Dr Christian Schäflein > Maiwald GmbH > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Maiwald GmbH
ELISENSTRASSE 3,
80335 MÜNCHEN
Germany

Work Department

Christian Schäflein’s international clients rely on his expertise in handling disputes across the full spectrum of IP law worldwide. He manages patent and utility model prosecutions on behalf of clients, conducts opposition and invalidity proceedings and prepares freedom-to-operate opinions in the fields of sensor systems, data processing, aircraft construction, medical devices and imaging. As head of the digitalization and data security group at Maiwald, he is deeply knowledgeable in the areas of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), data security and autonomous driving. His professional competence in looking after the IP interests of internationally operating corporations derives from, among other things, his detailed knowledge of US patent law.

Position

Partner
German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Physicist

Career

since 2008 Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald
since 2006 Patent attorney at Maiwald
2003 – 2006 Patent attorney trainee at Maiwald
2001 Foundation of Attocube Systems AG

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • epi
  • GRUR
  • AIPPI
  • AIPLA
  • VPP

Education

2023 Admitted to practice before the UPC
2006 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney
2006 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney
2003 – 2006 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen
2000 – 2003 Doctoral degree in the field of experimental semiconductor physics at the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1993 – 1999 Studied physics at the University of Regensburg, the University of California, Irvine and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich