Dr. Dietrich Berger

Patent Attorney

Dr.-Ing., M.Sc.
German Patentanwalt
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney
European Patent Litigator

Technical/scientific Background:
Studies in mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT); graduation as Master of Science in 2014. Doctorate at the wbk Institute of Production Science at KIT in the department of Production Systems; graduation as Doctor of Engineering Sciences (Dr.-Ing.) in 2019.

Legal Background:
Active in the field of intellectual property since 2019, training as patent attorney; 2022 examination as a patent assessor and admission as German Patentanwalt (Patent Attorney), European Trademark Attorney and European Design Attorney. Admission to the European Patent Office (EPO) as European Patent Attorney in 2023. 2024 admission as a European Patent Litigator to the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Areas of Activity:
All areas of industrial property; patents, trademarks, design patents, utility models; licence and coexistence agreements; strategic consultation, litigation and related legal disputes; issues concerning the German act on employees’ inventions.