Peter Kather

Languages Spoken

German, English

Career

Dr. Peter Kather is founding partner of Kather Augenstein and has over 30 years of experience in advising and litigating in the field of intellectual property.

The focus of his work is on technical IP rights. He has handled hundreds of patent infringement cases in the first and second instance before the Regional Courts and Higher Regional Courts and accompanied in the revision instance at the Federal Court of Justice.

The spectrum of his work ranges from mechanical engineering and telecommunications to chemistry and biotechnology. In addition to the infringement proceedings, he is involved in parallel opposition proceedings before the DPMA and the EPO as well as in nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) and the Federal Court of Justice (BGH). A particular focus of his work is on cross-border proceedings, of those he has been in the lead of numerous in Germany and have coordinated internationally.