Dr. Jérôme Kommer

Jérôme manages the firm’s Munich office. His expertise covers all aspects of complex technology litigation, including the coordination of international litigation efforts. He especially represents the firm’s clients in patent infringement and invalidity proceedings across a range of technologies, including telecommunications, IT, automotive engineering, medical products, and pharmaceuticals.

He has pleaded cases before the German patent infringement courts at district court and appellate level, the UPC, in opposition proceedings at the EPO, the German Patent Office, and in nullity actions before the German Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court, involving, for example, network access technologies, speech coding, software interface architectures, and radiation therapy devices. His expertise also covers complex arbitrations, preferably at the intersection of technology and the law, such as in construction disputes.

Jérôme has extensive experience in disputes involving FRAND licensing and standards, as well as the patentability of software. He regularly gives workshops on computer implemented inventions and teaches patent law at the University of Mannheim.

Jérôme holds degrees of the University of Heidelberg (JD equivalent) and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.). He obtained his doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in law from the University of Heidelberg.

Chambers Global and Chambers Europe have ranked Jerôme since 2022, most recently in Band 4 in 2024, citing clients saying that “[Jérôme] provides very comprehensive advice” and “I will always trust Jérôme to do an excellent job on the highest-risk cases.” Noting that he is now an established name for Patent Litigation in Germany, the 2024/2025 edition of the JUVE, Germany’s leading legal publication, also quoted competitors who are calling Jérôme “simply top” and he is recommended by JUVE in particular for his coordination of the joint defense group in the Daimler connected car cases. Clients call him a “super SEP litigator” (JUVE 2021) and recommend his “good understanding of law and technology“. They also say he has an “excellent work ethic and produce[s] excellent results”, adding that he is “… always accessible, highly efficient and professional“.  In the latest edition, competitors noted that he is „very present in FRAND cases.“ Jérôme was listed as a „Recommended Individual“ by JUVE Patent in their inaugural UPC Litigation 2025 rankings.

Legal 500 ranks Jérôme as a “core attorney” of the team again in 2024. He has been listed in the IAM Patent 1000 again in their 2024 rankings as a “Recommended Individual (Bronze)” for patent litigation (infringement) in Germany, saying of him that “his technological understanding and legal sagacity make him an invaluable partner to have onside.”

Managing IP’s IP Stars ranked him as a Rising Star in 2018 and as a Notable Practitioner since 2020 to date. Leaders League ranked him as “Leading” for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, “Highly Recommended” for Commercial Litigation, and as “Recommended” for International Arbitration in Germany in their 2024 rankings. Who’s Who Legal ranked Jérôme as a Thought Leader in Germany for Intellectual Property (Patents) in 2024, and he was ranked by Handelsblatt/The Best Lawyers in Germany for Intellectual Property Law in the 2025 edition. In 2024 Jérôme was ranked as a “TOP Anwalt” for patent litigation in Germany for the second time by WirtschaftWoche in their “TOP Kanzlei Patentrecht & Urheberrecht 2024” ranking.