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Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M.
Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M.

Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M.

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Anja heads our Life Sciences & Healthcare group in Germany. She is a specialist lawyer for intellectual property law, admitted as representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and has specialized in patent law for 20 years. Anja manages and coordinates complex, multinational patent infringement proceedings and drafts infringement and nullity opinions. Further, she negotiates license as well as research and development negotiations.

 

She advises on parallel opposition and nullity proceedings before the European Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. In particular, Anja represents clients from the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotech, personalised medicine and precision medicine as well as from the chemical and medical device industries and advises on related issues of digitisation. Having spent time in Geneva, Strasbourg, Tokyo and London, Anja has intercultural competence and language skills (including English, French and Japanese).

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Patents & innovation
Advising on life sciences regulation
French German group
Japan group

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Chemicals
Technology, media & communications
Biotech
Digital health
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals

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CV

2019 Mentorin women, IP e.V.
Since 2011 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
Since 2011 Lecturer, Munich Business School
2011 – 2014 Lecturer, Technische Universität Dresden
Since 2011 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2011 Lawyer, Düsseldorf patent litigation firm
2009 Specialist lawyer for Industrial Property Law
2006 Doctoral degree, summa cum laude, Ph.D. thesis on the "Legal consequences of patent invalidity. Analysis of German, French and U.S. American Law”, which was awarded the Faculty of Law Doctoral Prize at the Technical University of Dresden in 2007, Technical University Dresden
2006 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2005 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2003 – 2005 Legal trainee solicitor, large international and large national law firm, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Tokyo
2001 – 2003 Doctoral scholarship for doctorate studies, Technical University Dresden
2000 – 2001 LL.M., International Studies in Intellectual Property Law, Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) Strasbourg and the Technical University Dresden
2000 First state examination, Heidelberg
1995 – 2000 Legal studies, Technical University Dresden, University of Geneva and University of Heidelberg

Career

2019 Mentorin women, IP e.V.
Since 2011 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
Since 2011 Lecturer, Munich Business School
2011 – 2014 Lecturer, Technische Universität Dresden
Since 2011 Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2011 Lawyer, Düsseldorf patent litigation firm

Education

2009 Specialist lawyer for Industrial Property Law
2006 Doctoral degree, summa cum laude, Ph.D. thesis on the "Legal consequences of patent invalidity. Analysis of German, French and U.S. American Law”, which was awarded the Faculty of Law Doctoral Prize at the Technical University of Dresden in 2007, Technical University Dresden
2006 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
2005 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2003 – 2005 Legal trainee solicitor, large international and large national law firm, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Tokyo
2001 – 2003 Doctoral scholarship for doctorate studies, Technical University Dresden
2000 – 2001 LL.M., International Studies in Intellectual Property Law, Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) Strasbourg and the Technical University Dresden
2000 First state examination, Heidelberg
1995 – 2000 Legal studies, Technical University Dresden, University of Geneva and University of Heidelberg

Publications

Einschränkungen der Patentinhaber im Bereich versorgungsrelevanter Produkte:
Zwangslizenzen, Enteignung und Entschädigungsansprüche
, in: PharmR, mit Jan Phillip Rektorschek, 4/12/2021

Im Gespräch über Patentschutz für Corona-Impfstoff mit SWR2, 02/2021

Prozesskommentar Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, in: 2. Auflage C.H. Beck, 2018, §§ 704 - 857 ZPO

Rechtsfolgen des Fortfalls des Patents, in: Nomos, 2007

Kommentar Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, in: 3. Auflage Heymanns 2018, §§ 16, S. 20 - 23, S. 70 - 87 PatG

Patent Transactions in the Life Sciences - A Global Guide to Agreements in the Sector, in: 1. Auflage Globe Law and Business, 2014

Handbuch des Fachanwalts Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, in: 3. Auflage Heymanns, 2018

Mind the injunction gap - focus on unified patent court, in: Intellectual Property Magazine, 04/2014

A doctrine of equivalents in the UPC?, in: The Patent Lawyer, 2013

Second medical use or indication claims, in: GRUR Int 2014, p. 906

Relief in IP Proceedings other than injunction and damages, in: GRUR Int, 2013, p. 773

Überprotektion durch Geistiges Eigentum?, in: Nomos, 2009

Memberships & Associations

German Association of Industrial Property Law and Copyright Law (GRUR)

Association of Experts of Industrial Property Law (VPP)

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

German Japanese Lawyer’s Association (DJJV)

German Japanese Society (DJG)

European Women’s Management Development International Network (EWMD)

Women in IP e.V.

Additional languages

English French Japanese

Awards

Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2025

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Patent Star

IAM Patent 1000 Germany 2025

Recommended Individuals (Bronze): infringement

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for Healthcare and life sciences

Legal 500 2025

Recommended lawyer for patent litigation

“truly good”, competitor

Frequently recommended lawyer for patent litigation/ Lawyers

Law firm of the year for IP Law

Recommended Lawyer: Germany - IP - Patents

Patent Star 2024

Bronze - Individuals: infringement: "Dietrich Kamlah, Christian Lederer, Gisbert Hohagen and Anja Lunze have each played a key role in the smooth running of this case. Kamlah and Lederer are both talented leaders who can get large trial teams pulling in the same direction to try and achieve the best possible outcome for their following. They are expert problem solvers who craft arguments that will land with the judge. Hohagen comes in for praise for his “excellent legal skill, timeliness and straight-to-the-point counselling, which is always strategic and aligned with his clients’ best interests”. While Lunze takes a bird’s-eye view of issues to dispense holistic advice that also focuses on her patrons’ main concerns. "

Leading individual: Patent Attorney

Recommended lawyer for patent litigation (solicitors)

Recommended lawyer: Healthcare and life sciences

Patent star – Germany

Leading individual: ´Anja Lunze has extensive experience representing Japanese clients in German patent litigation. She drafts briefs with great care, and her deep knowledge of the relevant laws and legal theories adds great value. She is particularly strong in the pharmaceutical field, including chemicals and medical devices. She is always calm and sees things from a very objective point of view. This allows her and her teams to take a well-balanced approach. An additional advantage she has is her deep understanding of the Japanese culture, drawn from her time spent living in the country.´

Leading individual: Patent Attorney

National Leader - Germany - Patents

Recommended lawyer: Healthcare

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Global Leader - IP - Patents

Anja's news & insights

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Life sciences & healthcare

The UPC going beyond its borders: how your company can profit from the latest case law

17 June 2025

by Dr. Anja Lunze, LL.M. and Verena Bertram

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Episode 7 - Obtaining documentary evidence in the UPC - a look at Rule 190 of the Rules of Procedure

In this episode Paul England is joined by Lydia Birch, Anja Lunze and Michael Washbrook

15 April 2025

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The UPC: a new rocket docket for life sciences patent litigation

6 March 2025

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