Matthias MEYER is a partner in the Dusseldorf office of Bird & Bird LLP. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and focuses on litigation and counseling in the area of patent law in all technical areas, in particular medical devices, energy and mobile communications. Matthias handles patent cases in the German Courts and in the EPO and also represents clients in arbitration proceedings. Matthias Meyer gives strategic advice on patent litigation proceedings, inter alia if pending in various jurisdictions in parallel, and is regularly involved in complex licensing agreements, in IP-related aspects of the acquisition of businesses and in the drafting of R&D agreements. Matthias Meyer is the Head of Bird & Bird Germany’s China Desk and regularly represents Chinese clients in IP matters when entering the German and European market. Matthias holds a Ph.D. in Intellectual Property Law from Potsdam University (2002). Matthias is a member of several major IP associations and regularly lectures and publishes in Germany and internationally on patent law. Further, he teaches law regarding R&D agreements at "LL.M. Intellectual Studies in Intellectual Property Law" of the Technical University Dresden. Matthias is the author of several IP-related legal publications. |