Tilman Pfrang, LL.M.
Deutsch, Englisch
Studium der Physik an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg und an der Université Joseph-Fourier in Grenoble
Master-Studium "Europäischer Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz" am Kurt-Haertel-Institut in Hagen
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung (ZAE) Bayern
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC) in Würzburg
Deutsche Patentanwaltskammer, epi (Vice-Chair im Litigation Committee), FICPI, EPLIT
Angewandte Physik, Festkörper-Physik, Maschinenbau, Elektrotechnik, Mikro- und Nanostrukturtechnik, Beschichtungstechnik, Elektronik
Managing IP "IP Stars": Notable Practitioner 2024
Leaders League 2024: Patent Prosecution - Excellent
Sämtliche Angelegenheiten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes, insbesondere des Patent-, Gebrauchsmuster-, Marken-, Design- und Lizenzrechts;
Vertretung und Beratung bei Anmeldung, Erwerb, Schutz und Durchsetzung von technischen Schutzrechten, Marken- und Geschmacksmusterrechten;
Angewandte Forschung im Bereich der Mikro- und Nanotechnologie und der Beschichtungstechnik.
Aktuelle Vorträge, Veröffentlichungen, Podcast und ähnliches:
15. Mai 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Inventive Step at the UPC – A New Approach?"
13. Mai 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Munich on admissibility of new lines of attack based on timely introduced prior art in revocation counterclaim proceedings"
09. Mai 2025: Vortrag "Nationales vs. UPC-Nichtigkeitsverfahren", VPP-Frühjahrsfachtagung 2025
06. Mai 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal clarifies claim construction and orders pan-European preliminary injunction against EOFlow"
01. Mai 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Race to Invalidate: UPC vs. EPO in Parallel Validity Proceedings"
29. April 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of Public Access to Case Documents – forward-looking requests inadmissible"
25. April 2025: EPLIT, annual meeting, UPC panel discussion (Diskussionsteilnehmer)
24. April 2025: EPLIT, annual meeting in Amsterdam, UPC mock trial (Vertreter des Klägers)
22. April 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal on suspensive effects, uncontested facts and legal consequences"
17. April 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Protective letters at the UPC"
17. April 2025: GRUR Patent, „Export“ eines nationalen Vorbenutzungsrechts in andere EPGÜ-Staaten? – Erörtert am Beispiel Deutschlands, Frankreichs, Italiens und der Niederlande
15. April 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Milan Local Division affirms universal jurisdiction for defendants domiciled in Italy – including for non-UPC designations >as if it were a national court<"
15. April 2025: Lexology, "At a glance: patent enforcement proceedings in Germany"
15. April 2025: Lexology, "In brief: patent prosecution in Germany"
08. April 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Munich on Inventive Step – Applying the Problem-Solution Approach"
03. April 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Preliminary injunctions at the UPC"
01. April 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal on Further Written Submissions – No Second Written Reply Before Oral Hearing"
27. März 2025: Asia Seminar, Vortrag, "UPC – TIME TO UPDATE YOUR FIRST CHOICE VENUE How the UPC might expand into Asia!"
25. März 2025: epi Seminar, "UPC Protective Letters"
25. März 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Paris on Preliminary Objection – The Court affirms jurisdiction over non-UPC-territory parts of a European patent, including CH, ES and UK parts"
23. März 2025: BPIP conference, Tel Aviv, "It’s been another year at the UPC – What Have We Learned?" (Diskussionsteilnehmer)
20. März 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "UPC Jurisdiction in light of BSH vs. Electrolux – the aftermath"
18. März 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Mannheim on Jurisdiction in Cross-Border Patent Infringement Cases and Application of National Laws for Pre-UPC Scenarios – Navigating the Post-BSH Landscape"
11. März 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Düsseldorf on Procedural Discipline in Revocation Proceedings – No Place for Last-Minute Surprises"
06. März 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "The Court of Appeal of the UPC Expanding the Scope of Injunctions – A Game Changer?"
05. März 2025: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 6
04. März 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal sets new standards on scope of general injunctions in view of specific infringing acts and specific infringing products"
25. Februar 2025: The UPC Blog, "New CJEU Judgment on Cross-Border Patent Infringement and Jurisdiction (Case C‑339/22, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v Electrolux AB) – Further Boost or Unexpected Competition for the Unified Patent Court (UPC)?"
