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Dr. Georg Andreas Rauh is a German attorney at law based in Munich and a partner at Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB. He joined the firm in January 2009 and became a partner in 2014. His practice focuses on Intellectual Property Law and Litigation, with an emphasis on patent disputes for national and international clients.
Dr. Rauh advises clients in complex patent disputes before German infringement and nullity courts as well as proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. Since the beginning of his career, he has been involved in numerous international patent disputes and cross‑border matters, including the coordination of multinational patent infringement proceedings. His work frequently involves matters for companies in the biotechnology, consumer electronics, mechanical engineering, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, all sectors where patent protection plays a central role.
In addition to contentious matters, Dr. Rauh counsels clients on licensing, employees’ inventions law, unfair competition, and antitrust issues related to intellectual property. His practice regularly addresses strategic considerations surrounding the enforcement and defense of patent rights in Germany and across Europe.
Dr. Rauh studied law at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. During his studies and early professional years, he worked with intellectual property law firms in Munich, Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Irvine (Orange County). He completed his doctoral thesis, “Indirect (Contributory) Patent Infringement in Germany, Japan and the US,” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joseph Straus at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. The thesis received the faculty prize of the University of Munich and was published in the institute’s series on intellectual property law as volume 161.
Dr. Rauh is the author of several publications and regularly lectures on developments in German and European patent law. He works with clients in German, English, and Spanish.
Professional associations: Rechtsanwaltskammer, GRUR, Deutsch/Spanische Juristenvereinigung
Languages: German, English, Spanish
