Dr. Tobias Mandler (Toby)

European Counsel

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Dr. Tobias Mandler's practice focuses on patent litigation and intellectual property law. He has advised on patent ligation, prosecution, opposition, invalidity, preliminary injunction, and enforcement matters in a wide range of technology fields, including aircraft cabin electronics, amino acid producing bacteria, glass inspection systems, industrial electrolysis, optical devices, orthodontic devices, photoablative lasers, spark plugs, tap systems, semiconductors, music streaming, distributed antenna systems, automotive headlights, agricultural machinery, and various children's products.

He also has experience in negotiating global licensing agreements, FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing, cross-border discovery, saisie-contrefaçon, requests for judicial assistance under the Hague Convention, and dawn raids as well as enforcement proceedings in support of pending patent litigation and other types of technology-related disputes, including trade secret misappropriation, software products for the oil and refining industry, and corporate procurement software. Toby also has extensive experience in audit, tort, and warranty litigation, including in the aviation, feed, and automotive industries.

Prior to joining the Firm, Toby worked for several years as a student and academic assistant at the Institute for Commercial Law, Labor, Social, and Intellectual Property Law and the Research Department for University Law and University Labor Law at the University of Freiburg. During this time, he also served as in-house counsel to one of Germany's largest university clinics for five years before joining Jones Day in 2017.