Groth & Co is Scandinavia’s oldest intellectual property consultancy, founded in Stockholm in 1869 by Lorenz Albrecht Theodor Groth. Operating from its headquarters in Stockholm, Groth & Co has historically assisted prominent inventors such as Alfred Nobel, Gustaf de Laval, and Nikolaus Otto.
Today, the firm employs around 40 professionals, including authorized European Patent Attorneys, Swedish Patent Attorneys, and IP litigators. The firm couples legal and technical expertise to help businesses protect and commercialize patents, trademarks, designs, domain names, and trade secrets.
- Recognized by Managing IP’s IP STARS (awarded Trade Mark Prosecution Firm of the Year Sweden 2025)
- Certified as a Great Place to Work®
- International offices and representation in Alicante, Munich, and Zhongshan
Groth & Co delivers specialized patent and intellectual property services tailored to technical innovations:
- Patent Filing & Prosecution: Drafting technical descriptions and claims, filing Swedish national applications, European patents via the EPO, and international filings via the PCT system.
- Patent Searches & Clearances: Preliminary novelty searches, validity searches, competitor patent landscaping, and Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) assessments to prevent patent infringement.
- Patent Strategy & Portfolio Management: IP strategy development aligned with commercial goals, identification of patentable inventions, and management of global patent families.
- Dispute Resolution & Oppositions: Defending and attacking patents in opposition and appeal proceedings at the EPO and PRV, handling patent revocations, and conducting patent litigation before Swedish courts.
- Unitary Patent & UPC Services: Strategic counseling on the European Unitary Patent, UPC litigation representation, and handling opt-out filings.
- AI & Tech-Driven Searches: Applied large language model (LLM) workflows for accelerated prior-art analysis, patent drafting, and portfolio evaluation.
[“Professional Services (Legal, Consulting, Accounting)”, “Information Technology & Software”, “Manufacturing – Industrial & Machinery”, “Healthcare & Medical Services”, “Telecommunications”]