AndreasHolzwarth-Rochford

Andreas Holzwarth-Rochford has practiced intellectual property law for nearly 20 years and has prosecuted numerous IP applications (utility patents, utility models, and designs) and pled in numerous litigation hearings in the areas of physics and mechanical and electrical engineering. Andreas has significant technical experience in optics, laser technology, software-implemented inventions, especially artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, wireless data communications, network engineering and (optical) semiconductor technology, medical devices, digital health applications, and filter technology.

In addition to advising on the prosecution and enforcement of patent rights, Andreas supports M&A deals regarding IP due diligence, including freedom to operate (FTO) analysis. He also advises on the economic enhancement of R&D departments, especially regarding efficient patent document surveillance and service invention reporting systems, and supports clients in their efforts to find avoidance solutions for third-party rights. Andreas represents automotive suppliers, leading medical and optical device companies, and aircraft component producers. In addition, he provides counsel to start-up companies on the establishment of patent portfolios and strategies.

Andreas has been elected as a delegate of the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte e.V) since January 2013. He is also a member of the European Practice Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), the GRUR, the VPP, the LES, the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys, the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT), the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), and the Interdisciplinary Center for IP of the University of Mannheim. He is a liaison judge at the local court of his hometown.