Thomas Schachl, LL.M. Attorney-at-Law, Certified IP

Thomas Schachl, LL.M.
Attorney-at-Law, Certified IP-Lawyer
Thomas Schachl advises in patent law in all technical fields as well as in
utility model law, employee invention law, design law and technologyrelated competition, copyright and antitrust law having a focus on patent
infringement proceedings. Thomas Schachl is a partner at WRST.
Legal Experience
After studying law in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Thomas Schachl
obtained his Master in International Intellectual Property Law at the
University of Exeter / UK and Dresden / Germany focussing on international
and national aspects of patent and trademark law. For more than 5 years,
Thomas Schachl practiced as an attorney-at-law at a leading German law
firm specialized in patent infringement and patent nullity proceedings.
There he focussed on patent infringement proceedings, employee
invention law, license agreements and damages.
Legal Practice
Languages
German, English
Memberships
German Association for the
Protection of Intellectual Property
(GRUR)
Association of Intellectual Property
Experts (VPP)
International Association for the
Protection of Intellectual Property
(AIPPI)
European Patent Lawyers Association
(EPLAW)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Specialised in conducting trials as well as counselling of clients, especially
in the field of patent law, utility model law, employee invention law and
in technology-related unfair competition matters. The main focus is
conducting patent infringement proceedings before German courts as well
as strategic counselling and coordination of international pending parallel
patent infringement and nullity proceedings. Thomas Schachl advices on
the enforcement of damages claims for infringement of intellectual
property rights. He is further experienced in invention entitlement
matters, negotiation and drafting of license, settlement and
confidentiality agreements as well as border seizures and measures in
relation to trade fair matters.
Selected Publications
Case review: Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) Karlsruhe: Zum
Maßstab der summarischen Prüfung des Vollstreckungsschutzes im
Berufungsverfahren nach §§ 719, 707 ZPO, GRUR-Prax 2015, 23
Case review, District Court (Landgericht) Düsseldorf:
Vorlage zum EuGH zum Zwangslizenzeinwand bei Industriestandards,
GRUR-Prax 2013, 162
Case review, European Court of Justice (EUGH):
Erlass von "Cross-Border"-Verfügung trotz ausschließlicher
Gerichtszuständigkeit, GRUR-Prax 2012, 395
LG München I macht Lizenzanalogie attraktiver, GRUR-Prax 2011, 341
Duty to disclose, Patent World, Issue 189, February 2007, pp. 23-25