Vossius & Partner

Patent Disputes & Patent Litigation

PARTNER, Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-Law), UPC Representative

As a bar-certified specialist attorney for Intellectual Property, he advises and represents national and international clients on all aspects of intellectual property law and related competition law issues, with a particular focus on contentious patent law matters.

Philipp Widera regularly lectures and publishes on current issues of patent law. He is a member of the Sedona Working Groups on SEP/FRAND (Global Edition) as well as on the Unified Patent Court.

Philipp Widera joined VOSSIUS in mid-2017. He became a partner in the firm in 2024. Before joining VOSSIUS, he had worked for two other leading law firms in the field of patent law gaining experience in a wide range of technical areas, especially mobile communications and life sciences.

GRUR

LES

DAV

Mr. Widera studied law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. After having completed the first state exam, he was awarded the title LL.M. in intellectual property law by King's College London. During his master studies he focused on an analysis and comparison of intellectual property law in the US as well as the most important European jurisdictions. Apart from that, he concentrated on EU-Competition Law. He legally clerked inter alia in the IP department of a major German law firm as well as one of the oldest commercial law firms in New York City.