Reinhard Knauer

Reinhard Knauer is a German and European patent attorney with extensive expertise in patent litigation and patent prosecution. He is particularly experienced with EPO opposition and appeal procedures as well as patent invalidation proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the German Supreme Court. He specialises in IT and telecommunications-related technology, consumer electronics and automation technology, and represents major global companies in these fields.

Mr Knauer is regularly involved in complex patent litigation, frequently involving SEPs. With his large team, Mr Knauer has obtained over 1,000 European patents related to software and telecommunications, including SEPs.

He has been a partner of Munich-based law firm Grünecker since 1996 and has a master’s in electrical engineering and information technologies from the Technical University of Munich. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Mr Knauer has been named as a recommended individual by the following:

• Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars 2019;
• the IAM Patent 1000 2019; and
• the JUVE awards 2019.

Grünecker is among the largest IP law firms in Europe, with more than 100 attorneys. The firm has its headquarters in Munich and branch offices in Berlin, Cologne and Paris.