Dr. Gabriel Wittmann

(Tech) IP Litigation | Associated Partner @ GvW | Attorney-at-Law (DE), UPC Representative | Patent Law (UPC/DE), Trade Secrets, Design, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition | Germany & EU | doktorIP

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

Hi, Iโ€™m ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป, but you may also know me as #๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—œ๐—ฃ โ€“ or simply, โ€ž๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐโ€œ. As a passionate & experienced German ๐๐€๐“๐„๐๐“ / ๐ˆ๐ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐†๐€๐“๐Ž๐‘, I strive to bring you cutting-edge services in ๐๐€๐“๐„๐๐“, ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–-๐‡๐Ž๐–, โ„ข๏ธ and ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐ˆ๐†๐ litigation. Besides matters around technical innovations, my not-so-secret passion deals with the protection and defense of ๐“๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐„ ๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐’๐’ and ๐๐‘๐Ž๐ƒ๐”๐‚๐“ ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐ˆ๐†๐ under German and EU law. Not only in this regard, my holistic consulting approach aims to provide you with concise advice on: ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐ˆ๐†๐ ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Š ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐˜๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐”๐๐…๐€๐ˆ๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐‹๐€๐– On the ๐๐€๐“๐„๐๐“ side of things: Iโ€™ve been a registered ๐”๐๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ever since the start of the Unified Patent Court in June 2023 โ€“ and happily assist clients in validity as well as infringement scenarios before the court. Beyond litigation, I advise on: โœ”๏ธ Knowledge & technology transfer (incl. license agreements, R&D cooperations, employee invention law) โœ”๏ธ National & international IP filings (especially ๐ƒ๐„๐’๐ˆ๐†๐ and ๐“๐‘๐€๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Š ๐๐‘๐Ž๐’๐„๐‚๐”๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐) โœ”๏ธ FTO / Freedom-to-Operate searches โœ”๏ธ Developing comprehensive Patent/IP strategies ๐Ÿ”” ๐…๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ #๐๐จ๐ค๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ˆ๐ / ๐Ÿ”— www.doktorIP.de / www.doctorIP.com ๐Ÿ’ฌ Client Testimonials: "A very smart and legally brilliant mind to keep an eye on." (JUVE 2023/2024) "A very pleasant colleague who clearly enjoys his work and achieving the best possible results for his clients." (JUVE 2024/2025) โ€žHigh availability, strongly target/solution-driven for good compromises and fast results.โ€œ (JUVE 2025/2026) ๐Ÿ’ฌ Rankings etc.: "Highly recommended" for patent litigation and IT / Outsourcing (Leaders League 2025) "Recommended" for TM litigation (Leaders League 2025) "Notable Practitioner" & โ€žRising Starโ€œ (IP Stars from ManagingIP) ๐๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง (Impressum) / ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (Imprint): Dr. Gabriel Wittmann Rechtsanwalt (German attorney at law) Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth) Zugelassen bei der Rechtsanwaltskammer Mรผnchen / Accredited with the Munich Bar Association GvW Graf von Westphalen Rechtsanwรคlte Steuerberater Partnerschaft mbB Nymphenburger Str. 64 80335 Mรผnchen Deutschland / Germany T +49 89 689077-223 F +49 89 689077-100 E-Mail: [email protected] ๐‘พ๐’†๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’ / ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’: https://www.gvw.com/team/detail/gabriel-wittmann https://www.gvw.com/en/team/detail/gabriel-wittmann

Experience

  • Rechtsanwalt (German-qualified attorney at law) | Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth) | doktorIP at GvW Graf von Westphalen
    May 2022 - Present ยท 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Lecturer Contract Law / Lehrbeauftragter Vertragsrecht | doktorIP at Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
    Mar 2024 - Present ยท 2 yrs 5 mos

    Lecture on contract law for students of the arboristic science faculty. Since Summer semester 2024.

  • Rechtsanwalt (German-qualified attorney at law) | Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth) | doktorIP at D Young & Co LLP
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022 ยท 1 yr 4 mos

  • Rechtsanwalt (German-qualified attorney at law) | Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth) | doktorIP at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 ยท 3 yrs

  • Rechtsanwalt (German-qualified attorney at law) | Wirtschaftsjurist (Univ. Bayreuth) | doktorIP at Pinsent Masons
    Sep 2016 - Dec 2017 ยท 1 yr 4 mos