Our founder.

»Groth & Co, Scandinavia’s oldest IP law firm, was founded by Lorenz Albrecht Theodor Groth in 1869.«

Lorenz Albrecht Theodor Groth founded Groth & Co in Stockholm in 1869. As Scandinavia’s first patent agency, he offered to “assist inventors with registering patents”, but also to commercialise the patents and sell the products. The idea came at a good time, coinciding with what is now often called Sweden’s industrial breakthrough.

As the patent pioneer, L A Groth dominated the Swedish market during the early years and represented prominent clients such as Alfred Nobel, Gustaf de Laval and Nikolaus Otto. He later became the Swedish Government’s representative at the first international patent congresses and took an active part in the emergence of the international patent system. He managed to do all of this, and was dubbed a knight by the Vasa Order, before he emigrated to the UK in 1880. The story of L A and the company he founded is to read in its entirety in our digital museum.

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Stockholm

Headquarter

Groth & Co KB
Box 6107
102 32 STOCKHOLM

Visiting address:
Fleminggatan 20, 112 26 Stockholm
SWEDEN
Telephone: +46 8 729 91 00
Email:
Fax: +46 8 31 67 67

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Alicante

Groth & Co KB
Avda. De Aguilera 19-1 B
E-03007 ALICANTE
SPAIN
Telephone: +34 96 592 04 55
Email:
Fax: +34 96 592 05 03

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Munich

Groth GmbH
P.O. Box 86 06 29
D-81633 MUNICH

Visiting address:
Richard-Strauss-Str. 69, 81679 Munich
GERMANY
Telephone: +49 89 982 952 63
Email:
Fax: +49 89 982 952 65

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Shanghai

Groth & Co KB
378 WuKang Road, Office 303
200031 SHANGHAI
CHINA
Telephone: +86 1361 180 4064
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