Andreas Tanner, Dipl.-Ing. (Electrical engineering)
Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, LL.M., Representative before the UPC
Partner
Andreas Tanner, Dipl.-Ing. (Electrical engineering)
Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, LL.M., Representative before the UPC
Partner
Andreas Tanner works in the field of electrical and semiconductor engineering as well as standard essential mobile communications technology, such as WiFi and 5G. As an electrical engineer, he formulates patent applications in these fields and accompanies the grant proceedings before the relevant patent offices in Germany and abroad. He has been advising and representing our clients for years in infringement proceedings in all instances before the German courts. These often cross-border disputes mostly concern standard-essential patents in the fields of mobile communications, consumer electronics and connected cars. Andreas Tanner has headed our Munich office since 2015.
Contact
Telephone
+49 (0)89 23 888 30-0
Munich
German, English
CV
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Since 2016
Partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann and head of our Munich office
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Since 2012
Patent Attorney
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2011-2013
Master's program "Intellectual Property Rights" at Düsseldorf Law School
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2006-2007
Engineer at ABB Sécheron, Geneva, Department of current limiters for medium voltage applications
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2002-2006
Studies of electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University, majoring in power electronics; scholarship holder of the Daimler AG "Research and Technology" scholarship program, among others
Engagement
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2014-2020
Substitute Internal Auditor at the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (epi)
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2020 -
Substitute council member at epi
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member of GRUR, AIPPI, and Bundesverband der Patentanwälte,