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Dr. Martin Weber
Partner

Contact

Munich
(T) +49.89.20.60.42.200
(F) +49.89.20.60.42.293

Education

  • German Patent Bar Exam (1997); Internship with the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court (1996-1997); European Qualification Exam (1995); Patent attorney candidate at Uexküll & Stolberg (1992-1995); University of Hamburg, Germany (Dr. rer. nat., 1989-1992); Philipps-University Marburg, Germany; University of Bristol, United Kingdom; University of Hamburg, Germany (Diploma in Chemistry 1989)

Bar Admissions

  • European Patent Office (EPO), German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), German Federal Patent Court (BPatG), German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) in nullity appeal proceedings, German Federal Office for Plant Varieties (BSA), International Bureau of WIPO (IB), and Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM, European Community Trademarks and Designs)

Dr. Martin Weber is a patent lawyer who focuses on life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and chemistry. Martin leads Jones Day's German and European Patent Prosecution Practice.

Martin advises on all aspects of patent prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings, patent invalidation, and infringement. Drawing on his training in chemistry, he has counseled clients in matters involving technologies based in inorganic, organic, and polymer chemistry; pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (such as functional genomics, proteomics, tissue engineering, and gene therapy); biologics (antibodies, growth factors, and peptide drugs); and a variety of therapies (including antiviral and anti-angiogenic therapies). Martin also advises clients with respect to patent term extension (supplementary protection certificates) for medicinal and plant protection products within the European Communities.

Before joining Jones Day, Martin led the biotechnology practice at a German patent law firm.

Martin is a former scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).


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Experience Highlights

Areas of Focus

Honors & Distinctions

  • JUVE 2011/12: frequently recommended for patent prosecution ("strong in trial")

    Chambers Global 2012 and Chambers Europe 2012: recommended as a "leading lawyer"

Languages

English, German
Martin Weber