Dipl.-Phys. Veit Kirchner, Master of Science (USA) - Attorney at Law

Education:

• 1990 - 1996 Studies of Physics at the Universities of Munich and Berlin
• 1993/94 Tufts University, Medford/Boston (USA), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• 1994 Master of Science (Physics)
• 1996 Diploma in Physics
• 1996 - 2000 Law Schools of the Universities of Berlin and Munich
• 1999/2000 First State Examination in Law
• 2001/02 Second State Examination in Law

Scholarships and Awards:

• Scholarship of the State of Bavaria.

Professional Training:

• 1998 - 2002 Assistant in a patent and law firm in Munich
• 2000 - 2002 Compulsory legal training at Courts and Administrative Agencies in Munich
• 2000 - 2001 Assistant at the Department for Industrial Property and Copyright Law of the University of Munich Law School

Professional Experience:

• 2002 Admission to the Bar (Germany)
• 2002 joined the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• since 2008 Partner at Lorenz Seidler Gossel

Membership:

• German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR).

Foreign language:

• English

JUVE:

• recommended individual Patent Litigation (JUVE 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• recommended individual Patent Filing, Mechanics, Process and Mechanical Engineering (JUVE 2021, 2022, 2023)
• „great attorney for mechnical patents“, client (JUVE 2021)
• frequently recommended for patent law, litigation and advice (JUVE 2004, 2005, 2006)
• double-qualified, "good briefs", competitor (JUVE 2004)

Handelsblatt:

• Best Lawyers-Ranking 2025 Germany, listed for Intellectual Property Law