• Law is the rule, by which the existence of all things can be determined.

    Immanuel Kant, German philosopher

  • Those who don’t invent, disappear. Those who don’t patent, lose.

    Erich Otto Häusser, former President of the German Patent Office

  • Laws are incomplete, rights are complete.

    Joseph Unger, Austrian jurist

Kilian Kilian & Partner represents national and international clients in the areas of intellectual property and industrial property protection.

As a renowned patent law firm specializing in intellectual property rights with 30 years of experience and international expertise, we have gained our reputation not least because of family values such as integrity and loyalty as well as the most modern structures. The fusion of these components is symbolic for our long success story.

Legal areas

Industrial property protection includes a multiplicity of complex topics, and their legal handling has significant impact on the success and failure of a company. Thanks to our internationally experienced attorneys, Kilian Kilian & Partner provides the ideal legal counsel for every challenge.

In which legal field do you require our expertise?

Legal Areas

Preparation of patent and utility model applications

Grant procedures before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trademark Office

Appeals and nullity proceedings / validity opinions

Infringement actions and opinions / freedom-to-operate analyses

Preparation of trademark applications

Application and opposition proceedings

Cancellation proceedings before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the German Patent and Trademark Office and the ordinary courts

Infringement proceedings and preliminary injunctions

Preparation of design applications

Handling of national and international application procedures

Infringement proceedings before the ordinary courts

Warning letters

Proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office and courts

Assisting companies with setting up an administration system for employees’ inventions

Enforcing claims e.g. against competitors

Advice and review of advertising measures and advertising statements

Protection against false warnings

Analysis of comparative advertising

Handling of domain disputes

Verification of trademark and name rights

Conducting dispute and arbitration proceedings

Border seizure proceedings

Requests for action of the customs authorities

Process of destroying infringing products

Technik

Electrical engineering and information technology

Mechanical engineering

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Drive and safety technology

Automation systems

Control and switching components

Inductive Sensors

Optical sensors

Displacement sensors

Object recognition / inspection of objects

Gesture and facial recognition

3D/2D image processing

Micro sensors

MEMS

Semiconductor image sensors

Medical measurement

CT, PET, SPECT

X-ray equipment

Wearables, inhalers, endoscopes

Glass fibre technology

Display lighting

Scanners

Fibre optics

Offset printing

3D printing

Halftone printing

Electrode printing

Mass spectroscopy

Chromatography

Electric motors and internal combustion engines

Brake technology

Fibre composite materials

Control technology for electric and servo motors

e-bikes

Bridge building

Pneumatic conveyor systems

Bulk material handling

Services

Prior art searches

Searches on the behaviour of competitors in respect of court actions

Freedom to operate searches

Patent monitoring, in relation to fields of technology or competitors

Trademark monitoring in relation to goods/services or competitors

Design monitoring in relation to products or competitors

Worldwide procedure handling

Flexible procedures tailored to client requirements

» A thing is not just because it is law.
But it must be law because it is just. «

Baron de Montesquieu, French author

Attorneys

Patent attorney, Representative before the UPC
Managing Partner

Marco Müller-Gürtner
Patent attorney, Representative before the UPC
Managing Partner

Christoph Kilian
Patent attorney

Dr. Marion Scharping
Patent Attorney

Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Fischer (of counsel)
Patent Attorney

Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Dieter H. Konnerth
Patent attorney, Representative before the UPC
Managing Partner

Marco Müller-Gürtner

Marco Müller-Gürtner has been working in the field of IP law since 2003. He is a German patent attorney, a European Patent Attorney, and a European trademark and design attorney. In addition, he was awarded the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in “European Intellectual Property Law” by the FernUniversität in Hagen, law faculty.

Legal areas

His main areas of practice include national and international intellectual property law, in particular obtaining, enforcing and defending patents and utility models as well as challenging them; the protection of trademarks and designs; and issues relating to employee invention law.

Technical areas

Mechanical engineering, plant engineering, automotive engineering, medical devices, aerospace engineering, lab technology and mechatronics.

Languages

German, English and French

Patent attorney, Representative before the UPC
Managing Partner

Christoph Kilian

Christoph Kilian has been working in the field of intellectual property law since 2005. He is a German patent attorney, a European patent attorney and, a European trademark and design attorney. He was awarded the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in “European Intellectual Property Law” by the FernUniversität in Hagen, law faculty.

Legal areas

In addition to ex-parte proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark office, the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), he conducts and is involved in inter-parte proceedings in the fields of patent and utility model law, trademark and design law. He also advises companies on employees’ inventions, in particular, in installing and implementing into practice of in-house administration systems.

Technical areas

Electrical engineering, microelectronics, sensor technology, automation engineering, mechanical engineering and plant engineering and construction.

Languages

German and English

Patent attorney

Dr. Marion Scharping

Dr. Marion Scharping is a German patent attorney, a European patent attorney, and a European trademark and design attorney. She has been working in the field of intellectual property law since 1996.

Legal areas

Her legal expertises lie in patent, trademark and design law, in particular in the prosecution of applications at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the European patent office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Technical areas

Chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, gene technology and biotechnology.

Languages

German and English

Patent Attorney

Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Fischer (of counsel)

Matthias Fischer war seit 1995 bis Ende 2023 auf dem Gebiet des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes selbständig tätig. Er war deutscher Patentanwalt, European Patent Attorney und European Trademark and Design Attorney. Er hat sein Studium an der TUM als Diplomingenieur für Maschinenbau abgeschlossen.

Frühere juristische Bereiche

Neben einseitigen Anmeldeverfahren vor dem Deutschen Patent- und Markenamt DPMA, dem Europäischen Patentamt EPA und dem Amt der Europäischen Union für geistiges Eigentum EUIPO sowie dem internationalen Büro WIPO führte Matthias Fischer zweiseitige, streitige Verfahren im Bereich des Patent- und Gebrauchsmusterrechts, dem Marken- und Designrecht. Er begleitete Industrieunternehmen im Arbeitnehmererfinderrecht.

Frühere technische Bereiche

Textiltechnik, Abwassertechnik, Alarmanlagen, Automatisierungstechnik, Maschinen- und Anlagenbau.

Sprachen

Deutsch und Englisch

Patent Attorney

Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Dieter H. Konnerth

Dieter Konnerth has been working as a patent attorney in the field of intellectual property since 1993. He is a German Patent Attorney, a European Patent Attorney and a European Trademark and Design Attorney. He completed his studies in mechanical engineering and his postgraduate studies in economics at the Technical University of Munich.

Legal areas

His practice focuses on national and international intellectual property law, in particular obtaining, enforcing, defending and challenging patents, utility models and trademarks before national and international authorities.

Technical areas

Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, composites, civil engineering

Languages

German, English, French

Career

We at Kilian Kilian & Partner always strive for the best. Our clients are accustomed to excellent services in the field of industrial property protection, and our employees can count on excellent conditions: From attractive international clients to interesting cases to first-class conditions such as a state-of-the-art working environment in the heart of Munich, attractive remuneration, family structures, and excellent career and development opportunities.

Does that sound good to you? Then we look forward to hearing from you.

Lawyer (m/f/d) for IP and administration

Economic area:

Intellectual property (patents/trademarks/designs) and administration

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Contact

Kilian · Kilian & Partner mbB

Patentanwälte, European Patent, Trademark and Design Attorneys

Zielstattstraße 23a
81379 Munich
Germany

Tel +49 (0)89 780 72 99 – 0
Fax +49 (0)89 780 72 99 – 12
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