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Dr. Sabine Dethof

Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
Düsseldorf

+49 211 600 55-379 +49 211 600 55-050

Languages
German, English, Spanish
Consulting focuses
  • Patent Law
  • Industrial Property Law
  • Anti-Counterfeiting
  • Unified Patent Court

Vita

  • Registered as a representative with the Unified Patent Court (UPC) since 2023
  • Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
  • Admitted to the bar since 2007
  • Education and former activities
  • Promotion (PhD) University of Göttingen2009
  • Legal clerkship at the Regional Court of Wuppertal2003-2005
  • Law studies, Universities of Göttingen and Salamanca/Spain1994-2001

Qualifications/Current topics

Dr. Sabine Dethof is an experienced attorney in patent litigation. She handles national and international patent infringement and validity proceedings with particular expertise in the fields of mechanical engineering, the automotive industry, semiconductors and medical technology. She earned her doctorate in the field of antitrust and telecommunications law, but has devoted herself exclusively to patent law since she started her career in 2007.

Affiliations

  • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)

Dr. Sabine Dethof's Distinctions

Legal 500 Deutschland 2025

IP Stars 2025

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading patent Professionals

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2025

Best Lawyers 2026

Managing IP Awards 2025 EMEA

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024

Best Lawyers 2025

Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Best Lawyers 2024

IAM Patent 1000: Recommended Individual

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023

Leaders League 2023

Legal 500 Germany 2023

Best Lawyers 2023

Legal 500 EMEA 2022

Legal 500 Germany 2022

Leaders League 2021

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2022

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2021

Best Lawyers 2022

Legal 500 Germany 2021

Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2020

Best Lawyers 2021

Legal 500 EMEA 2020

Legal 500 Germany 2020

Legal 500 EMEA 2019

Legal 500 Germany 2019

Publications

2023

99 days UPC – First Conclusions for Companies
Update IP, Media & Technology No. 85,
together with Dr. Anton Horn
Das neue Einheitspatent – Grenzüberschreitender Schutz
Claudia Behrend, In-house Counsel, Issue 3/2023

2019

The Pharma Legal Handbook Germany
Pharma Boardroom, 2019

Lectures

2015

Workshop Patentverletzung: Feindliche Lizenzangebote – Was tun?
June 19, 2015 in Munich

2010

Workshop Patent Infringement
March 25, 2010 in Düsseldorf

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