Dipl.-Ing. Michael Thoma

Education:

• 1988 - 1993 Studies of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University Munich and the Northwestern University Evanston, Chicago

Professional Training:

• 1993–1998 Training as a German Patent Attorney and a European Patent Attorney at patent law firms in Munich and Stuttgart, at the District Court Mannheim, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court
• 1997 Examination for admission as a European Patent Attorney
• 1998 Examination for admission as a German Patent Attorney

Professional Experience:

• 1999 joined the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• since 2004 Partner at Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• Member of the Membership Commission of FICPI
• 2023 Admitted as UPC representative

Membership:

• German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR)
• Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)

Foreign Languages:

• English