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Fritz Lahrtz

Fritz is a European and German Patent attorney. He represents his clients in all fields of intellectual property with an emphasis on patent prosecution and opposition, nullity and infringement proceedings. Specifically, in recent years, he has gained extensive experience in multinational infringement proceedings, where he represents his clients before the German Federal Patent Court, the German infringement courts as well as before the opposition divisions and appeal boards of the European Patent Office. Since he is also responsible for establishing and coordinating the patent strategy of large patent portfolios, he has developed a deep insight into all aspects of patent prosecution. This includes also the provision of validity and infringement opinions. His clients include start-up companies, universities as well as large multinational companies. Due to his scientific education in the fields of immunology and neurobiology, he primarily works in the technical fields of biotechnology, chemistry and pharma, with an emphasis on handling antibody-related cases. · Simmons & Simmons

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Fritz Lahrtz is a European and German Patent attorney at Simmons & Simmons in Germany. He focuses on all fields of intellectual property, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, opposition, nullity, and infringement proceedings. He has extensive experience in multinational infringement proceedings before German courts and the European Patent Office. He also coordinates patent strategy for large portfolios and provides validity and infringement opinions. His clients include start-ups, universities, and multinational companies. His technical expertise, based on a background in immunology and neurobiology, covers biotechnology, chemistry, and pharma, particularly antibody-related cases.

Practice areas

Patent ProsecutionPatent OppositionPatent NullityPatent InfringementIntellectual PropertyValidity and Infringement Opinions

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Germany

Simmons & Simmons · Fritz is a European and German Patent attorney. He represents his clients in all fields of intellectual property with an emphasis on patent prosecution and opposition, nullity and infringement proceedings. Specifically, in recent years, he has gained extensive experience in multinational infringement proceedings, where he represents his clients before the German Federal Patent Court, the German infringement courts as well as before the opposition divisions and appeal boards of the European Patent Office. Since he is also responsible for establishing and coordinating the patent strategy of large patent portfolios, he has developed a deep insight into all aspects of patent prosecution. This includes also the provision of validity and infringement opinions. His clients include start-up companies, universities as well as large multinational companies. Due to his scientific education in the fields of immunology and neurobiology, he primarily works in the technical fields of biotechnology, chemistry and pharma, with an emphasis on handling antibody-related cases.

Germany

Expertise

BiotechnologyChemistryPharmaAntibody-Related Cases

Admissions

  • European Patent Office
  • German Patent Attorney
  • German Federal Patent Court
  • German Infringement Courts
  • Opposition Divisions of the European Patent Office
  • Appeal Boards of the European Patent Office