Dr Markus Engelhard > Boehmert & Boehmert > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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Dr Markus Engelhard
Position
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Biochemiker
Career
Markus Engelhard is active in all fields of life sciences, pharmacology, and biotechnology, having a particular focus on therapeutic biomolecules and pharmaceutically active agents. His clients include start-up companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, multinational corporations, universities, and academic research institutions. He supports them in acquiring and enforcing intellectual property rights, building up patent portfolios, and representing them in opposition, invalidation, and infringement proceedings. Moreover, he provides professional advice to international organizations, government agencies, and technology transfer agencies.
Memberships
Markus Engelhard is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), the Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), the Association International pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), and the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP).
Education
Markus Engelhard was a scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and studied biology, chemistry, and biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK, the University of Frankfurt am Main, and the University of Witten-Herdecke. After graduation, he obtained his PhD with an Oliver Gatty Studentship from the Department of Biochemistry of the University of Cambridge, where he was a postdoctoral fellow in research and teaching.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Intellectual property > Patent prosecution
As one of the most active practices in the patent filing and administration sphere, Boehmert & Boehmert has developed a reputation as a leading IP entity that covers an extremely broad range of technologies and sectors, ranging from robotics and publishing to physics and environmental technology. In addition, thanks to an extensive Best Friends network and its offices in Alicante, Paris and Shanghai, the group is an attractive choice for globally active clients. Markus Engelhard, who focuses on life sciences, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, regularly acts in nullity and opposition proceedings and is particularly well versed in matters pertaining to active pharmaceutical ingredients and therapeutic biomolecules, while Daniel Herrmann primarily assists with establishing and defending patent portfolios in the technology sector. In September 2022, mechanical engineering specialists Nils Schmid, Florian Malescha and Paul Schieler as well as David Kuttenkeuler and Jan Krauss, who both specialise in biotechnology and life sciences, left the team to found IP boutique SKM-IP. Furthermore, Dennis Kretschmann was appointed judge of the UPC in June 2023.