Bernhard Thum

Bernhard Thum has been practicing as a German Patent Attorney and a European Patent and Trademark Attorney since more than two decades. He has a technical background in the field of mechanical engineering, applied software engineering, medical devices, automotive technology and robotics. He advises clients in these and neighboring technical fields. He gained extensive experience as a patent attorney in plural law firms and for a couple of years as an in-house patent and licensing manager of a global player before he joined WUESTHOFF & WUESTHOFF. He also contributed to the coordination of world-wide standardisation activities with respect to IP questions. He is active in patent prosecution before national and international patent offices, represents clients in plural opposition and opposition appeal proceedings before the GPTO as well as the EPO, was the lead counsel in nullity cases before the Federal Patent Court and Federal Court of Justice and was involved in plural patent litigations in the major venues in Germany as well as in Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, France, the US and in Asia.

Bernhard holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree on European intellectual property law and attended mediation training at the PON of Harvard Law School. He received his engineering degree (Dipl-Ing.) at the University of Stuttgart in 1996. He speaks German and English. He is a member of the following professional associations: FICPI, LES Germany, LES international, GRUR. Bernhard is regularly listed in several rankings like Who’sWhoLegal, IAM, JUVE and IPStars.

WUESTHOFF & WUESTHOFF is one of the leading German intellectual property law firms active in patent prosecution and patent litigation as well as in trademark and design law. Founded in 1927 by Dr Freda Wuesthoff, the first female German patent attorney, and her husband Dr Franz Wuesthoff, the firm's headquarters are in the center of Munich right opposite to the main building of the European Patent Office as well as the German Patent and Trademark Office.