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Markus Eustermann
Markus Eustermann

Markus Eustermann

Partner
Munich
+49.89.321.215.451
Email Markus Eustermann @ Markus.Eustermann@klgates.com
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Markus Eustermann is a partner in the firm’s IP Procurement and Portfolio Management practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Markus served as a partner at a boutique intellectual property firm, where he advised clients on intellectual property protection, patent prosecution, patent litigation, and the enforcement of intellectual property rights across Europe. He is a German patent attorney, European patent attorney, European patent litigator, and UPC Representative, with experience spanning patent drafting and prosecution, opposition proceedings, intellectual property portfolio management, and strategic intellectual property counseling. 

Markus works with clients across technology-driven industries. His technical experience includes automotive engineering, biomechanics, control technology; fluid mechanics, implant and laboratory technology, mechatronics, medical devices, and related engineering disciplines.

Before entering private practice, Markus held engineering, research, and product-development roles with organizations in the healthcare, medical device, and research sectors. His experience includes work involving numeric simulations on spine models, software verification and validation, engineering research, especially in the field of dialysis, as well as product design and development.

  • International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI): Member of the Communications Committee
  • Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys (BDPA): Delegate for the region Bavaria
  • European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA): Member of the Patent Committee
  • European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT): Chair of the Working Group News
  • Association of German Engineers (VDI)
  • Panelist, “The Challenge of Early-Stage Tech Ventures in Producing and Managing IP Rights,” World IP Forum 2022 (Bangkok), October 2022
  • Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Ulm, Master’s program Medical Engineering, “Intellectual Property for Medical Devices,” since Winter Semester 2022/2023
  • Speaker, “Divide and Conquer or Centralise the Empire: UPC Strategies in the Limelight,” AIPPI Spring Meeting 2023, March 2023
  • Speaker, “Global Landscape of IP: Looking Forward to the Istanbul Congress,” AIPPI Spring Meeting 2023, March 2023
  • Speaker, “Tricks & Traps: Evidence Procedures before German National and European IP Authorities,” AIPPI Germany Young Members Webinar, November 2023
  • Speaker, "A technical and patenting perspective on AI," AIPPI Germany Young Members Webinar, December 2024
  • "The Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: Where Do We Stand After Two Years?" ECTA Bulletin, June 2025
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