20. Februar 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Patent Infringement at the UPC and in the US: Equivalents and File Wrapper Estoppel"
19. Februar 2025: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 5
18. Februar 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Rules on Admissibility of Representation by In-house Representatives"
18. Februar 2025: Panoramic: Patents 2025, Germany Jurisdiction
11. Februar 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Local Division Munich rules on jurisdiction and preliminary objections in a “second” revocation counterclaim proceedings"
06. Februar 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "The UPC and its long arm jurisdiction – the UPC’s competence over damage determination, the UK and anti-anti-suit injunctions"
04. Februar 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Expands Reach with Long-Arm Jurisdiction: A New Chapter in European Patent Litigation"
28. Januar 2025: The UPC Blog, "The Local Division in Brussels on equivalent patent infringement"
23. Januar 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "The Jurisdiction of the UPC – How far does the UPC’s Competence reach?"
22. Januar 2025: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 4
21. Januar 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Confirms Jurisdiction Over Damage Determination in Case of a National Decision on the Merits"
14. Januar 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Grants Again Public Access to Written Pleadings and Evidence"
09. Januar 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "File Wrapper Estoppel - An Unsettled Doctrine at the UPC"
07. Januar 2025: The UPC Blog, "Paris Central Division – application for review of an order can be admissible even in absence of a specific and direct legal provision"
31. Dezember 2024: The UPC Blog, "Interpreting SEQ ID NO:4: UPC Court of Appeal Upholds Strict Claim Interpretation Standard – Still Not Even a Glimpse of the File Wrapper Estoppel Doctrine"
26. Dezember 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "What is FRAND at the UPC? - A first insight how the UPC will handle SEPs"
24. Dezember 2024: The UPC Blog, "Munich Local Division Weighs in on FRAND – Huawei v. Netgear"
18. Dezember 2024: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 3
17. Dezember 2024: The UPC Blog, "Mannheim Local Division Delivers Landmark FRAND Decision in Panasonic v. Oppo"
12. Dezember 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “Equivalent patent infringement at the UPC and beyond" (guest)
10. Dezember 2024: The UPC Blog, “Common General Knowledge at the UPC – Key Lessons from the Paris Central Division"
03. Dezember 2024: The UPC Blog, "Revocation Action before the Paris Central Division – Frontloading, yes, but with common sense"
26. November 2024: The UPC Blog, "The local division in the Hague - Infringement based on the doctrine of equivalence at the UPC"
19. November 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Court of Appeal unlocks the door for Patents locked out by the Helsinki Division"
14. November 2024: epi seminar, "Case law supported by the Boards of Appeal of the EPO", Munich (moderator)
14. November 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “Auxiliary Requests at the UPC – the saga continues" (guest)
12. November 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Central Division Paris – Review of all granted claims if attacked and if potential claim amendments are not allowed"
05. November 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Local Division Düsseldorf – Yes, it matters where you put the "characterized in that" clause!"
31. Oktober 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “Auxiliary Requests at the UPC" (guest)
29. Oktober 2024: The UPC Blog, "Transparency in UPC Proceedings – Further Guidance from the Central Division Munich"
22. Oktober 2024: The UPC Blog, "Central Division Munich – auxiliary request filed after closure of the written proceedings too late, international jurisdictions to be examined ex officio, parallel German revocation action no reason to stay"
17. Oktober 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “The UPC and SEPs – Part II" (preparation)
16. Oktober 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Local Division Düsseldorf on how to defend as a member of a group of alleged infringers"
16. Oktober 2024: epi webinar, "EPO opposition vs. UPC revocation action" (speaker)
11. Oktober 2024: LitCom meeting, "Summary of the case law of the UPC", Munich (speaker)
09. Oktober 2024: epi seminar, "Impact of new case law on procedural aspects of appearl proceedings", Munich (moderator)
09. Oktober 2024: Podcast "INSIGHT epi - A podcast for European patent professionals", "UPC case law - Episode 2"
08. Oktober 2024: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal – "Frontloaded" does not mean "Super-Frontloaded""
04. Oktober 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “The UPC and SEPs – Part I” (preparation only)
01. Oktober 2024: The UPC Blog, “Recent Ruling on Interim Measures by the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court – Another Must-read!”
