He also advises clients in the telecommunications and engineering sector. Stephan coordinates parallel patent infringement and revocation proceedings in the major European countries, helping clients devise effective cross-border litigation strategies.
He conducts patent infringement and validity proceedings before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the German district and appellate courts as well as the German Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. A particular focus of his work is enforcing intellectual property rights by way of preliminary injunctions.
Stephan is recognized as “a known quantity in the life sciences and telecoms spheres” (IAM Patent 1000, 2020). “Dishing out high-quality guidance to a wide range of sophisticated patent owners in the life sciences and chemical industries, Stephan Neuhaus is an adept litigator with a nuanced understanding of infringement proceedings at all court levels in Germany” (IAM Patent 1000, 2024). Stephan is a “life sciences sage who has proved his mettle in a plethora of ity actions before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice” (IAM Patent 1000, 2018). His “adroitness in presenting strong life sciences arguments is much-appreciated by those who rely on him in court” (IAM Patent 1000, 2019).