Martin Drews
Dr. jur.
Dr. Martin Drews is an attorney-at-law who specializes in national and cross-border patent litigation. He represents clients in complex patent infringement and nullity proceedings before the Unified Patent Court, German courts as well as in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office. His main areas of expertise are biotechnology, medical technology, and telecommunications.
Martin Drews has vast knowledge of German and European research and innovation systems, which he gained as a ministerial official at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, personal adviser to a Parliamentary State Secretary, as well as research policy officer of one of the largest parliamentary groups of the German Bundestag.
Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), UPC Representative, Counsel
Location: Munich
Languages: German, English
Translating technology into arguments is key to successful patent litigation. Developing the best arguments – straightforward, efficient, and creative – that's what drives me.
Counsel of the firm
Registration as a Representative before the UPC
Attorney-at-law at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG in Munich, Germany
Attorney-at-law at Hogan Lovells International LLP in Dusseldorf, Germany
Policy Advisor research and education, political group of CDU/CSU in German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany
Personal Advisor of the Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and research in Berlin, Germany
Ministerial official at the German Federal Ministry of Education and research in Bonn, Germany
Attorney-at-law at Hogan Lovells International LLP (former Lovells LLP) in Dusseldorf, Germany
Second State Law Examination (bar admission exam)
Legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court Cologne, Germany, including training placements with an international law firm in Cologne, Germany, and London, United Kingdom, in the field of Intellectual Property law
Dr. jur. at the University of Cologne, Germany
Research assistant at an international law firm in Cologne, Germany, in the field of Intellectual Property law
First State Law Examination (degree-level exam)
Legal studies at the University of Cologne, Germany