27. September 2024: epi webinar, "Public prior use" (speaker)
26. September 2024: IP Days, "EPO opposition vs. UPC revocation action - How to get a European patent revoked", Munich (speaker)
24. September 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Court of Appeal: National and UPC Revocation Proceedings between the Same Parties Cannot Run in Parallel”
19. September 2024: Webinar, UPC Aperitivo, "Conflict between UPC and EPO revocation decisions and resolution thereof"
17. September 2024: The UPC Blog, “Munich Local Division – You shall not use boilerplate language when defending dependent claims!”
17. September 2024: Presentation at the Hungarian Chamber of Patent Attorneys, "EPO opposition vs. UPC revocation action - How to get a european patent revoked"
13. September 2024: Podcast "INSIGHT epi - A podcast for European patent professionals", "UPC case law - Episode 1"
10. September 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Central Division in Munich in how to deal with the most relevant issues of any patent (revocation) case!”
05. September 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “UPC and UK patent litigation in parallel”
03. September 2024: The UPC Blog, “Welcome to the UPC, Romania!”
28. August 2024: The UPC Blog, “Clarification and Adjustment at the Court of Appeal of the UPC– Ireland is not (yet) a Contracting State of the UPC”
22. August 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “Lessons learned from the first substantive decisions of the UPC - claim interpretation, inventive step”
20. August 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division - Expedited UPC Proceedings Following Conclusion of EPO Opposition”
13. August 2024: The UPC Blog, “The European Commission's Amicus Curiae Brief: A Reminder for Strict Adherence to Huawei vs. ZTE in SEP Disputes”
08. August 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “UPC revocation and EPO opposition - part II”
06. August 2024: The UPC Blog, “UPC Munich Local Division on Novelty and Inventive Step”
30. Juli 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Central Division Paris on patent amendments and revocation – Defense based on an embodiment (“variant”) of a non-attacked claim admissible!”
25. Juli 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “UPC revocation and EPO opposition - part I”
23. Juli 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Central Division in Paris – inadmissible intermediate generalization (yes), application of problem-solution-approach (no)”
16. Juli 2024: The UPC Blog, “Bifurcation at the Unified Patent Court: Mannheim refers the Revocation Counterclaim to the Central Division”
11 Juli 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “The hearing of the first case filed at the central division in Paris – a detailed report and analysis”
09. Juli 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Paris Local Division – Infringement, Validity, Scope of Revocation Counterclaim”
02. Juli 2024: The UPC Blog, “The Hague Division of the Unified Patent Court Emphasizes EPO's "Gold Standard" in Added Matter Decision and Finds (Unallowable) Intermediate Generalizations”
27. Juni 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “The hearing of the first case filed at the central division in Paris - first impressions”
25. Juni 2024: The UPC Blog, “Report from the 1st case of the Central Division Paris - Insights from the main hearing in an isolated revocation proceedings”
18. Juni 2024: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Allows Request for Additional Written Pleadings"
13. Juni 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “The UPC frontloaded”
11. Juni 2024: The UPC Blog, "Unified Patent Court Clarifies Opt-Out Criteria"
06. Juni 2024: e-fellows, online event, “What does the day-to-day work of patent attorneys look like?”
04. Juni 2024: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Decides Against Staying Revocation Proceedings in Light of Pending EPO Opposition"
28. Mai 2024: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Mannheim separates proceedings in a multi-party patent dispute"
21. Mai 2024: The UPC Blog, "Clarifying the Boundaries of Patent Claims Interpretation: A Closer Look at UPC Court of Appeal’s Latest Decision"
16. Mai 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Die mittelbare Patentverletzung vor dem Einheitlichen Patentgericht (bzw. dem UPC)"
16. Mai 2024: Webinar, UPC Aperitivo, "UPC - A case study" (speaker)
14. Mai 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Central Division (Paris Seat) on the competence of the UPC – Yes we are competent!"
