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Dr. Holger Glas

Partner

German Patent Attorney

European Patent Attorney

Representative before the UPC

Chemist

LL.M. "European Intellectual Property Law“

Holger supports inventors, start-ups and companies from the chemical, chemical engineering and pharmaceutical sectors in securing patent and utility model protection for their products and processes. A large number of Holger’s cases relate to opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office. He also prepares freedom-to-operate and validity opinions on behalf of clients, advises in patent conflict situations and assists German and international clients with the development of global patent strategies.

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since 2005
Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald
since 2002
Patent attorney at Maiwald
1999 - 2002
Patent attorney trainee at Maiwald

2023
Admitted to practice before the UPC
2002 - 2005
Master’s degree in „European Intellectual Property Law“ (LL.M.) from the University of Hagen with a focus on "European and International Civil Procedure Law"
2002
Admitted to practice as European patent attorney
2002
Admitted to practice as German patent attorney
1999 - 2002
Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen
1996 - 1998
Doctoral degree in the field of organometallic chemistry from the Technical University of Munich
1990 - 1995
Studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich

  • Patent prosecution and portfolio management
  • Filing strategies and drafting patent applications
  • Freedom-to-operate and validity analysis
  • Opposition and nullity proceedings
  • Patent litigation

  • Recommended in Handelsblatt | Best Lawyers "Germany's Best Lawyers" 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA 2022
  • Recommended in The Legal 500 Deutschland 2022
  • Recommended in Chambers Europe Guide 2017
  • Recommended in MIP IP Stars 2014

  • Patent Claim Interpretation – Global Edition, Manzo (ed.), Thomson Reuters, ann. (together with Edward D. Manzo et al.)

  • German Patent Attorney Association
  • epi
  • EPLIT

  • German
  • English