Karin Berger

Karin Berger is a partner at RGTH and a German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney, and representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). With more than 15 years of experience in intellectual property law and practice, Karin focuses on complex patent, trademark, and design matters, advising clients on the creation, protection, enforcement and commercialization of intellectual property rights. Her practice includes patent prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office, nullity actions before the German Federal Patent Court and the German Federal Court of Justice, as well as patent litigation and UPC-related proceedings. Karin has extensive experience across a broad range of technical disciplines, including optics and laser technology, medical devices and medical technology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, renewable energy systems, software-related inventions, digital therapeutics, and pharmaceuticals. She also advises on trademark strategy and portfolio management, trademark opposition proceedings, design protection, licensing agreements, and employee invention law. Before entering the intellectual property profession in 2011, Karin worked at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and in industrial research and development in the field of femtosecond and excimer laser technology for refractive surgery. Karin holds a Diploma in Physics from Heidelberg University and a Master of Science in Medical Physics from the University of Mannheim and the National University of Singapore. She qualified as a German Patent Attorney in 2013 and as a European Patent Attorney in 2014. In addition to her legal practice, Karin has served as a lecturer in patent law at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, teaching patent law during the winter semesters of 2023 and 2024. During her legal training, Karin completed an internship at the Regional Court of Hamburg, where she attended numerous court hearings and gained insight into important civil litigation proceedings. Karin has experience in assisting clients in the amicable resolution of intellectual property disputes, including settlement negotiations and mediation-related matters. Her practice combines contentious and non-contentious aspects of intellectual property law.