Bardehle Pagenberg
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Axel Berger
- Phone+49 89 928 05-0
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Work Department
Intellectual Property / Patents
Position
German and European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Partner
»As a biochemist, my focus is on chemistry, life-sciences and bio-tech. I am particularly fascinated to use my litigation experience in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications to obtain and assert patents with the broadest possible scope of protection.«
As a patent attorney, Axel Berger specializes in the technical fields of life sciences and pharmaceuticals, particularly gene technology, biochemistry, cell biology, immunology, virology, pharmacology and medical devices. His technical background also includes several years of international research, for example at the Pasteur Institute, Paris.
Axel Berger’s main areas of practice include prosecuting patents as well as defending and attacking patents in opposition proceedings. Another area of his practice involves enforcing IP rights in patent infringement and (parallel) nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court. Axel Berger also frequently prepares infringement and validity opinions.
Career
Partner of the firm
2013 - todayPatent Attorney at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany
2009 - 2013Patent Engineer and trainee Patent Attorney at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
German Chamber of Patent Attorneys
EPI
FICPI
LES
Education
Registration as a Representative before the UPC
2013
Licensed to practice as a German Patent Attorney and European Trademark and Design Attorney
2012 - 2013Patent law training at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court
2011Patent law training at the Regional Court of Mannheim, Germany
2010 - 2012Law for Patent Attorneys at the FernUniversität, Hagen, Germany
2007Research at the Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Regensburg, Germany
2005 - 2009Research associate at the Pasteur Institute, Dept. of Cell Biology and Infection, Paris, France
2005 - 2008Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology and Biochemistry, specializing in epigenetic gene regulation mechanisms (Doctorat, Dr. rer. nat.) at Université Paris XI, France, and the University of Regensburg, Germany
2000 - 2004Degree in Biology, specializing in molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry (Dipl.-Biol.) from Heidelberg University, Germany (including studies at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
1999 - 2004Internships, including with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Molecular Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany