Maiwald GmbH

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
UPC Representative
Mechanical Engineer

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

German, English, French

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