As an attorney-at-law, Reinhardt Schuster focused on patent litigation in all technical fields and was involved in numerous multi-jurisdictional proceedings in Germany and Europe, including patents, utility models, designs, know-how, unfair competition, licensing and IP-related contracts.

Reinhardt Schuster joined BARDEHLE PAGENBERG as a trainee in 1988, became a partner in 1995, Co-managing Partner from 2003-2005 and, after his re-election, again in 2009.

His international renown as a patent litigator was reflected in many personal listings, amongst them “Best Lawyers”, “Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Practitioners (MIP) 2009”, “Legal 500 EMEA 2009”, “Juve 2008/2009”, “Who’s Who Legal/Patents 2008”, “Chambers Global 2008” and “The Best of the Best 2008”. Reinhardt Schuster was honoured with the “IP Awards 2005” in the category of “Best achievement in patent litigation”.

He was a long-standing member of the editorial boards of the “Managing Intellectual Property” and “Patent World”, leaving a list of over 30 articles and contributions to books on IP topics, and lectured repeatedly in Europe, Asia and the United States on subjects of his professional activity.

Reinhardt Schuster, partner of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, passed away unexpectedly on July 2, 2009 at the age of 46.

His partners and colleagues will always remember Reinhardt Schuster as an outstanding, dedicated lawyer, and above all, as a person of high human qualities, with a great sense of humour.