Bardehle Pagenberg team is growing by another six attorneys-at-law and patent attorneys

Sabine Kossak, Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Chem.
Patent attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney, UPC Representative, Counsel, Hamburg office Dr. Sabine Kossak specializes in patent prosecution and litigation in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and materials science. In addition to her comprehensive knowledge of patent prosecution, she has experience in opposition and nullity proceedings gained during her time at Harmsen Utescher. Dr. Sabine Kossak also advises clients on design application proceedings and design disputes as well as on issues about employee inventions law. She is co-chair of the GRUR expert committee on design law and regularly gives lectures on design law topics in Germany and abroad.

Nico Karius, Dr.-Ing., M.Sc. Hearing Technology and Audiology
Patent attorney, European Patent Attorney, Hamburg office
Dr. Nico Karius is a patent attorney with a specialist technical background. Thanks to his studies in media technology, hearing technology and audiology, supplemented by a doctorate in the field of digital audio signal processing, he is at home at the interface between digital signal processing, medical technology, telecommunications, and computer science. Before working in intellectual property law, Nico was involved in research and teaching at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg as part of the “Hearing4all” Cluster of Excellence. After completing his training as a patent attorney at the law firm GLAWE DELFS MOLL in Hamburg, he was particularly entrusted with the support of national and international patent grant proceedings, as well as being involved in opposition, nullity, and infringement proceedings.

Lisa Lilge, LL.M. (Amsterdam)
Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin), Munich office Lisa Lilge chose intellectual property and competition law as the focus of her training during her studies and legal clerkship in Munich. Following her time as a research associate at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Lisa Lilge completed an LL.M. in European Competition Law and Regulation in Amsterdam. During this time, she enhanced her practical knowledge of intellectual property by working for a leading international law firm in the Netherlands, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. As an attorney-at-law with a focus on trademark, design and competition law, Lisa Lilge is now starting her professional career at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG.

Niels Gierse, Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys.
German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Senior Associate, Munich office
Dr. Niels Gierse is a German and European patent attorney and UPC representative with extensive experience in contentious patent proceedings. His expertise covers various technical fields, including communication technologies, software, and fusion research. Before entering the patent field, he acquired his technical knowledge at universities in Germany and the USA and cooperated with the Chinese fusion program. He has comprehensive experience in the use of Artificial Intelligence and LegalTech in patent law practice.

Markus Morgenroth, Dr. jur.
Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), Senior Associate, Munich office
Dr. Markus Morgenroth advises national and international clients in the field of intellectual property law and related areas of law. He specializes in technical property rights and represents his clients in disputes in and out of court as well as in questions of contract drafting.
Dr. Markus Morgenroth already focused on intellectual property rights during his studies and legal clerkship. His doctorate also addressed an IP law topic.
Dr. Markus Morgenroth is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, GRUR). He is currently training to become a Certified IP lawyer.

Eva Flach
Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwältin), Munich office
Eva Flach studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and spent time at the University of Lausanne and a law firm in Stockholm as part of her training. During her studies and legal clerkship, she gained experience in various areas of law as a research associate at several major international law firms such as Bird & Bird and Eversheds Sutherland.
In addition to her work as an attorney-at-law, she is a doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim and her dissertation deals with the protection of trade secrets in proceedings before the UPC.