Dr Friedrich Emmerling > BRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

BRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING
Ottostraße 4
D-80333 Munich
Germany

Work Department

Patent Litigation

Position

Equity Partner, Patent Attorney

Career

Practice Areas

Friedrich Emmerling has extensive experience in conducting patent litigation and prosecution, enforcing patents and utility models, offering strategic advice on patent portfolios and representing clients in numerous nullity proceedings and oppositions before the German patent courts and EPO. He also cooperates with law firms in parallel infringement proceedings before the German Regional/Higher Regional Courts.

Many of these patent disputes are based on SEPs and concern complex technical questions in the mobile communications, video and photovoltaic technology fields. He possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of laser physics, LED technology, mobile communications, semiconductor technology, software, telecoms and video/audio encoding.

Career

Friedrich Emmerling is a patent attorney and equity partner at BDPE in Munich, a genuine service boutique specialising in patent litigation and prosecution and is frequently recommended by numerous publications and organisations.

He garners a truly remarkable amount of praise for his infringement and nullity proceedings in the electronics and telecom fields and works for domestic and international clients and has an international network of contacts with other law firms and patent attorneys. Before his work as a patent attorney, Dr Emmerling served as a senior executive in industry in the software development and application engineering fields. He studied physics and earned his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich.

Languages

German, English

Memberships

  • epi – European Patent Institute
  • FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
  • German Chamber of Patent Attorneys
  • GRUR – German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright
  • IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Education

Technical University of Munich

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Intellectual property > Patent litigation: patent lawyers

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Friedrich EmmerlingBRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING

With a clear focus on contentious proceedings, BRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING continues to be considered one of the top addresses for patent litigation. The practice also scores points with its thematic focal areas, such as standard-essential patents in connection with mobile communications, power electronics and connected cars, and further complements this with expertise in related trade mark and competition law issues. Such advice is sought by a client base consisting largely of global corporations and offered from both its Düsseldorf and Munich locations. Karl-Ulrich Braun-Dullaeus regularly advises companies in the telecommunications sector and jointly heads the practice with Friedrich Emmerling; both have many years of experience in patent disputes, including opposition and nullity proceedings.

Germany > Intellectual property > Patent prosecution

In addition to its strong dispute resolution practice, BRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING is also active on prosecution level, where it assists with applications and represents clients in nullity and infringement proceedings before authorities such as the DPMA and EPO. Karl-Ulrich Braun-Dullaeus, who has longstanding experience particularly in the telecommunications sector, jointly heads the practice with Friedrich Emmerling, whose technical focus includes semiconductor technology, mobile communications and software. Further support comes from Dirk Müssig, who is experienced in patent grant procedures and opposition proceedings.