Solid state physics and nanotechnology

All matters of industrial property law, in particular, of patent law, utility model law, trademark law, design law and licencing law.

Representation and assistance in application, acquisition, protection and prosecution of technical property rights, trademark rights and design rights. 

Applied research in the field of microtechnology, nanotechnology and coating technology.

Current lectures, publications, podcasts and more:

6 January 2026: The UPC Blog, "Düsseldorf Local Division completes PI package against China-based Amazon seller using “good service” and declines security"

30 December 2025: The UPC Blog, "Munich Local Division revokes diagnostic method patent for added matter and, independently thereof, denies infringement"

23 December 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal confirms discretion of the President of the Court of First Instance when changing the language of proceedings – language of (most of) the parties’ domicile carries significant weight"

16 December 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Düsseldorf limits remedies for indirect infringement and allows revocation counterclaim against a third party"

09 December 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal confirms that internal UPC competence is independent of Brussels I recast"

04 December 2025: epo Online-Event "Litigation Matters UP/UPC 2025", Participator Panel 4: “UPC litigation: and the role of European patent attorneys”

02 December 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal converges on a holistic inventive-step assessment – a clear deviation from the EPO’s problem-solution approach"

28 November 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Translations and Added Matter: What the Court of Appeal Just Clarified”

25 November 2025: The UPC Blog, “The Hague Local Division departs from UK claim interpretation and rejects both literal and equivalent infringement”

21 November 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Milan Central Division limits excessive attacks”

18 November 2025: The UPC Blog, “Experimental data is not relevant for interpretation”

14 November 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Paris Central Division departs from the problem-solution approach”

11 November 2025: The UPC Blog, "Translations, added matter and the word “comprising” at the UPC Court of Appeal – Seoul Viosys v expert"

07 November 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “What does a purpose-oriented feature in a product claim patent claim really do? At the UPC, that question just got a clear answer.”

04 November 2025: The UPC Blog, "Milan Central Division upholds limits excessive attacks"

31 October 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Mannheim says: stay in your lane - excess submissions disregarded”

29 October 2025: epi Webinar, “Added Matter, Clarity and Sufficiency of Disclosure – The “Formal” Boundaries of Patent Protection and Amendments”

28 October 2025: The UPC Blog, "Central Division Paris applies holistic inventive-step examination and tailors injunction in medical device litigation"

24 October 2025: epi Webinar, “Inventive Step – From Problem Formulation to Assessment of Obviousness”

24 October 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Direct infringement by delivery – when components are enough”

21 October 2025: The UPC Blog, “Düsseldorf Local Division on “same invention”, inventive step, and material selection — alignment with EPO standards”

17 October 2025: epi Webinar, "Substantive Case Law of the UPC - Claim Interpretation and Novelty"

17 October 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Director liability at the UPC – reassurance for executives”

14 October 2025: The UPC Blog, “Court of Appeal confirms competence of the UPC – Milan validly replaces London as Central Division branch”

10 October 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “Indirect patent infringement at the UPC”

07 October 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal clarifies “offering”, director liability, and recall as default at the UPC – at least some relief for executives"

03 October 2025: UPC 2 Minute Bite, “No Second Chances for Late Amendments”

30 September 2025: The UPC Blog, “Düsseldorf Local Division greenlights ex parte trade-fair”

25 September 2025: Meissner Bolte IP Days 2025, Panel, “UPC part 1: Meissner Bolte Experts at the Unified Patent Court”

23 September 2025: The UPC Blog, “Court of Appeal confirms strict deadlines for requests for unitary effect”

16 September 2025: The UPC Blog, "Mannheim Local Division clarifies direct infringement by supply of all components of a multi-part product"

09 September 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal upholds strict diligence requirement for case amendments under R. 263 RoP – late filed prior art not admitted into the proceedings"

04 September 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, “Yakushimian perspective of indirect patent infringement at the UPC”

02 September 2025: The UPC Blog, "Mannheim Local Division disregards excess submissions in rejoinder to amendment application"

19 August 2025: The UPC Blog, "Purpose features, exhaustion and indirect infringement at the UPC: a benchmark decision of the Munich LD"

12 August 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Central Division (Milan) upholds EPO’s rejection of unitary effect: deadlines and proprietor data mean what they say"

