
Maiwald GmbH
Lawyers

Sophie Ertl
- Phone+49 (0)89 747 266 0
- Email[email protected]
- Social
- Profilewww.maiwald.eu
Work Department
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.
Position
Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
Mechanical Engineer
Career
since 2020 Member of the Board of Directors of the German Patent Attorney Association
since 2017 Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald
2017 - 2018 Member of the German Examination Commission for Patent Attorneys
2014 - 2016 Mentor for the training for the qualification as European Patent Attorney
since 2013 Mentor of the Technical University of Munich
since 2013 Patent attorney at Maiwald
2010 - 2013 Patent attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg
2006 - 2009 Patent attorney trainee at Bardehle Pagenberg
2003 - 2006 Development engineer at BMW AG
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
Education
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