Prosecution and litigation of patents are the main areas of Christof Karl's legal practice. He has worked for a number of clients in the fields of computer software and hardware as well as telecom-munications. Further activities include advice in Computer Law, Internet Law and Copyright Law issues.

Christof Karl successfully defended a large network producer against alleged patent infringement before the District Court Mannheim and also conducted successful nullity proceedings against the patents-in-suit before the German Federal Patent Court. In another case he advised a start-up company in the area of internet services regarding a contract for the development of software and questions on telecommunication and data protection law.

Being educated as a German attorney-at-law, a US attorney-at-law, computer scientist and German patent attorney, Christof Karl is qualified to handle both the legal and technical aspects of patent litigation. His technical knowledge is particularly valuable in the context of patent infringement proceedings, patent applications and nullity proceedings.

 

1994–2002	Software developer with various companies, including iXOS Software AG, jambit GmbH, Siemens Business Services
2000–2002	Trainee at law firms in Paris, Madrid and San José, Costa Rica
2003	Attorney-at-law in the Munich office of Baker & McKenzie
2003–2007	Attorney-at-law and trainee patent attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich
2007–2008	Patent assessor
2009	German patent attorney
Since 2010	Partner at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler in Munich

1993–1999	Studied Computer Science at Munich Technical University, graduating with a “Dipl.-Inform.” degree
1996–1997	Diploma course in Computer Science at Cambridge University, UK
1996–2000	Studied Law at the University of Munich
2000	First State Examination (degree-level qualification)
2003	Second State Examination (bar admission exam), admitted as German attorney-at-law
2002–2008	Doctoral thesis at the University of Munich (subject: scope of copyright protection for software)
2007–2008	LL.M. studies in Intellectual Property Law at George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC
2009	Admitted as attorney-at-law to the New York Bar
	Admitted to the German Bar of Patent Attorneys
2009	Awarded “Dr. iur.” (PhD) degree in Law, University of Munich

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