Michael Platzöder
Managing Director
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Patent Litigator (UPC)
European Trademark and Design Attorney
German, English, French
Phone +49 (89) 954 5373-20
Email: m.platzoeder@platzoeder.eu
- Michael Platzöder holds a degree in physics and has extensive practical experience both as a long-standing head of IP departments in the IT, telecommunications and semiconductor industries and as a highly experienced patent attorney.
- He joined the patent department of Siemens AG in 1995 and was subsequently responsible for a very extensive global patent portfolio, licenses and cooperations, contract and innovation management, technical competition analyses and standardization at “Infineon Technologies AG” from its foundation in 1999 until 2008, most recently as Senior Director Intellectual Property & Standards. He was also involved in numerous M&A projects worldwide as responsible Head of IP.
- From 2008 to 2012, he worked as a patent attorney at a leading German IP law firm, where he was particularly involved in the expansion and defense of high-tech patent portfolios of well-known world market leaders as well as in quite a few patent litigation proceedings, especially in the fields of mobile communications, computer technology and security technology.
- From 2012 to 2024, he worked at another renowned Munich law and patent law firm, where, as an equity partner of the firm, he founded and built up the “High Tech” department, on the basis of which the “Platzöder Patentanwaltsgesellschaft” was ultimately founded.
Technical
expertise
Michael Platzöder studied physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Due to his varied professional career, he has a broad and deep range of technical, legal and business-related experience, particularly in industries such as:
Electrical engineering/electronics/semiconductors
(e.g., photovoltaics, vehicle electronics, telematics, integrated circuits, semiconductor process technology, system architectures; battery and fuel cell technology)
Information and communication technology
(e.g., mobile communication and other wireless technologies, wired and optical networks)
New digital technologies
(e.g., artificial intelligence (AI), Internet-of-things (IOT), blockchain, quantum computing, image, audio and video processing)
Security technology
(e.g., cryptography, counterfeit protection of objects)
Automation technology and robotics
(e.g., machine and system control, logistics and warehouses, innovative robots)
Medical technology
(e.g., imaging processes, laboratory technology, implants, data management, packaging for pharmaceutical products), special mechanical engineering (e.g., for the production of battery components, security documents or systems for passenger handling at airports, etc.)
Physical systems and processes
from a wide range of physics applications (e.g., optical systems, electronic systems, thermodynamic systems, mechanics and quantum technology)
Consulting practice
Michael Platzöder represents numerous national and international clients from various industries, in particular with regard to patent litigation and patent prosecution.
He also maintains an extensive IP-related consulting practice for technology-driven companies, ranging from IP strategy development to the negotiation and structuring of complex technology transfers, IP in M&A, technology scouting, competitive intelligence, training/seminars and the temporary or long-term provision of an “(external) IP department”. He has been regularly listed as a “Recommended Individual” in the “IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals” ranking since 2016.
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