Maiwald GmbH

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.

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

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

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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