Dr. Günther Schneider

Dipl.-Ing., dipl. CEIPI
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
UPC Representative

Primary Practice

All matters in the field of industrial property law, in particular patents, trademarks, designs, due diligence examinations and related consulting.

Guenther is regularly involved in patent litigation proceedings and in the representation of clients in patent opposition and nullity proceedings, in particular for clients from the telecommunications and automotive supplier sectors.

Technical specialisation: Telecommunications, information technology and software, image processing, web applications, cryptography, robotics, automotive, bioinformatics, medical technology, optics, solar technology, and renewable energy.

A further field of expertise is the preparation of patent applications for clients of all sizes, ranging from start-up businesses through small and medium-sized enterprises to DAX-listed corporations. Frequently, Guenther the the patent applications in English for being filed directly both in Europe and in the USA.

Professional Experience

2002
Founding of the firm Bettinger Schneider Schramm, the legal predecessor of today’s law firm 2s-ip Schramm Schneider Bertagnoll in Munich

1999-2002
Patent Attorney with Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler Isenbruck

1996-1998
Patent Attorney Trainee with Bardehle pp., at the German Patent and Trademark Office, and at the Federal Patent Court

1991-1995
Scientific Researcher with French-German Institute for Automation and Robotics (IAR), Branch institute: Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN-CNRS ESA 7039), France

Education

2024
European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC)  and diploma “Patent Litigation in Europe” (CEIPI, Univ. Strasbourg)

2001
Admitted as European Patent Attorney

1999
Admitted as Patent Attorney (Germany)

1995
PhD (Dr.-Ing.) thesis “Numerical Analysis of Monocular Depth Sensing Principles and their Applications in Robotics” (University of Karlsruhe (TH))

1991
Diploma in Electronic Engineering (University of Karlsruhe (TH))

Memberships

• Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V. (GRUR)
  (Association for Industrial Property and Copyright)
• Vereinigung von Fachleuten im gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (VPP)
  (Association of People in Industrial Property)
• Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte e.V.
  (Association of German Patent Attorneys)

Languages

German, English, French