As a patent attorney, Sophie Ertl specializes in the technical fields of engineering, materials technology and medical technology. Due to her three years’ activity as development engineer at the BMW Group and her academic background, she has gained comprehensive experience in the automotive field and in power engineering.

Sophie Ertl’s main areas of activity lie in the field of patents and utility models and range from patent application procedures over opposition procedures, complaint procedures, appeal and nullity proceedings to the enforcement of protective rights by means of warning letters, preliminary injunction proceedings and patent infringement proceedings. She is especially experienced in practice-oriented advice to clients, the settlement of legal disputes out of court and the providing of expert opinions on the legal validity and scope of protection of patents and due-diligence analyses.

Among her clients, there are international producers of tires, sports equipment or defense technology as well as medical technology groups, an important automobile supplier and numerous German middle-sized enterprises.

1998–2003	Internships at EADS, the BMW Group, Institut Prof. Schmitt-Thomas (consulting engineers performing failure and damage analysis) and Burgmann Sealing Works
2003–2006	Development engineer for powertrain production at the BMW Group, Munich, responsible for the materials for high-temperature fuel cells when used as additional drive systems in the vehicle
2005	Summer school – Materials for Fuel Cells, Miami
2006-2009	Patent engineer and trainee patent attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich
2009	Patent Assessor
Since 2010	German Patent Attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich

1998–2003	Studied Mechanical Engineering at Munich Technical University
2002	Admission to the EADS scholarship programme for talented students and the MentorING programme of Munich Technical University
2003	Diploma thesis at Munich Technical University in conjunction with the BMW Group (optimization of passenger airbag in relation to the windscreen)
2003	Awarded “Dipl.-Ing.” degree, Munich Technical University
2003–2006	Doctoral thesis: ”High-Temperature Corrosion of Metallic Materials in Mobile Fuel Cells“ at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, in conjunction with the Jülich Research Centre, Institute for Materials and Processes in Energy Systems
2006	Awarded “Dr.-Ing.” degree, RWTH Aachen University
2006–2009	Studied Patent Law at the University of Hagen, Germany
2009	Completed professional training at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court and at the District Court of Nürnberg-Fürth
Jan. 2010	Admitted as German patent attorney and European trademark and design attorney

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