Dr Katharina Brandt

Lawyer

Vita

My name is Katharina Brandt. I am a German-qualified attorney with a particular focus on the enforcement and defense of patent rights in national and international proceedings. A key aspect of my practice is representing companies before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in patent disputes.

I advise and represent clients from a wide range of industries in complex infringement and revocation proceedings. One of my areas of expertise lies in the field of medical technology. In addition, I advise companies from all technology sectors on all matters of patent law.

Since my admission to the bar in 2021, I have been part of the highly specialized team at Kather Augenstein. I have been gaining extensive practical experience with the firm since 2016 as a research assistant.

Kather Augenstein offers excellent advice with focus on the client’s specific needs and on possible future legal action.

Legal 500 Deutschland, Ranking 2022

My legal studies and doctorate in patent law at the University of Münster laid the foundation for my specialization and, together with my daily work in national and cross-border patent litigation, form the basis of my legal expertise.

In addition to my work as a litigator, I regularly publish in professional journals and give lectures on current issues in patent law. I am an active member of several professional associations in the field of intellectual property law. In particular, I greatly value the exchange and collaboration fostered by the association women in ip e.V., which promotes the professional development and networking of women in IP.

Representative cases
  • Participation in a legal dispute over medical devices before several local chambers of the UPC and the Central Chamber, inter alia
  • Participation in a series of patent infringement lawsuits for infringement of 12 different standard-essential patents before the UPC Local Chamber in Munich and the national courts – mobile communications / LTE
  • Participation in preliminary injunction proceedings concerning medical devices (LG Düsseldorf, GRUR-RS 2022, 32773 – Catheter conversion).
  • Participation in a series of patent infringement actions for the infringement of 10 standard-essential patents at two court locations – 5G
  • Participation in proceedings for vindication of several national and international patent applications for an inventor of a novel drive technology
  • Participation in patent infringement proceedings concerning a telematics product of a leading automobile insurer
Publications
  • Podcast Interview Women lawyers tell, 10th Episode of ITM Institute of the University of Münster, 23 September 2024
  • The relationship between the NDA and secrecy protection in patent litigation, IPRB 2023, 263-270. (Co-Autor Dr. Benjamin Pesch)
  • Note on Munich Regional Court I: National patent infringement in the case of final procedural steps executed abroad , Ruling 17.05.2023, Doc. 7 O 2693/22, GRUR-Prax 2023, 753.
  • Liability of persons acting in the case of IP right infringements, MarkenR 2022, pp. 2-10 (co-author Miriam Kiefer LL.M.)
  • No discontinuation of compulsory enforcement for licence unwilling parties, OLG Düsseldorf, order of 14.07.2021 – I-2 U 13/21, GRUR Prax 2021, 636 (co-author Dr Christof Augenstein)
  • Solomonic comission? The EU communication on standard essential patents, Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, April 2018, 153-156 (co-author Christopher Weber)
  • The product-by-process claim in the system of German patent law, Peter Lang, Europäische Hochschulschriften Recht, Band 6054, 2018