspection proceedings &#8211; Comment on FCJ, decision of 1 August 2023 &#8211; X ZB 9\/21, GRUR-RS 2023, 20436 &#8211; \u00c4sthetische Behandlung, published in: <a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: var(--font-roboto);\" href=\"https:\/\/online.otto-schmidt.de\/denied.jsp\">IP Rechtsberater (IPRB), 15.09.2023, p. 180 et seq.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Exhaustion in case of covenant not to sue and covenant to be sued last &#8211; Comment on BGH, decision of 24 January 2023 &#8211; X ZR 123\/20, GRUR-RS 2023, 1929 &#8211; CQI Report II, published in: <a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: var(--font-roboto);\" href=\"https:\/\/online.otto-schmidt.de\/denied.jsp\">IP-Rechtsberater (IPRB), 15.04.2023, S. 64 ff.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>No unwillingness to take a license in case of an anti-suit injunction in a litigation against a third party \u2013 Comment on RC Munich I, decision of 20 October 2022 &#8211; 7 O 13016\/21, GRUR-RS 2022, 34108 &#8211; Steuersignalkodierung; published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2023%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2023.43.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2023-S-43-N-1\">GRUR-Prax 2023, 43<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thelawreviews.co.uk\/title\/the-pharmaceutical-intellectual-property-and-competition-law-review\/germany\">The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review: Germany<\/a>, published in: The Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property and Competition Law Review, 3. Edition 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Effect(s) of a feature known in the prior art and equivalent infringement &#8211; Comment on HRC Karlsruhe, decision of 12 January 2022 &#8211; 6 U 112\/20, GRUR-RS 2022, 9744 &#8211; Fl\u00fcssigkeitszufuhranordnung, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2022%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2022.409.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2022-S-409-N-1\">GRUR-Prax 2022, 409<\/a><\/li>\n<li>No effective claim of priority in case of mere obviousness of a feature &#8211; Comment on FCJ, decision of 20 May 2021 &#8211; X ZR 62\/19 (BPatG), GRUR-RS 2021, 15904 &#8211; Bodenbelag, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2021%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2021.412.1.htm&amp;pos=11&amp;hlwords=on\">GRUR-Prax 2021, 412<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Preliminary injunction and subsequent doubts regarding the validity &#8211; Comment on HRC D\u00fcsseldorf, decision of 29 January 2021 &#8211; 2 W 26\/20, GRUR-RS 2021, 1830 &#8211; MS-Therapie II; published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2021%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2021.204.1.htm&amp;pos=14&amp;hlwords=on\">GRUR-Prax 2021, 1830<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Direct patent infringement in case of programmable device &#8211; Comment on HRC D\u00fcsseldorf, decision of 16 April 2020 &#8211; I-2 U 15\/19, GRUR-RR 2020, 289 &#8211; Repeater, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2020%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2020.374.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2020-S-374-N-1\">GRUR-Prax 2020, 374<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Insufficient naming of the inventor in case of naming artificial intelligence &#8211; Comment on the decisions of the EPO of 27 January 2020 &#8211; 18 275 163 and 18 275 174, GRUR-RS 2020, 653 and GRUR-RS 2020, 647, published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fgrurprax%2F2020%2Fcont%2Fgrurprax.2020.84.1.htm&amp;anchor=Y-300-Z-GRURPRAX-B-2020-S-84&amp;jumpType=Jump&amp;jumpWords=GRUR-Prax%2B2020%252c%2B84\">GRUR-Prax 2020, 84<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Computer-implemented inventions in patent infringement proceedings &#8211; Focuses in case law; published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fmmr%2F2019%2Fcont%2Fmmr.2019.223.1.htm&amp;pos=9&amp;hlwords=on\">MMR 2019, 223 ff.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--tundora); font-family: var(--font-roboto); font-size: 1.19792vw;\">Patentability of computer-implemented inventions &#8211; Overview of the relevant decision taking of the FCJ and EPO and recommended actions; published in: <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--font-roboto); font-size: 1.19792vw;\" href=\"https:\/\/beck-online.beck.de\/Dokument?vpath=bibdata%2Fzeits%2Fmmr%2F2019%2Fcont%2Fmmr.2019.14.1.htm&amp;pos=6&amp;hlwords=on\">MMR 2019, 14 ff.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Doctoral thesis on &#8220;Consideration concerning criminal and regulatory Law with respect to the provision of information prior to block transactions,&#8221; Duncker &amp; Humblot, K\u00f6lner Kriminalwissenschaftliche Schriften, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duncker-humblot.de\/buch\/straf-und-ordnungswidrigkeitenrechtliche-erwaegungen-zur-bereitstellung-von-informationen-vor-pakettransaktionen-9783428146727\/?page_id=1\">Volume 65, 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"section image-box \">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"image-box__images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipstars.com\/Lawyer\/Benjamin-Pesch\/Profile\/120734#profile\"><picture class=\"image-box__image-container\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2023_IP-STARS_23_Rising-Star-414x675.png\" width=\"414\" height=\"675\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2023_IP-STARS_23_Rising-Star-e1700129159793.png\" width=\"131\" height=\"214\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2023_IP-STARS_23_Rising-Star-e1700129159793.png\" width=\"131\" height=\"214\" media=\"(max-width: 1299px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2023_IP-STARS_23_Rising-Star-e1700129159793.png\" width=\"131\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-box__image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":2679,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9930,"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605\/revisions\/9930"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}