Tobias Baus, LL.M., Dipl.-Ing.

Tobias advises on patent law and other intellectual property matters with a technical background. He represents clients in national and international patent litigation with a focus on the sectors of engineering, IT and life sciences. Tobias also drafts and negotiates license and R&D agreements. When advising clients he draws on a double qualification as lawyer and engineer.

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Career

Since 2022	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2019	Admitted as a lawyer, Munich

2016 – 2018	Legal and technical expert, Vossius & Partner
2013 – 2015	Product Manager, Jungheinrich AG

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Education

2021	LL.M. in Intellectual Property, University of Turin / World Intellectual Property Office, Geneva (WIPO)
2019	Second state examination, Munich
2017 – 2019	Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court Munich

2017	First state examination, Munich
2011 – 2016	Law school, LMU Munich
2007 – 2012	Diploma, mechanical engineering, Technical University of Munich

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Publications

Early IP Strategy for Life Sciences Start-Ups Pays off, published in: Lexology sowie TW Insights, 2024, co-authored with A. Lunze.

Smartifizierung und das große Tauziehen um Geld für Patente, Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft, 2024, co-authored with T. Pattloch.

Kommunikationstechnik: EU-Parlament stimmt für Einschränkungen für Patentverwerter, energie.de, 2024, co-authored with T. Pattloch.

M. Borghi et al., Trade Secret Litigation Trends in the EU in: IPR Enforcement Case-Law Collection, EUIPO / Turin University, 2023, contribution of German parts.

IP as key success factor for start-ups and academic spin-offs, published in: Lexology sowie TW Insights, 2023, co-authored with S. Greifeneder, N. von Woedtke and P. Bergjans.

The Unified Patent Court: six months of success. Published in: Lexology sowie TW Insights, 2023, co-authored with P. England.

Should I file an infringement action with the UPC or stick to national courts? Published in: Lexology and TW Insights, 2023, co-authored with M. Washbrook, D. Mulder.

P. England et al,. A Practitioner's Guide to European Patent Law, 2nd Edition, Bloomsbury, 2022, chapter contribution.

The challenging timeline of patent infringement proceedings before the Unified Patent Court Published in: Lexology and TW Insights, 2022, co-authored with A. Ebbutt, C. Garnitsch.

Carve-out or blocking torpedo? A crucial question to be decided by the Unified Patent Court Published in: Lexology and TW Insights, 2022, co-authored with P. England, W. Maas.

The Importance of IP Rights for Technological Academic Spin-Offs in: SSRN, 2021, co-authored with A. Zhangabylov, K. Danko, T. Baus.

Protectability and enforceability of AI-generated inventions, in: "Designing Tomorrow’s Legal, ”, Liquid Legal Institutes, Springer, 2020, co-authored with J. P. Rektorschek, T. Baus.