‘My task is to optimize the process of building a company’s IP portfolio so that it can get the foothold it needs in the industry to secure its future.’
Philipp Reichl
- Hightech & Electronics
- European and German Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent Litigator
- Associate
Before starting his career in Intellectual Property in 2008 in a Munich IP Boutique, Philipp Reichl worked as a scientist in environmental and atmospheric physics at the University of Bremen. Philipp studied physics at the University of Bayreuth with an emphasis on biophysics, optics and spectroscopy.
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New edition Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention
A new edition of Visser’s Annotated European Patent Convention was recently published. The book is a leading and widely used commentary on the European Patent Convention (EPC) and a bestseller in European patent law.Continue reading
Enlarged Board of Appeal broadens concept of ‘prior art’ in G 1/23
On 2 July 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) ruled in case G 1/23, also known as the ‘Solar Cell’ case.Continue reading