Associate

Clara Berrisch advises and represents national and international clients in in patent infringement and nullity proceedings before German infringement courts, the Federal Patent Court, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

She has extensive experience coordinating complex national and cross-border patent infringement proceedings for clients in the telecommunications and information technology, electronics, automotive and pharmaceutical sectors. As part of this work, Clara has also developed particular expertise on the disproportionality objection in German and European patent law.

Clara studied law at the University of Münster, specialising in intellectual property law. In 2018, she obtained a Masters of Laws degree (LL.M.) in European Intellectual Property Law from the University of Stockholm. Before joining HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER as an associate, she gained experience in patent litigation working as a trainee at an international law firm in Düsseldorf as well as at HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER.

In 2025, Clara completed training as a mediator (IKOM Frankfurt).

  • REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
    • Representing a major global chip manufacturer in a comprehensive patent infringement litigation
    • Representing a market leader in mobile telecommunications in numerous patent litigation cases
    • Representing a chip manufacturer and automotive supplier in patent litigation cases before the UPC
  • PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
    • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
    • Women in IP e.V.
    • ChIPs Network
    • Deutscher Juristinnenbund (djb)
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Berrisch, Second medical use claims and scope of protection – A work in progress since 1984 (Stockholm IP Law Review 2019 #1, p. 38)
    • Berrisch, Schutzschriften beim UPC – Erste Praxishinweise und Erfahrungswerte (GRUR Patent 2023, 191).

Bezoek ons

Bezoekadres:

Steinstraße 20
40212 Düsseldorf
Germany

Postadres:

Steinstraße 20
40212 Düsseldorf
Germany

Info

Talen

German, English, French, Spanish

Opleiding

Second State Examination, Düsseldorf (2020)
LL.M., University of Stockholm (2018)
First State Examination, Hamm (2016)
Law studies, University of Münster (2011–2016)

Ingeschreven

2021