Dr-Ing. Sophie Ertl
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Mechanical Engineer
Sophie Ertl has wide-ranging experience in handling legal disputes occurring in the intellectual property field. She has successfully represented clients in numerous patent and utility model infringement cases as well as in patent nullity and utility model cancellation proceedings. Sophie drafts patent applications and represents clients in patent prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings. In addition, she regularly prepares legal opinions on technical and legal issues, including freedom-to-operate and validity analyses. Her technical expertise covers the fields of mechanical engineering, medical devices, materials engineering and automotive and aeronautical technologies.
A particular highlight of Sophie's professional career was her successful defense of a well-known US corporation operating in the field of medical devices against a number of attacks by patent trolls.
Since 2020 | Member of the Board of Directors of the German Patent Attorney Association |
Since 2017 | Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald |
2017-2018 | Member of the German Examination Commission for Patent Attorneys |
Since 2013 | Mentor of the Technical University of Munich |
Since 2013 | Patent attorney at Maiwald |
2010-2013 | Patent attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg |
2006-2009 | Patent attorney trainee at Bardehle Pagenberg |
2003-2006 | Development engineer at BMW AG |
2013 | Admitted to practice as European patent attorney |
2010 | Admitted to practice as German patent attorney |
2006-2009 | Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen |
2003-2006 | Doctoral degree in the field of mechanical engineering and materials science from the RWTH Aachen University |
1998-2003 | Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical 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
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2021
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- AIPPI
- LES
- VPP
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