University of Washington School of Law, CASRIP Summer Institute (2000); Internship with the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (2003-2004).

Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) [German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law]; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Partner; Patent and Utility Model Law; Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property Licensing.

University of Heidelberg, University of Freiburg (Master of Science degree in physics 1996); Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property / University of Munich (Dr. iur. 2003).