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Mr
Bernhard
Ganahl

Partner & Patent Attorney

Munich Office Salzburg Office

Electronics

Telephone. +49(0) 891 259 9600
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Experience

Bernhard's main focus lies in the drafting and handling of patents in the areas of electric engineering, software inventions as well as devices for biotechnology and optics. Furthermore he possesses great experience in opposition cases and IP litigation cases as well as trade mark protection.

Bernhard studied Applied Physics at the Technical University of Munich. He has been in the IP business since 1990. He was accredited as a German Patent Attorney in 1994 and in the same year also qualified as a European Patent Attorney.

He has made his name as a specialist legal author with, amongst others, with the article “Patent situation in the field of DNA chip technology in Europe” (which appeared in no. 12/2000 of medgen, the journal of the German Association for Human Genetics) and the articles “Is the core theory once again topical?” (which appeared in the Transactions of German Patent Attorneys in December 2003) and "G 1/19: Did this decision surprise us?" (which appeared in the Transactions of German Patent Attorneys in December 2019), both dealing with German case law in respect of software inventions. The first article was cited by the Enlarged Board of Appeal in the fundamental decision (G 03/08) relating to computer implemented inventions. He regularly gives lectures on different topics in IP law.

Bernhard is a member of the Licensing Executive Society (LES), GRUR and the European Patent Experts Exchange (EuPEX).

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Patent Attorney

Europe
Germany

Trade Mark Attorney

Austria
Europe
Germany

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Dipl. Phys.

Publications

Can intellectual property and foreign investment save struggling European eVTOL companies?

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IAM Patent 1000 2024

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Managing Intellectual Property firm rankings - IP Stars 2024

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HGF ranked in The Legal 500 Germany 2024

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Leader's League Rankings 2023

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IP Stars 2023

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HGF is ranked in The Legal 500 Germany 2023 rankings

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IAM Global Patent Prosecution 2023

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G 1/19: Did this decision surprise us?

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IAM Patent 1000 2022

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From March 1 Patronus IP have merged with HGF

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G1/19: EPO oral proceedings

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G1/19: Did this decision surprise us?

Conferences: 2025

18th March 2025

Salzburg Seminar: Pitfalls in trade mark practice - What can be protected as a trade mark?

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5th February 2025

Defense and attack of patents at the DPMA, ÖPA, EPO and UPC

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Conferences: 2024

5th - 6th March 2024

Tech Patent Licensing Summit 2024

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8th, 22nd February 2024

Dresden & Salzburg Seminar: Basics of trade mark protection - National and European perspectives

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8th, 22nd February 2024

Dresden & Salzburg Seminar: Invention and patent searches in public databases

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8th, 22nd February 2024

Dresden & Salzburg Seminar: Patent applications and grants in Europe

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Conferences: 2023

21st, 28th November 2023

Dresden & Salzburg Seminar: Licensing and Technology Transfer

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16th November 2023

Webinar in cooperation with the BVIZ: Licensing and Technology Transfer

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5th, 7th, 21st September 2023

Second Seminar in Salzburg, Dresden and Hamburg

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25th May 2023

New seminar series in Salzburg, Dresden and Hamburg

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Conferences: 2022

10th November 2022

Webinar: basics and news about Unified Patent Court

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31-10-2022

IPBC Asia

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15-10-2022

APAA 2022

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10th May 2022

HGF UPC events in Germany and Austria 2022

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Conferences: 2021

29-10-2021

APAA 2021

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Conferences: 2020

15th July 2020

G1 19 hearing at the EPO

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