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"IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2021": Christiane Maxien, Cornelia Oetke and Holger Tostmann awarded for the first time - WR now represented by 7 lawyers

In the new edition of the publication "IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals", our law firm Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann as well as Dr. Michael Wallinger, Dr. Mathias Ricker, Michael Platzöder and Thomas Schachl respectively in the ranking of the individual lawyers ("Individuals") have been acknowledged one more time and “identified as leaders in their respective fields” (cf. press release).

In addition, for the first time, Dr. Christiane Maxien, Dr. Cornelia Oetke and Dr. Holger Tostmann are honored. This ranking names the "top patent professionals" in the most important legal systems worldwide.

According to IAM, the results of this ranking are based on surveys (in the form of interviews) of over 1,300 lawyers and corporate lawyers that were carried out over a period of several months. For the methodology of the survey, we refer to the IAM press release below.

We are excited about this award for the work of our firm and the entire team. 

The link to the entries for our law firm and the individual award-winning team members can be found here

You can find the press release on this award below under Downloads (PressRelease_IAM_210630)