Thomas Ederer
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Electrical Engineer and IT Specialist
Automotive Engineer
Thomas Ederer's professional experience as an IP specialist and his background as development engineer in the field of automotive electronics and electronic control units for vehicles render him ideally suited to provide competent and practical advice to clients across the broad spectrum of intellectual property protection. He has particular technical expertise in mechanical and electrical engineering as well as information and medical technology. After several years as a patent attorney in the industrial patent department of a manufacturing company in the field of electrical systems and electronics, Thomas has first-hand knowledge of the needs of clients, who he advises on questions relating to German, European and international intellectual property protection.
Since 2018 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
2015-2018 | Patent attorney in his own law firm and in-house patent attorney/patent counsel with an international automotive supplier |
2012-2015 | Patent attorney trainee at an IP law firm |
2011-2012 | Patent engineer at an IP law firm |
2008-2011 | Development engineer for an engineering service provider in the automotive industry |
2016 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
2015 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
2012-2014 | Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
2009-2011 | Master’s degree in electrical engineering and information technology, embedded systems from the University of Hagen |
2005-2008 | Studied automotive and aerospace engineering at Munich University of Applied Sciences |
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Patent litigation
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- FICPI
- VPP
German, English