Dr. Thomas Pattloch, LL.M.Eur

Pattloch heads the IP section of the China group and is an accomplished adviser on disputes in the region as well as licensing, technology and data transfer questions.

Leading Individual – Silver

Key lawyer for Trade Marks

Leading individual: Fluent Mandarin speaker Thomas Pattloch is head of the IP department of the China group at Taylor Wessing. His practice is primarily aimed at supporting European and American clientele with IP issues in China. He is particularly accomplished in overseeing complex, IP-rich transactions, from licensing and tech transfer agreements to R&D collaborations.

Leading individual: Intellectual Property Law

Leading Individual – Silver

Ranked with Chambers and Partners for Intellectual Property: Foreign Experts

Leading individual: Intellectual property law

Notable Practitioner - Intellectual Property

Thomas Pattloch speaks fluent Mandarin and advises Chinese clients on patent disputes in Germany, including patent infringement cases. One client attests: "He advises us on how to go about engaging Chinese clients. It is a different way of working and it is very useful advice."

Heading the IP division of Taylor Wessing’s China group, Thomas Pattloch regularly shuttles between his Munich base and the Beijing and Shanghai offices. He is a conduit for Chinese clients that become enmeshed in litigation in Europe, and for European companies making forays onto the Chinese market.

Leading individual: transactions: Transactional titan Thomas Pattloch heads up the firm’s China group, utilising his impeccable Asian connections to build bridges from east to west.

Leading individual - Germany: Fluent Mandarin speaker Thomas Pattloch routinely advises Chinese clients on their affairs in Germany, and latterly assisted INESA with various international trade mark applications.

Individuals: Transactions When it comes to transactions, Klaus-Dieter Kupka and Thomas Pattloch draft R&D, licence and technology transfer agreements with rigour and succinctness. IAM 2017

Thanks to his singular understanding of Chinese customs and commercial law, Thomas Pattloch attracts a slew of inbound instructions from the country involving market maximisation and conflicts in Europe. – Individuals: transactions IAM Patent 1000 2016