Maiwald GmbH

Regina Neuefeind advises and represents clients in securing, defending, enforcing and challenging intellectual property rights in Germany, Europe and around the world. Her main professional activities relate to the preparation of freedom-to-operate and validity opinions and due diligence analyses. She also represents clients in complex opposition, nullity and infringement proceedings in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, with special focus on protein-based drugs and biosimilars as well as plant biotechnology.

Partner German Patent Attorney European Patent Attorney Representative before the UPC Biologist LL.M. "European Intellectual Property Law“

since 2001 Partner, shareholder and managing director at Maiwald since 1999 Patent attorney at Maiwald 1996 - 1999 Patent attorney trainee at Maiwald

German, English

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2023 Admitted to practice before the UPC 2004 - 2006 Master’s degree in „European Intellectual Property Law“ (LL.M.) from the University of Hagen with a focus on "European and International Civil Procedure Law" and "Patent Infringement and Nullity in England and France" 2001 Admitted to practice as European patent attorney 1999 Admitted to practice as German patent attorney 1996 - 1998 Studied law for patent attorneys at the University of Hagen 1995 Postdoc research work at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research 1992 - 1994 Doctoral degree in biology from the University of Hohenheim (doctoral research at the Institute for Biotechnology of Bayer AG, Crop Science) 1991 Diploma thesis at the Institute for Genetics of the University of Cologne 1986 - 1990 Studied biology, biochemistry and pharmacology at the University of Cologne and the University of Sussex