Dr. Christian Thiel

Dr. rer. nat. Christian Thiel
Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney

Specialist fields

• German and international trademark law
• Patent law
• Employee invention law
• Design law

Key aspects of activity

• Chemistry
• Medical technology
• Metallurgy
• Pharma
• Process engineering

Certification

• Admitted to the bar in 1987

Languages

• German
• English

Professional development

• Studied chemistry at the University of Bochum, doctorate in 1981
• 1981–1982 research post as part of a post-doctorate fellowship with NATO, University of Austin, Texas (USA)

Membership of professional associations

• German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
• Bochumer Kreis Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz e.V. (Bochum Association for Industrial Property Rights)
• Licensing Executives Society Deutsche Landesgruppe e. V. (LES)