Sophie Ertl

Sophie Ertl has wide-ranging experience in handling legal disputes occurring in the intellectual property field. She has successfully represented clients in numerous patent and utility model infringement cases as well as in patent nullity and utility model cancellation proceedings. Sophie drafts patent applications and represents clients in patent prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings. In addition, she regularly prepares legal opinions on technical and legal issues, including freedom-to-operate and validity analyses. Her technical expertise covers the fields of mechanical engineering, medical devices, materials engineering and automotive and aeronautical technologies.

A particular highlight of Sophie's professional career was her successful defense of a well-known US corporation operating in the field of medical devices against a number of attacks by patent trolls.

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney Representative before the UPC Mechanical Engineer

2023 Admitted to practice before the UPC 2013 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney 2010 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney 2006 - 2009 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen 2003 - 2006 Doctoral degree in the field of mechanical engineering and materials science from the RWTH Aachen University 1998 - 2003 Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich