Dr.-Ing.
Bernhard Pfleiderer
LL.M.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dr.-Ing.
Bernhard Pfleiderer
LL.M.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dr. Bernhard Pfleiderer assists in patent prosecution and the enforcement of technical intellectual property rights, both domestically and internationally. He provides legal advice regarding solutions related to competitor intellectual property rights and carrys out seizures at trade fairs.
Bernhard Pfleiderer has a great expertise in electronics, in particular integrated circuits (analog & digital, wireless data transmission, medical technology, microelectronics) and holds a doctorate in this field, where he has also filed his own patents. Furthermore, based on his experience in the international startup world, he provides advice in the areas of startup formation and corporate strategy.
Bernhard Pfleiderer is one of the few eminently respectable entitled UPC representatives which qualified for registration on the list of under Rule 11 REPLC, as he holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M. European IP law) which was accepted as a qualification equivalent to the European Patent Litigation Certificate.
He speaks German, English and French.
Technical focus
- Integrated Circuits
- Microelectronics
- Data transmission
- Data Processing
- Computer-implemented inventions
- Security features for banknotes
- Mechanics (e.g. wind turbines)
- Electric vehicles
- Household goods
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Degree in Electrical Engineering, Dipl.-Ing., 1996; Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in Integrated Circuits at Hamburg University of Technology (TU Hamburg), 2003.
Legal education at Eisenführ Speiser in Bremen and the Distance Learning at Fernuniversität Hagen 2003-2005, German and European Patent and Trademark Attorney since 2006, Master's Degree in European Industrial Property Law, LL.M., 2008. Patent attorney since 2006.
Engaged in industrial property protection since 1996 through own inventions and monitoring of intellectual property rights (patents) in the industry. Worked at the law firm Prinz & Partner as a partner and head of the Hamburg office from 2008 to 2020. Back at Eisenführ Speiser since 2023.
Memberships
- Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
- Association of Intellectual Property Professionals (VPP)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)