Weber, Dr. Martin

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

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 Uexküll & Stolberg from 2003 to 2007.

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

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Litigation
• IP in Europe
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Energy Renewables and Sustainable Development
• Biotechnology
• Chemicals
• Life Sciences
• Medical Devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Trademarks, Unfair Competition & Copyrights

Representative Cases

• BioSphere develops patent portfolio for Quadrasphere® / Hepasphere® , (2009)
• Celgene establishes global patent portfolio for small molecule pharmaceuticals , (2009)
• Fives establishes global patent portfolio for combustion technology , (2009)
• Global diagnostics manufacturer challenges patent for a test kit for detecting tissue transglutaminase , (2010)
• Global diagnostics manufacturer challenges patent for test kit for detecting paraneoplastic syndrome
• Global diagnostics manufacturer defends against patent infringement charges over test kit for detecting paraneoplastic syndrome , (2010)
• Global diagnostics manufacturer defends market position in patent infringement dispute over test kit for tissue transglutaminase , (2010)
• Halliburton prosecutes patents relating to oilfield technologies
• Inventor-founded charitable trust asserts its patent rights and seeks royalties over diagnostic and therapeutic agent for treatment of autoimmune hepatitis
• Leading German pharmaceuticals manufacturer defends against claims of trademark infringement before the District Court of Munich
• Medical device manufacturer obtains strategic advice for multi-jurisdiction infringement litigation , (2010)
• MedImmune defends licensed patent in European opposition
• MedImmune expands global patent portfolio, including influenza vaccines , (2009)
• Sachtleben Chemie prevails in first round of opposition proceedings against LWB Refractories over patent relating to refractory moulds and compounds , (2009)
• Solyndra develops global patent portfolio for solar cell technology , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Education

• Philipps-Universitat Marburg
• U Hamburg - Germany

Published Works

• European Court of Justice Restricts Scope of Biotech Patents in Europe: Monsanto Loses Dispute on Soy Meal, 2010
• EU - Patent Term Extensions: Zeroing in on Zero-Term SPCs, reprinted in Euro Watch, 2010
• EU Patent Term Extensions: Zeroing in on Zero-Term SPCs, 2010
• Enlarged Board of Appeal: The EPO's Case Law on Computer-Implemented Inventions Is Consistent, 2010
• G1/07: EPO Enlarged Board Rules on Methods of Surgery, 2010
• Information Disclosure Requirements in Relation to European Patent Applications, 2010
• European Patent Organization - New Legal Developments, 2009
• Das neue Gendiagnostikgesetz, GoingPublic "Biotechnologie 2008", 2008
• The Utility Model Revisited, Managing Intellectual Property, 2003
• Provisional Protection for Methods of Treatment, Managing Intellectual Property, 2001
• Chemical Compounds and equivalents, Managing Intellectual Property, 2000
• Supplementary Protection Certificates (2), Managing Intellectual Property, 2000
• Supplementary Protection Certificates, Managing Intellectual Property, 1999

Address

Prinzregentenstr. 11
80538 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.89.20.60.42.200 (Business Phone)

Faxes

49.89.20.60.42.293 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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