{"id":2691,"date":"2022-12-01T14:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:47:48","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/en\/our-firm\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"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-6907-3-414x221.jpg\" width=\"414\" height=\"221\" media=\"(max-width: 414px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/KA-6907-3-767x410.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-6907-3-1920x650.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<h2 class=\"big-visual__title big-visual__title--small\"><strong>We are<\/strong> specialised and creative.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"big-visual__text\"><\/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-1 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1\">\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subline\">Our solutions:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmbitious and Precise<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"text--intro\"><strong>Kather Augenstein<\/strong> We are 15 lawyers who share a passion &#8211; contentious IP litigation. We bring the experience of hundreds of litigation actions to every case. Together we form a well-established and extremely powerful team that will also develop customised solutions for your case.<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section class=\"section teaser-group teaser-group--variant-3 parallax\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__text-box text-box text-box--variant-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1\">\t\t\t\t\t\tOur Expertise<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__articles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"teaser-group__image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/patent-white.svg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" alt=\"\" class=\"teaser-group__image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text--topline\">Patent<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h3\">We translate every case, no matter how complex, for the courts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patents and utility models are the focus of our work at Kather Augenstein. We have enforced intellectual property rights in all technical areas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/company\/our-areas-of-expertise\/\" class=\"teaser-group__link button button--secondary\">Our areas of expertise<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"teaser-group__image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/copyright_white.svg\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" alt=\"\" class=\"teaser-group__image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text--topline\">Trademark, Design and Unfair Competition<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h3\">Your uniqueness and reputation are safe in our hands<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Strong brands and distinctive designs are becoming increasingly important for your success  &#8211; we will help you protect them, to ensure that you remain distinctive.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com\/company\/our-areas-of-expertise\/\" class=\"teaser-group__link button button--secondary\">Our areas of expertise<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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 teaser-group teaser-group--variant-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__text-box text-box text-box--variant-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subline\">Our service<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can rely on us<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__articles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"teaser-group__image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/partner.svg\" width=\"79\" height=\"67\" alt=\"\" class=\"teaser-group__image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h3\">We are your reliable partner<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can rely on us. We are at your service at all times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-group__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture class=\"teaser-group__image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katheraugenstein.com:443\/app\/uploads\/2022\/12\/highly-specialized.svg\" width=\"57\" height=\"71\" alt=\"\" class=\"teaser-group__image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h3\">We are a highly specialised team<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our focus is on contentious IP litigation. 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