DR. ALEXANDER ESSLINGER

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE |

Alexander Esslinger is a German and European patent attorney. He advises and represents his clients in various high-tech industries before the German and European patent offices, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice (in patent nullity proceedings). In patent infringement proceedings he regularly cooperates with attorneys at law before the competent courts in Germany. In the past ten years Alexander has become involved in a number of large multi-jurisdictional patent litigation cases in the fields of telecommunications, vascular stents and LED technology and is now an enthusiastic patent litigator. In August 2016, for example, he successfully defended a fundamental patent in the field of white LED before the Federal Court of Justice. Alexander served for 15 years (up until 2015) as chairman of the FICPI working group dealing with software inventions. He is author of several publications on IP topics and a frequent speaker at international conferences (highlights: mock trial under CAFC Chief Judge Michel at the FICPI World Congress in Washington, D.C., June 2009; plenary presentation „AI in IP: How will Artificial Intelligence transform the practice of IP law? “ at the FICPI World Congress in Toronto, June 2018). Mentioned by Who´sWhoLegal 2018 in the category Patent Agents Germany.

AREAS OF PRACTICE |

Patent drafting
Patent prosecution before the GPTO and EPO
Opposition and appeal proceedings before the GPTO and EPO
Patent nullity and infringement lawsuits
IP due diligence, opinions on patent infringement and validity

TECHNICAL FIELDS |

 ITC / Semiconductors / Optics / Medical devices / Nanotechnology

LANGUAGES | German / English