Ulrike Holz

Ulrike Holz is Head of IP Operations Germany at Airbus Operations GmbH and a Technically Qualified Judge specialising in Physics at the Unified Patent Court. She serves on the PMAC List of Neutrals as an Expert and Member of the Arbitral Tribunal. She is a German and European patent attorney with more than 20 years of experience in complex patent matters, including infringement, validity, licensing, patent portfolio strategy and pre-litigation disputes. Her professional experience combines private practice, industry and judicial decision-making. In her current role at Airbus, Ms Holz heads the German patent department. She is responsible for the management and strategic development of a large patent portfolio and advises on IP matters in a multinational industrial environment. For seven years, she also oversaw Airbus’s global trademark team. Before joining Airbus, Ms Holz was Head of IP at Senvion GmbH. In that role, she managed patent and IP analytics teams, provided IP advice in M&A transactions and developed opposition, invalidity and litigation strategies in the fields of wind energy, electrical engineering, power systems and mechanical engineering. Earlier in her career, Ms Holz worked as a patent attorney in private practice in Germany and the United Kingdom. She handled European and national patent prosecution, infringement and nullity proceedings, oppositions, licensing-related matters and standard-essential patent issues. She also gained professional experience in the United States. Since 2023, Ms Holz has served as a Technically Qualified Judge of the UPC and has participated in panels across the UPC Member States. Her technical areas of expertise include physics, electricity, information and communication technology, mechanical engineering, energy and renewable energy technologies, as well as medical technology and medical devices. Ms Holz holds a Diplom in Physics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and is fluent in German and English.