Armin Giesen is a German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt) and Counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s Munich office. He joined the firm in 2019. His practice focuses on national and cross-border patent disputes.
Armin represents clients before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), German patent infringement courts (Hamburg, Mannheim/Karlsruhe and Munich) at first instance and on appeal, in nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice, and in EPO opposition proceedings before the Opposition Divisions and the Technical Boards of Appeal.
His expertise covers all aspects of complex patent disputes across a broad range of technologies. In particular, he has conducted proceedings in the fields of single molecule analysis, (mobile) telecommunications, semiconductor technology and general chip design, software applications and automotive. He was recently heavily involved in the representation of a renowned medical device manufacturer on both the plaintiff and defendant side.
After studying law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2015) and completing his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Munich (2017), Armin first worked as a research assistant at Quinn Emanuel and then completed a Master's degree at the University of Edinburgh with a focus on Intellectual Property Law (2018/2019).
- Daimler/Mercedes-Benz
- Dexcom
- Qualcomm
- Vizgen
- Tesla
- Dexcom against Abbott in patent litigation.
- Vizgen against 10X Genomics and Harvard in patent litigation.
- Qualcomm against Apple in patent litigation.
- Daimler against Conversant Wireless in patent litigation.
- Global fabless semiconductor company against its main competitor in patent litigation.
- University of Edinburgh
(LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, 2019) - Higher Regional Court of Munich
(Second State Examination, 2017) - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
(First State Examination, 2015) - SAE Institute, Munich / Middlesex University, London
(B.A., Music Marketing, 2009)
- The German Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer München)
- German
- English
- Member, AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- Member, GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- Member, DAV (German Bar Association)