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Dr. Berthold Lux
Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
Chemist
Berthold advises and represents clients in the field of chemistry, including polymer and organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, materials sciences as well as chemical process technology. A large part of his work as a patent attorney involves conducting opposition proceedings on behalf of clients as well as preparing opinions on enforceability, validity and relevance of industrial property rights.
Berthold has been working in the field of intellectual property protection since 1999. After completing his training as a patent attorney, he became co-founder of the patent attorney firm of BLCH, later incorporated into the then Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH. Berthold has many years of experience is handling opposition proceedings before the EPA, in particular before the Appeal Boards of the EPA.
"Berthold Lux's client service and general level of service is very strong. His level of sophistication is very strong. His commercial vision is very strong. Overall, I am very satisfied with him."
– Chambers Germany, 2025
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Patent litigation
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2021
- Representation in opposition appeal proceedings at the EPO leading to the decision T 1833/14 cited in the Case Law book of the Boards of Appeal dealing the with question of operability of public prior use in the field of polymers.
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- VPP
- German
- English
