JUVE Patent
Peter-Michael Weisse, LL.M.
Wildanger Kehrwald Graf v. Schwerin
Expertise
About Peter-Michael Weisse, LL.M.
Peter-Michael Weisse primarily focuses on patent law. He handles patent infringement cases before national courts throughout Germany, often with parallel proceedings around the world.He has particular experience with standard essential patents and handled prominent cases which led to some of the first German judgements post Huawei v ZTE/ECJ, including connected cars. He and his team obtained the 1st German AASI against a Chinese ASI.
Since 1996, he has handled a remarkable number of complex patent infringement proceedings in the areas of telecoms, electronics, medical devices, biotechnology, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering and automotive.
Mr Weisse has handled many prominent proceedings and legal disputes that led to landmark decisions by the German Federal Supreme Court – for example, regarding SEPs and indirect patent infringement.
Mr Weisse has been acknowledged as a recommended litigator by various legal publications (e.g., the Legal 500 Europe, Who’s Who Legal, IAM Global Leaders, Chambers, Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars, Handelsblatt). In JUVE German Commercial Law Firms Handbook 2020/2021, Mr Weisse was again listed as one of the top senior partners in patent litigation in Germany.
Mr Weisse studied law in Bochum and Berlin and received his LLM from the Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans. He practised patent law at Pünder Volhard Weber & Axster (Clifford Chance) before joining WILDANGER 2001.
