Sophie provides counselling on patent portfolio strategies and portfolio management across a wide range of IP-related matters. In addition, she drafts patent applications and represents her 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.
Furthermore, she has particular experience with legal disputes in the field of intellectual property and has successfully conducted numerous patent and utility model infringement proceedings, patent nullity proceedings and utility model cancellation proceedings. She uses this expertise profitably for the client in patent portfolio strategies and portfolio management.
Her technical expertise covers the fields of mechanical engineering, automotive, medical devices, materials engineering, and process technology.
Sophie is head of the Maiwald UPC taskforce and responsible for all UPC related topics at Maiwald.
Sophie regularly gives presentations on patent law topics in Germany and abroad, in particular in view of the UPC. She has special contacts and interests for clients and colleagues from Korea and Brazil.
Year Joined Firm: 2013
Education/Alumni:
- 2023 Admitted to practice before the Unified Patent Court
- 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
Network Memberships:
- FICPI
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- AIPPI
- LES
- VPP
