Primary Practice

Wolfgang Bublak's legal practice centres on patent and utility model prosecution and litigation including opposition proceedings and national patent revocation actions, patent infringement litigation and licensing. His technical expertise encompasses organic and inorganic chemistry as well as biochemistry.

He is particularly experienced in the fields of petrochemicals and polymer chemistry, and pigments and paints; industrial applications of inorganic chemistry include ceramics and insulation materials, chemical engineering, photographic materials and processing and printing technology. Pharmaceutical patents feature prominently in his practice as a patent attorney.

Wolfgang Bublak has repeatedly and successfully represented major European and international corporations  in patent opposition and invalidation proceedings before the European Patent Office and the Federal Patent Court. Working closely with the firm’s attorneys-at-law, he also represents major clients as lead patent attorney in complex patent infringement litigation in Germany, often in cases that involve multinational litigation in other European countries. Recent cases of particular significance include patents for bakery additives, representation of a leading producer of enzymes and of a major global manufacturer of detergents.

He regularly contributes articles to specialist journals concerning his practice, see publications.

Wolfgang Bublak is individually recommended in Best Lawyers 2010, in Legal 500 EMEA 2010, and in JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2009/2010. 

1985-1987	Assistant at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Munich
1986-1987	Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1986-1988	Scholarship of the Association of the German Chemical Industry
1987-1988	Research Scientist at E.I. Du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1989-1991	Trainee at the patent law firm Vossius & Partner, Munich
1993-2002	Partner at Vossius & Partner
Since 2003	Partner at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich

1979–1984	Studied Chemistry at Munich Technical University
1985	Awarded ”Dipl.-Chem.” degree (Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry)
1987	Awarded “Dr. rer. nat.” (PhD) degree in Chemistry, Munich Technical University
1991–1992	Trainee at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court and Munich District Court
1992	Admitted to the German Bar of Patent Attorneys
1992	Admitted as European Patent Attorney

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