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Provided by Elard Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg
Mr. Schenck assists clients in the following practice areas: Patent and Utility Model Prosecution, Opposition and Revocation, Patent and Utility Model Litigation, Employee Inventions, Unitary Patent and UPC, Due Diligence and Freedom-to-Operate Analysis. Elard has a particular emphasis on the technical fields of engineering, including manufacturing and production technologies as well as automotive, material science, medical technology, diagnostic apparatuses and physics. He is regularly involved in interdisciplinary teams and, in particular, often cooperates with partners from the Biology & Biotechnology Department both for prosecution and opposition cases relating to inventions at the interface between mechanics/physics/engineering/IT and biology/biochemistry.
Elard Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg joined VOSSIUS after his training to become a reserve officer and after having completed his master studies in mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen. He has been partner of the firm since 2007.
For his clients, he achieved numerous advantageous patent office and court decisions, including bespoke Federal Supreme Court decisions “Teilreflektierende Folie” (BGH X ZR 112/13) and “Wundbehandlungsvorrichtung” (BGH X ZR 161/12).
He provides clients with practical and strategic advice in all stages and matters of German, European and global patent portfolios. In addition to patent prosecution, Elard has extensive and valuable experience in providing opinion work and conducting due diligences as well as in opposition, cancellation, invalidation and patent infringement cases before the various authorities such as the German and European Patent Office, the Federal German Patent Court, the Federal Supreme Court as well as various Lower and Upper District Courts. He holds lectures, in Germany and abroad, on intellectual property protection and advises start-ups, universities, SME's as well as globally leading companies in IP matters. Elard was a member in the patent attorneys' examining commission for many years.
Provided by Chambers
Elard Freiherr Schenck zu Schweinsberg frequently handles patent prosecution matters. His client list includes companies from a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, automotive and energy.
Provided by Chambers
"Elard is excellent and demonstrates very good arguments and representation."
"Elard is excellent and demonstrates very good arguments and representation."