07. Mai 2024: The UPC Blog, "Insights from the UPC Court of Appeal – A Firsthand Experience"
02. Mai 2024: "UPC.Insights" - Podcast, "Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Berufungsgericht des UPC"
30. April 2024: The UPC Blog, "Hamburg Local Division Addresses Options for Service in Multinational Infringement Cases"
27. April 2024: epi pre-council seminar in Sofia, "EPO opposition vs. UPC revocation action" (Moderator)
26. April 2024: LitCom meeting, in Sofia, "UPC - A case study" (speaker)
23. April 2024: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal Rules on Language of Proceedings - Considering the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)"
18. April 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Strategische Überlegungen zu den beim EPG bzw. UPC anfallenden Kosten"
16. April 2024: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal Delivers Landmark Decision on UPC Document Transparency"
12. April 2024: Lexology, “At a glance: Patent enforcement proceedings in Germany”
12. April 2024: Lexology, “In brief: Patent prosecution in Germany”
09. April 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Interim Hearing at the UPC: Insights from the Front Lines"
08. April 2024: BPIP conference in Tel Aviv, "Mock client consultation - Trade secret vs. Patents" (panelist)
08. April 2024: BPIP conference in Tel Aviv, "It's been a year at the UPC - What have your learned?" (panelist)
04. April 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Interim hearing' beim UPC – ein Bericht aus erster Hand"
02. April 2024: The UPC Blog, "Munich Central Division on late filing issues and cost assessment during the interim procedure"
26. März 2024: The UPC Blog, "Hamburg Local Division – No Full Panel Review Request for Decision of the Judge Rapporteur on the Competence of the UPC"
21. März 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Forum Shopping beim Einheitlichen Patentgericht - was zubeachten ist..."
19. März 2024: The UPC Blog, "Central Division (Munich Section) Admits Reply to Rejoinder"
12. März 2024: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Munich – Case Management in practice"
07. März 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Besichtigungsverfahren vor dem UPC und nationalen Gerichten"
05. März 2024: The UPC Blog, "Central Division Paris on Time Extension Requests – Upholding Stringency even in “Exceptional” Circumstances?"
27. Februar 2024: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Düsseldorf on Extension of Deadlines (II) – be aware: extensions are only to be granted in (very) exceptional cases"
22. Februar 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Einspruch und parallele Nichtigkeitsklage"
20. Februar 2024: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Düsseldorf on Extension of Deadlines (I) – a reasonable approach for a case with a high number of international defendants"
15. Februar 2024: “Chambers, patent litigation 2024 Germany - trends and developments”
13. Februar 2024: The UPC Blog, "The President of the Court of First Instance on Language of Proceedings - Considering the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)"
08. Februar 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Der UPC in der Praxis – Hat eigentlich einer an die SMEs gedacht?"
06. Februar 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Standing Judge of the Court of Appeal on a Discretionary Review Request – limits of the power of the Judge Rapporteur "
30. Januar 2024: The UPC Blog, "The Court of Appeal on Applications to Intervene - does a “legal interest” provide a legal interest? "
25. Januar 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Der Opt-out - ein Ausrufezeichen aus dem hohen Norden Europas!"
23. Januar 2024: The UPC Blog, "UPC Munich Local Division: A flexible and practical way of dealing with an expansion of an infringement action to a second patent in case of a limitation proceedings at the EPO"
16. Januar 2024: The UPC Blog, ""About costs in Preliminary injunction proceedings – the UPC’s Local Division in Munich provides clarity. - Good behavior shall pay off!"""
11. Januar 2024: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "EP und nationales Patent – 2 UPC Fans sind sich einig!"
09. Januar 2024: The UPC Blog, "Decoding a preliminary injunction order of the UPC’s Local Division in Munich: Jurisdiction, Claim Interpretation, and Implications. Is there a file wrapper estoppel at the UPC?"
02. Januar 2024: The UPC Blog, "The UPC Local Division in Munich finds: Ignoring a court order must hurt!"
19. Dezember 2023: The UPC Blog, "Stay of proceedings at the UPC …. Should we wait for the EPO or not?"
12. Dezember 2023: The UPC Blog, "Paris Central Division - What is a party and when are two parties identical?"
05. Dezember 2023: The UPC Blog, "The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court … first decision, first conclusions!"
28. November 2023: The UPC Blog, "The opt-out from the competence of the UPC (II) … what is an action? "
24. November 2023: The UPC Blog, "Let us opt-out because an opt-in is always possible! …is it that convenient…?"
