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Alexander Ortlieb
Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Physicist
A large part of Alexander’s work involves prosecuting international, European and German patent and utility model applications. He has particular expertise in conducting opposition proceedings, in particular before the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. He also has wide experience in preparing freedom-to-operate and validity opinions and represents clients in patent litigation matters.
His specialist fields are physics, medical technologies and diagnostics, computer-implemented inventions, mechanical engineering and telecommunications.
"Physicist Alexander Ortlieb is a dab hand with opposition proceedings, while his drafting and prosecution strengths range across medical technologies and diagnostics, computer-implemented inventions and telecommunications. Commercially sensitive, Ortlieb knows how to get the most out of his clients assets."
– IAM Patent 1000, 2023
- Patent prosecution and portfolio management
- Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
- Opposition, appeal and nullity proceedings
- Patent infringement proceedings
- Freedom-to-operate and validity opinions
- Recommended in IAM Patent 1000 “World’s Leading Patent Professionals”, 2022, 2023
- Recommended in Handelsblatt | Best Lawyers "Germany's Best Lawyers" 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Listed as "Excellent" in the Leaders League Rankings Germany 2022 and 2023 in the categorie Patent Prosecution
- Recommended in MIP IP Stars 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2021, 2022, 2023
- Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA 2022
- Representation of a prestigious US university before the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal in the G1/16 case, where the Board handed down a landmark decision on the allowability of disclaimers
- German Patent Attorney Association
- epi
- VPP
- GRUR
- AIPPI
- German
- English
