Dr. Fritz Wetzel
Dr. Fritz Wetzel is a German and European Patent
Attorney and has practiced Intellectual Property law since 2002 with a focus on
Chemistry related topics, in particular organic chemistry, polymer chemistry,
plastics technology, pigments and dyes, liquid crystals,LCD and OLED´s, biochemistry,
bioorganic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, process technologies, biotechnology and
medicine technology. He has long-standing experience in patent drafting,
prosecution, legal opinions, license and other contracts, litigation, oppositions, and nullity proceedings as
well as in trademark and design law.
Already in 2003 he founded his own chemical company,
LamdaChem®, as a spin-off from university during his work on his PhD thesis. He
won several prices for a unique business model, but decided to become a Patent
professionall. After his successful studies as Patent lawyer, Fritz
became very fast a Partner in a renowned Munich IP Law Firm. After five years
he switched to a US law firm (RatnerPrestia, must not note this) as
Shareholder and established the German branch for the US IP law firm firm.
In 2023 Fritz founded his own IP law firm BlackIP Legal which is a
full-service IP Law Firm covering Patents, Trademarks and
Designs from the first consulting to the enforcement of IP rights.
Fritz is often invited to give presentations on IP, in
particular in Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Thailand).
Fritz is admitted to the European Patent Office, the
German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court and the
German Supreme Court for nullity proceedings. He is also a registered European
Trademark and Design Attorney. He is also CFO in the Competence network IP
as honorably member.
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