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Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)
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.
She also advises clients on product launches and transactional matters, in particular licensing agreements, R&D agreements and in the context of corporate transactions. As a member of the New York State Bar Association, Nora Wessendorf is also familiar with the concerns of US-based clients involved in German litigation.
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Career
| 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 |
Education
| 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 |
Publications
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 |
Memberships & Associations
| GRUR AIPPI New York State Bar Association WIN: Women in Intellectual Property Network |
Additional languages
| English |
| French |
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Patenting AI-generated inventions – is patent law acting the luddite?
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The first 100 days of the UPC from a life sciences perspective – a very good message
20 September 2023
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by Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M. and Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)
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SPC granting conditions under the recast SPC Regulation
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How to prove your case before the Unified Patent Court
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