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Provided by Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
Based in Dusseldorf and Munich, Wolrad is partner in the German patent litigation team at Freshfields. Wolrad has been working over 20 years in the field of intellectual property and particularly patents and has built an extensive track record in patent litigation and enforcement proceedings, acting and advising on a wide range of proceedings before the specialized patent courts in Germany and on cross-border proceedings. A wide range of national and international clients from the technology and telecommunication as well as biotech and pharma sectors trust his strategic advice and representation in court proceedings, both before German courts and before the UPC.
Before joining Freshfields, he worked as Scientific Researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law and served as programme director at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) where he was responsible, inter alia, for the LL.M. IP programme. Parallel to his LL.M. studies at the George Washington University in Washington D.C. in 2006/2007, he worked for The Honorable Judge Rader at the CAFC.
Joined Freshfields in 2009; partner since 2015.
GRUR, AIPPI, EPLAW, Working Group on Patent Judicature e.V.
Wolrad gave numerous presentations and authored numerous articles in the field of Intellectual Property. He co-authored the books International Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes and Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
Provided by Chambers
Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont is active in complex patent infringement litigation in the technology and life sciences sectors. He offers further expertise in anti-anti-suit injunctions as well as recourse claims, as well as trade secret and inventor rights issues.
