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The small but skilled group at UNIT4 IP is a routine port of call for clients seeking deep expertise in legal patent issues, whether contentious or not. Patrons enthuse about the services they receive: “Arno Grohmann and UNIT4 IP have expertise in various IP matters. They advise on IP contracts, including tech transfer and non-disclosure agreements, as well as R&D contracts. Arno is also skilled in handling complex litigation matters. His tactical smartness and the ease with which he navigates the most difficult technical and legal challenges are immensely appreciated. He also has significant expertise in the field of trade secrets. He has delivered lectures on the subject at the request of patrons.” Grohmann is regularly called upon by Bosch to supply consultation and negotiations with respect to R&D and licence agreements. He also drafted an IP agreement for Porsche.
Arno Grohmann is an experienced attorney at law, a certified specialist for IP law and a partner of UNIT4 IP, an IP boutique law firm located in Stuttgart. Dr Grohman has significant expertise in IP law and more than 15 years of experience in litigation and contract drafting.
He advises and represents companies of all kinds in IP matters, from start-ups to small and medium-sized enterprises, to multinationals. Through his years of practice, Dr Grohman has gained specific experience in the automotive industry and worked in a variety of innovative technology sectors such as:
- artificial intelligence;
- software development;
- 3D printing;
- scaffolding systems;
- window and door technology;
- sensors;
- e-mobility; and
- dental implants.
His practice focuses primarily on patent law, trade secrets and unfair competition law, as well as trademark, design and copyright law. He regularly represents his clients in technically advanced legal disputes and IP infringement cases. For many years, he has regularly conducted patent litigation before the patent dispute chambers of the District Courts of Mannheim, Munich and Düsseldorf, as well as parallel nullity cases at the Federal Patent Court. Dr Grohman is also used to handling comprehensive matters in close cooperation with the client’s in-house team.
A further emphasis of his work lies on drafting and negotiating IP-related agreements – in particular, licensing, know-how and R&D agreements or employee invention matters.
Dr Grohmann studied law in Jena, Germany, and spent a part of his legal clerkship in a law firm in Helsinki, Finland. He received his PhD in law from Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. He was an attorney at law between 2007 and 2015 with Lichtenstein, Körner & Partners and established the IP boutique law firm UNIT4 IP in 2016 as one of the founding partners in Stuttgart.
His remarkable list of publications includes various book contributions, essays and comments on court rulings. He is also regularly active as speaker on IP topics at renowned associations such as the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) and professional institutes. He is member of GRUR, VPP – the Association of Intellectual Property Experts and the Licensing Executives Society.