Tobias Wuttke
Dr. jur.
Dr. Tobias Wuttke is an attorney-at-law who specializes in national and cross-border patent litigation. Influential rankings confirm his reputation as one of Germany’s leading patent litigators. Tobias Wuttke’s expertise stems from hundreds of patent infringement and validity proceedings. He advises blue chip companies acting on a global level, innovative SMEs, and start-ups in the areas of telecommunications (SEPs in particular), medical technology, automotive, and life sciences.
Tobias Wuttke focuses on the economic perspective of the patent disputes he conducts. His primary goal is to achieve the optimal commercial result for his clients. He considers patent litigation to be inextricably linked to risk management.
Tobias Wuttke regularly gives presentations on topical issues regarding patent law at universities, offices, and associations, and – as an author – he actively promotes the distribution and development of patent law.
Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Certified IP lawyer, UPC Representative, Partner
Location: Munich
Languages: German, English
Listen, convince, win - these maxims shape my professional actions.
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Publications
Tobias regularly publishes on topics of Intellectual Property in numerous journals and expert blogs, e.g., Reports of Germany Patent Attorneys, GRUR-Prax, and the EPLAW Blog. Additionally, he co-authored the Practitioner’s book: Know-how protection and the Back Online Manual on Patent Law.
Lectures & Seminars
Tobias gives presentations at international and German symposiums on a regular basis. He also is a lecturer of the Executive MBA of the Technical University of Munich and at the Technical University Ilmenau, where he lectures on the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court.
Memberships
Tobias is a member of EPLAW, the Advisory Board of the EPLAW Patent Blog, the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the Association for Intellectual Property Professionals (VPP), the Licensing Executives Society (LES), the German-Japanese Business Association (DJW), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Tobias is also involved in the US-based Sedona Conference pertaining to global patent litigation issues.
Registration as a Representative before the UPC
Partner of the firm
Lecturer for International Patent and Procedural Law at multiple universities of applied sciences
Head of the Litigation Department at Meissner Bolte
Associate at Allen & Overy
Legal clerkship at the Hamburg Higher District Court
Studies of Law at the University of London
Research assistant with Prof. Dr. Bornkamm (Presiding Judge at the German Federal Court of Justice, retd.)
Member of the research training group of the University of Freiburg, Germany, funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft, DFG)
Studies of Law at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain