Maiwald GmbH

Christian Pioch advises and supports companies in prosecuting patent and utility model applications as well as in opposition, nullity and appeal proceedings. His specialist areas include software, sensor systems, data processing as well as semiconductor, medical and laboratory technologies. He has extensive knowledge in the areas of artificial intelligence, neural networks, machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, data security and autonomous driving. In addition, he advises clients in multinational patent infringement litigation cases, in particular in the areas of software and laboratory systems.

His expertise in business-specific IP strategies was acquired during his time as an in-house patent counsel with internationally operating aerospace corporations and in the semiconductor industries. He is also extremely well versed in US patent law.

Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
UPC Representative
Physicist

since 2020 Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald

since 2016 Patent attorney at Maiwald

2013 - 2016 Patent attorney trainee at Maiwald and another IP law firm

German, English, French

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2023 Admitted to practice before the UPC 2016 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney

2016 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney

2013 - 2015 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen

2012 Research associate at Helmholtz Zentrum München in the field of detector development, software development, nuclear physics and radiation research

2009 - 2012 Doctoral degree in the field of detector development, software development, nuclear physics and radiation research from the Technical University of Munich as well as at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency

2002 - 2008 Studied physics at the Technical University of Munich