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Nora Wessendorf is a patent litigator specialising in forensic advice of international and national corporations in patent infringement proceedings. As a member of the Patents Technology & Life Sciences practice area, she advises clients in the fields of automotive and mechanical engineering, telecommunications, electronics, medical technology, digital health applications as well as pharmaceuticals and chemistry.
Since 2021 | Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing |
2019 – 2021 | Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing |
2016 – 2019 | Associate, Taylor Wessing |
2015 – 2016 | Attorney (admitted to the German bar), medium-sized law firm |
2013 – 2015 | Research assistant, Chair of Common Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, WWU Münster |
2011 – 2013 | Legal clerkship, Dusseldorf with posting in New York |
2019 | Admitted to the New York State Bar |
2016 | LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law), George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. |
2016 | Dr. iur., Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster |
2015 | Admitted as a lawyer, Germany |
2013 | Second state examination, Dusseldorf |
2010 | First state examination, Hamm |
The America Invents Act’s impact on patent law harmonization in Germany and the US, June 2016 (dissertation) Know-how protection for technical inventions in the US. GRUR-Int 2013, p. 876 |
GRUR AIPPI New York State Bar Association WIN: Women in Intellectual Property Network |
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Latest news & insights
6 things to watch in pharma and biotech patent litigation in 2023
by Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M. and Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)
Language Regime and Translation Requirements under the UPC
by Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington) and Charlotte Garnitsch
Pharma cases: No proportionality defence without (expedited) request for compulsory license
by Verena Bertram and Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)