Dr Michael Wallinger

Michael Wallinger is one of the founding partners of the Munich-based law firm WALLINGER RICKER SCHLOTTER TOSTMANN. He holds a PhD in engineering and is admitted as a German as well as European patent attorney. 

Dr Wallinger is involved in high profile patent litigation since 1983, including hundreds of patent infringement, patent nullity and patent opposition cases, as well as IP arbitration. A considerable number of these cases were finally decided by the German Federal Supreme Court and are regarded as landmark decisions. These decisions include, inter alia: “Diving Computer” on the patentability of software programs, “Radio Controlled Clock I, II” on international jurisdiction, “Torque Transmission Device” and “Time Telegram”, which are landmark decisions on claim amendments during prosecution, “Chain Wheel Assembly” and “Multi Speed Hub”, setting the legal precedent in regard to the interpretation of patent claims as well as the decision “Orange Book Standard” on the interrelation of patents and standards. In these cases, Dr Wallinger has represented blue chip corporations, in particular in the automotive industry, but also midsize technology-savvy companies. 

WALLINGER RICKER SCHLOTTER TOSTMANN is an internationally active, well-established and consistently top-tier ranking IP law firm located at the heart of “Europe’s IP capital”, Munich, beside both the headquarters of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the German Patent and Trademark Office, as well as close to the Federal Patent Court and present and future (UPC) Munich IP litigation courts. The firm’s European and German patent attorneys and attorneys at law represent clients from all over the world and across a full spectrum of industries. WALLINGER RICKER SCHLOTTER TOSTMANN engages in all matters of intellectual property, including: prosecution, enforcement, defence and licensing of patents, trademarks and design rights; IP-related transactions; FTO analysis; IP in M&A, including due diligence and agreements; alternative dispute resolution.