Jérôme manages the firm’s Munich office. His expertise covers all aspects of complex technology litigation, including the coordination of international litigation efforts. He especially represents the firm’s clients in patent infringement and invalidity proceedings across a range of technologies, including telecommunications, IT, automotive engineering, medical products, and pharmaceuticals.
He has pleaded cases before the German patent infringement courts at district court and appellate level, in opposition proceedings at the EPO, the German Patent Office, and in nullity actions before the German Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court, involving, for example, network access technologies, speech coding, software interface architectures, and radiation therapy devices.
Jérôme has extensive experience in disputes involving FRAND licensing and standards, as well as the patentability of software. He regularly gives workshops on computer implemented inventions and teaches patent law at the University of Mannheim.
Jérôme holds degrees of the University of Heidelberg (JD equivalent) and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.).
Jérôme is ranked by Chambers who mentioned him as notable practitioner and “up and coming” in 2022, citing an impressed client: "Jérôme is extremely easy to work to. He is always available to talk and he also meets deadlines for specific deliverables. He speaks at the right level for in-house lawyers with both patent and non-patent backgrounds, which is exactly what we need." Legal 500 ranks Jérôme as a “core attorney” of the team. He is listed in the IAM Patent 1000 and Managing IP’s IP Stars ranked him as a Rising Star (2018) and as a Notable Practitioner since 2020. Called a “young big-hitter” by Juve, Germany’s leading legal publication, Jérôme is recommended by Juve in particular for his coordination of the joint defense group in the Daimler connected car cases. Clients call him a “super SEP litigator” (Juve 2021) and recommend his “good understanding of law and technology“. They also say he has an “excellent work ethic and produce[s] excellent results”, adding that he is “… always accessible, highly efficient and professional“ (Managing IP's IP Stars 2017).
- Daimler/Mercedes-Benz
- Qualcomm
- Varian
- Voxer
- Daimler against Nokia, Sharp, Conversant Wireless in patent litigation, FRAND licensing.
- Qualcomm against Apple in patent litigation.
- Google against Philips in patent litigation.
- Global fabless semiconductor company against its main competitor in patent litigation.
- Leading developer of semiconductor packaging technology against leading global semiconductor fabless manufacturer in patent litigation.
- Varian against Elekta in patent litigation involving radiotherapy devices and methods.
- Google and Motorola Mobility in patent litigation against Microsoft involving patents relating to mobile operating systems.
- IPCom in patent litigation involving patents essential to various mobile telecommunications standards against HTC, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, and Apple and against Deutsche Telekom in a cartel damages action.
- Appellate Practice
- Artificial Intelligence
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Data Privacy & Security
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- International Arbitration
- International Disputes
- Life Science: Biotechnology
- Life Sciences Litigation
- Litigation Representing Plaintiffs
- Patent Litigation
- Satellite & Aerospace Litigation
- Section 1782
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Trademark, Trade Dress, Unfair Competition/False Advertising, and Publicity Rights Litigation
- Transnational Litigation
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
(Boalt Hall, LL.M., 2010) - District Court of Mosbach
(Second State Examination, 2009) - Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
(First State Examination, 2007)
- The German Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer Karlsruhe)
- German
- English
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law:
- Research Assistant to Prof. Paul Schwartz, 2009-2010
- Research Assistant to Prof. Paul Schwartz, 2009-2010
- Allen & Overy LLP:
- Trainee (Referendar), Research Assistant, 2009
- Trainee (Referendar), Research Assistant, 2009
- Clifford Chance LLP:
- Trainee (Referendar), 2008
- Trainee (Referendar), 2008
- University of Heidelberg, Forschungsgruppe Bundessteuergesetzbuch:
- Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Paul Kirchhof, 2003-2004
- Ranked as IAM Patent 1000 Gold (firm), Bronze (individual) (2023)
- Ranked as “Excellent” for patent litigation in Germany by Leaders League (2023)
- Ranked by Chambers Europe Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation, Band 5 (2023)
- Ranked by Chambers Global in Intellectual Property (Germany) Band 5 (2023)
- Legal 500 – Recommended for Patent Litigation (2020, 2023)
- Recognized by IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals: Infringement (2022)
- Chambers 2022 – Ranked as „up and coming“ in Intellection Property: Patent Litigation - Germany
- Managing IP's IP Stars – Ranked as a "Rising Star" (2018), and as a "Notable Practitioner" (2020)
- JUVE 2020-2023 - Ranked
- JUVE Patent 2023 - Recommended
- „Die formelle Priorität europäischer Patente. Zu den Fallstricken bei der Inanspruchnahme zehn Jahre nach dem AIA“, GRUR 2022, 353, together with Dr. Johannes Druschel
- „Computer Implemented Inventions Workshop“, Akademie Heidelberg, since 2021, together with Michael Fischer and Richard Bennett, LL.M.
- "Unwired Planet“ im deutschen und globalen Kontext", Mannheimer Patenttage 2017, 12.10.2017
- "Study Question (Patents) 2017 – Patentability of Computer Implemented Inventions", Berichte der Deutschen Landesgruppe für den Weltkongress der AIPPI 2017 in Sydney, Australien, GRUR Int. 2017, 713, with Heiko Dumlich, Jochen Ehlers, Michael Fleuchaus, Stephan Freischem, Jan Freialdenhoven, Robin Keulertz, Rainer Kuhnen, Matthias Rößler, Stefan Schohe
- "Big Data, products & processes: being a German patentee in the era of the Rezeptortyrosinkinase decisions", IPKat, 24.05.2017, available at http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2017/05/big-data-products-processes-being.html
- “Best Practices for Validity Procedures in Europe”, Uppdragshuset Innovation Day Seminar 2016, 24.08.2016
- “Bündel- oder Einheitspatent? (oder doch nationale Patente?)”, 8th Mannheim IP Forum, 03.07.2015
- “Are the Courts Running Wild? Judicial Activism in a Comparative Analysis” StudZR 1/2006, 69
- 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)
- Member, FORUM Junge Anwaltschaft