Jens F. Petry

International Arbitration and Commercial Disputes

• Successfully defending a global producer of medical devices in a LCIA arbitration involving a damage claim of more than €560 million.
• Representing a Saudi Arabian food distributor in an ICC arbitration involving a damage claim of US$68 million.
• Representing an international airline in a €2 billion cartel damages case.
• Representing the claimant in several cartel damages cases concerning a farina cartel involving damage claims of up to €140 million.
• Representing the claimant in cartel damages litigation concerning the sugar cartel involving a damage claim of more than €30 million.
• Advising an international manufacturer in the wind energy industry on a product liability dispute involving a €100 million damage claim.
• Representing an investor from the United Arabic Emirates in a complex shareholder dispute involving various proceedings, including urgency proceedings, before the Frankfurt District Court and the Frankfurt Court of Appeals and criminal investigations with a total damage claim exceeding €18 million.
• Representing a Spanish supplier in the automotive industry in a contractual dispute with a damage claim exceeding €20 million.
• Representing a major German scientific publishing house in a contractual dispute with a renowned publisher.

IP and Press Law Disputes

• Successfully defending a German welding torch manufacturer in a cross-border patent infringement case before the Frankfurt Court of Appeals involving a damage claim exceeding €10 million.
• Successfully representing a world-leading producer of equipment for processing reactive resin in complex litigation concerning an employee invention before the Frankfurt Court of Appeals involving 15 patents and more than 500 alleged infringements.
• Successfully defending a global producer of safety technology for the automotive sector in a patent infringement case before the Düsseldorf District Court.
• Representing a well-known German producer of cosmetic products in patent invalidity proceedings against a multinational company.
• Representing a German producer of kitchen appliances in patent infringement cases against foreign competitors exhibiting infringing products at trade fairs, including seizures and destruction of the infringing products.
• Successfully representing a leading European distributor of two-wheeled vehicles in a series of German and European trademark infringement and cancellation proceedings before the Munich Court of Appeals and the EUIPO board of appeals.
• Representing a US biotech company in a dispute concerning the theft of trade secrets before the Cologne District Court.
• Advising one of the fastest growing Chinese companies in the field of electronic mobility on its global brand protection strategy.
• Representing an international publishing house in a complex global trademark dispute and related settlement negotiations with a damage claim of €1.3 million.
• Representing a well-known brand for kitchen appliances in multinational criminal investigations against a professional network of organized crime and coordinating undercover investigations in cooperation with EUROPOL in several European countries and China.
• Coordinating the global anti-counterfeiting program for a world-leading producer of color cosmetics.
• Coordinating IP enforcement measures in Germany, including online and retail market monitoring, border seizures and civil and criminal actions, for Swiss-based multinational producers of luxury goods.
• Representing a government official of an Asian state in a press law dispute against an online publication and its host provider.
• Representing a government official of a European state in a press law dispute against various, partially renowned German and European magazines.
• Representing a world-leading rating agency in a press law dispute against a renowned German news magazine.