Dr Berthold Lux
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Chemist
Berthold Lux 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 Lux has many years of experience is handling opposition proceedings before the EPA, in particular before the Appeal Boards of the EPA.
Seit 2010 | Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald |
Since 2007 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
2006-2007 | Patent attorney and co-founder of an IP law firm |
2003-2006 | Patent attorney at two different IP law firms |
2000-2003 | Patent attorney trainee at an IP law firm |
1999-2000 | Scientific consultant at a New York IP law firm |
2006 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
2003 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
2000-2003 | Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
1996-1999 | Doctoral degree in the field of organic chemistry from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
1990-1996 | Studied chemistry and biology at the University of Bayreuth, the University of Vienna and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
- 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
- VPP
German, English