
Dr. Piet Schönherr, MSc (physics)
Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, UPC Representative
Dr. Piet Schönherr, MSc (physics)
Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, UPC Representative
Piet Schönherr's practice focuses on mechanical engineering, software-based inventions and standard-essential patents . For our clients, he drafts patent applications and handles the grant proceedings. He is regularly involved in oppositions and litigation proceedings before the German courts and the Unified Patent Court and also advises on trademark law. After studying physics in Berlin and Beijing, Piet Schönherr conducted research on nanomaterials for electronic applications at the University of Oxford and was awarded his doctorate (DPhil) in 2017. In the same year, he joined Maikowski & Ninnemann. Due to his China expertise spanning more than a decade, Asia has increasingly formed an important part of his patent and trademark law practice. He speaks Mandarin fluently and is a regular traveler to China. Piet Schönherr is also a contributor of „The CITMA & CIPA European Union Trade Mark Handbook“.
Contact
Telephone
+49 (0)30 881 8181
Berlin
German, Chinese, English
CV
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since 2021
Patent Attorney at Maikowski & Ninnemann
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2017-2020
Training to become a patent attorney at Maikowski & Ninnemann
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2013-2017
Doctorate to become a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in physics at Oxford University on nanomaterials for electronic applications
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2007-2013
Studies of physics at the Freie Universität of Berlin, Tsinghua University Beijing and Oxford University

