Marco Stief

Marco Stief is a partner and head of the legal department at Maiwald. He has extensive experience in international and national patent infringement litigation, in border seizure proceedings and disputes regarding technology agreements. He also regularly advises companies on complex IP transactions and on a wide variety of technology-related contracts.

For several years running, the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine has listed Marco Stief among the top 300 “World’s Leading IP Strategists” as well as among the top 1000 “World’s Leading Patent Professionals”. He is mentioned in the German JUVE-Handbook as being “frequently recommended” by clients who, according to JUVE, in particular praise his pragmatic approach and exceptional  legal expertise. In its October 2015 issue, the journal “WirtschaftsWoche” praised Marco as one of the best patent lawyers in Germany, and Legal500 recommends him as “pragmatic, fast, results-oriented and always meeting the highest professional standards”.

Marco teaches intellectual property law at the University of Dresden as well as patent and international contract law at the University of Marburg. He is the author of numerous expert papers and co-author of the Handbook of Patent Law published in both German and English. He is co-author and editor of the German “Handbook of Pharmaceutical Contracts” and the European handbook “Supplementary Protection Certificates”.

He is an active member of the German Association of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the German Attorney Association (DAV), the German-American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV), Association of IP Experts (VPP) and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).

In the course of his academic career, Marco received scholarships for outstanding academic achievement from Fulbright International, Rotary International, the German Federal Parliament and the German Academic Exchange Service. He completed postgraduate studies in law at the prestigious University of Chicago, US, where he was awarded the academic degree Master of Laws (LL.M.).