05 August 2025: The UPC Blog, "Paris Central Division: revocation dismissed, patent survives in amended form – costs split 70 / 30 against the challenger"

29 July 2025: The UPC Blog, "CoA President: the EPLC Rule 12.1 window is closed — no extensions, no exceptions"

24 July 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "UPC vs. EPO – Part II: Claim Interpretation, G 1/24 and Procedural Differences under Scrutiny"

22 July 2025: The UPC Blog, "Mannheim Local Division confirms UPC can judge on UK infringement"

15 July 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal rejects Alexion’s rehearing request – and stresses representatives must be familiar with EPO case law"

10 July 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "UPC vs. EPO – Converging Case Law on Patent Validity?"

08 July 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal confirms narrow access to confidential information under Rule 262A – only one US attorney allowed in NST v Qualcomm"

01 July 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal confirms: Timely order to pay court fees suffices even if payment is later received – a big relief for all practitioners"

24 June 2025: The UPC Blog, "EPO Enlarged Board abandons the “only-if-unclear” rule – Description must always guide claim construction (G 1/24) A friendly nod to the UPC CoA’s NanoString order and Munich LD’s pro-EPO rhetoric"

17 June 2025: AIPPI “Recent Case Law of the Unified Patent Court” (webinar)

17 June 2025: The UPC Blog, "EPO Board of Appeal says any “close” prior art as starting point will do as long as it is a realistic one – a friendly handshake with the UPC’s Local Division in Munich?"

12 June 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Fact-Finding at the UPC: Evidence, Denials, and the Limits of Silence"

10 June 2025: epi Litigation Committee Meeting, "UPC Case Law Update" (presentation)

10 June 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal confirms UPC jurisdiction over pre-June-2023 acts – and over the «opt-out gap»"

03 June 2025: The UPC Blog, "Central Division (Paris) clarifies selective revocation of EP-bundle patents – and strikes down EP 3 822 805 B1 for DE only"

27 May 2025: The UPC Blog, "Paris Local Division on intermediate generalizations"

20 May 2025: The UPC Blog, "Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses infringement action based on second medical use claim and disregards objections based on pleading ignorance"

15 May 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Inventive Step at the UPC – A New Approach?"

13 May 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 May 2025: Vortrag "Nationales vs. UPC-Nichtigkeitsverfahren", VPP-Frühjahrsfachtagung 2025

06 May 2025: The UPC Blog, "Court of Appeal clarifies claim construction and orders pan-European preliminary injunction against EOFlow"

01 May 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 March 2025: Asia Seminar, Vortrag, "UPC – TIME TO UPDATE YOUR FIRST CHOICE VENUE How the UPC might expand into Asia!"

25 March 2025: epi Seminar, "UPC Protective Letters"

25 March 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 March 2025: BPIP conference, Tel Aviv, "It’s been another year at the UPC – What Have We Learned?" (Diskussionsteilnehmer)

20 March 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "UPC Jurisdiction in light of BSH vs. Electrolux – the aftermath"

18 March 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 March 2025: The UPC Blog, "Local Division Düsseldorf on Procedural Discipline in Revocation Proceedings – No Place for Last-Minute Surprises"

06 March 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "The Court of Appeal of the UPC Expanding the Scope of Injunctions – A Game Changer?"

05 March 2025: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 6

04 March 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 February 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 February 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "Patent Infringement at the UPC and in the US: Equivalents and File Wrapper Estoppel"

19 February 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 February 2025: Panoramic: Patents 2025, Germany Jurisdiction

11 February 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Local Division Munich rules on jurisdiction and preliminary objections in a “second” revocation counterclaim proceedings"

06 February 2025: 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 February 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Expands Reach with Long-Arm Jurisdiction: A New Chapter in European Patent Litigation"

28 January 2025: The UPC Blog, "The Local Division in Brussels on equivalent patent infringement"

23 January 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "The Jurisdiction of the UPC – How far does the UPC’s Competence reach?"

22 January 2025: Podcast INSIGHT epi, UPC Case Law - Episode 4

21 January 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Confirms Jurisdiction Over Damage Determination in Case of a National Decision on the Merits"

14 January 2025: The UPC Blog, "UPC Court of Appeal Grants Again Public Access to Written Pleadings and Evidence"

09 January 2025: UPC.Insights - Podcast, "File Wrapper Estoppel - An Unsettled Doctrine at the UPC"