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Markus Engelhard

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.

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