Maiwald GmbH

Michaela has many years of experience in patent examination and opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office [EPO) and the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO) as well as corresponding appeal proceedings before the EPO Boards of Appeal and the Federal Patent Court, respectively. Michaela has moreover frequently and successfully conducted patent and utility model infringement proceedings, nullity proceedings (also before the German Federal Supreme Court) and utility model cancellation proceedings. A significant part of her work relates to the preparation of opinions on freedom-to-operate, infringement and validity questions. Michaela obtained her doctorate at the Institute of Medical Physics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg on dedicated computed tomography of the female breast. She chose superconductivity as the subject of her diploma thesis, during which she acquired expert knowledge in low-temperature physics.

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney UPC Representative Physicist

since 2024 Partner at Maiwald since 2023 German and European Patent Attorney at Maiwald 2015 - 2023 German and European Patent Attorney at a different IP law firm 2011 - 2015 Patent attorney trainee at a different IP law firm

German, English

Women in IP

2024 Admitted to practice before the UPC 2015 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney 2015 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney 2012 - 2014 Studied "Law for Patent Attorneys" at the FernUniversität Hagen 2008 - 2011 Doctorate at Institute of Medical Physics and Microtissue Engineering at the Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2002 - 2008 Studied physics at the University of Bayreuth and the University of Exeter