Wächtershäuser & Hartz is a European patent law firm based in Munich/Germany which specializes in securing, protecting, and evaluating intellectual property rights with a special focus on the science-driven fields of chemistry, life sciences, nanotechnology, electronics and information technology.

Since the foundation of the firm by Prof. Dr. Günter Wächtershäuser in 1970, we have succeeded in establishing a large practice based on the insight that the successful protection of inventions in Europe requires an in-depth understanding of the underlying scientific and technological principles.