His main areas of practice are infringement proceedings and licensing. He worked as a legal trainee in Paris and at the Munich Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Intellectual Property Law where he was associated as research member. Based on his background as patent litigator in Düsseldorf, one of Germany`s premier forums for patent cases, Johann has established an IP Litigation Group with Vossius & Partner. Together with a team of technicians and lawyers he advises clients, including pharmaceutical companies, in multinational IP cases. Johann Pitz is author and co-author of several publications concerning patent law and procedure.