Alumni Employers and Positions

The following list provides examples for MIPLC alumni's employers and positions:

Law Firms and Patent Law Firms

• Allen & Overy A. Pedzich Sp.k. (Warsaw, Poland): Lawyer
• Amereller Attorneys (Munich, Germany): Lawyer
• Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (Tokyo, Japan): Attorney-at-Law
• Arochi & Lindner (Mexcio City): Mexico, Associate
• Baker & McKenzie (Zurich, Switzerland): Associate
• Bardehle Pagenberg (Munich, Germany): Patent Engineer
• Berzek Hukuk Bürosu (Istanbul, Turkey): Associate
• Bird & Bird (Bratislava, Solvakia): Associate
• Boehmert & Boehmert (Berlin, Germany): Malaysian Patent Agent
• Campos Ferreira, SA Carutiro & Associados (Lisbon, Portugal): Consultant
• Cavelier Abogados (Bogotá, Colombia): Head Patents
• CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office (Beijing, China): Patent Attorney
• Chien Yeh Law Offices (Taipei, Taiwan): Legal Manager
• Christensen Ehret LLP (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Associate Attorney
• Christoforos A. Christoforou & Associates LLC (Nicosia, Cyprus): Partner
• Cirque du Soleil (Montreal, Canada): Legal Counsel
• Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Partner
• DeHay & Elliston LLP (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Associate
• Deloitte (Mexico): Partner
• df-mp (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Ernest & Young  (Milano, Italy): Manager
• Fairhurst Menuhin & Co. (Saffron Walden, UK): Managing Partner
• Fox Rothschild LLP (Philadelphia, PA, USA): Partner
• Fox Mandal (Hyderabad, India): Director & Head IP Practice
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt, Germany): Lawyer
• Fujimoto & Fujimoto (Osaka, Japan): Managing Partner
• Gide Loyrette Nouel (Beijing, China): Associate
• Grau & Angulo Abogados (Barcelona, Spain): Lawyer
• Grette Advokatfirma (Oslo, Norway): Associate
• Grünecker and Partners (Munich, Germany): Patent Engineer
• Hards & Franke Patentanwälte Partnerschaft (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Hauptman Ham, LLP (Alexandria, VA, USA): Head International Department
• Hearst (Shanghai, China): Legal Director North Asia
• Hernández Martí Abogados (Valencia, Spain): IP Lawyer
• Herrera Díaz Abogados (Bogotá, Colombia): Partner
• Heussen (Munich, Germany): Head Israel Desk
• Hogan Lovells (Milan, Italy): Associate
• Hogan Lovells (Moscow, Russia): Associate
• Hoyng Rokh Monegier (Amsterdam, Netherlands): Senior Associate
• IPNeeti (Noida, India): Managing Partner
• Januar Jahja & Partners (Jakarta, Indonesia): Partner
• Jones Day (Munich, Germany): Associate
• Kamiyacho International Law Office (Osaka, Japan): Associate
• Katzarov Patent & Trademark Attorneys (Geneva, Switzerland): Trademark Attorney
• Kennedy Van der Laan (Amsterdam, Netherlands): Attorney-at-Law
• Kenyon & Kenyon (New York, NY, USA): Partner
• King & Wood PRC Lawyers (Beijing, China): Associate
• Kochanski Zieba Rapala & Partners (Warsaw, Poland): Partner
• Krishna & Saurastri Associates (Mumbai, India): Patent Associate
• Kubota (Tokyo, Japan): Attorney-at-Law
• Kyowa Patent and Law Office (Tokyo, Japan): Attorney-at-law and Patent Attorney
• Lattenmayer, Luks & Enzinger Rechtsanwälte GmbH (Vienna, Austria): Lawyer
• Lazo, De Romaña & Gagliuffi Abogados (Lima, Peru): Senior Associate
• Lee International (Seoul, Korea): Partner
• Lee, Tsai & Partners (Taipei, Taiwan): Manager Patent Department
• MADARA Law (Sofia, Bulgaria): Partner and Co-founder
• Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH (Munich, Germany): Patent Engineer
• Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Associate
• Meissner, Bolte & Partner (Munich, Germany): Lawyer
• Mitsui Company (Tokyo, Japan): Associate
• Momsen, Leonardos & Cia. (Brasilia, Brazil): Senior Associate
• Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Partner
• Müller Boré & Partner (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Noerr LLP (Munich, Germany): Lawyer
• OlarteMoure (Bogotá, Colombia): Senior Associate
• Oliff PLC (St. Louis, MO, USA): Associate
• Patent Law Works LLP (Salt Lake City, UT, USA): Senior Associate
• patrick mirandah co.(s) pte ltd. (Singapore): Patent Executive
• Pinheiro Torres, Cabral, Sousa e Silva & Associados (Porto, Portugal): Associate
• Popelensky Patent and Trademarks Attorneys (Moscow, Russia): Lawyer
• Prüfer & Partner (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Reed Smith LLP (Munich, Germany): Associate
• Regalado & Galindo Abogados (Mexico City, Mexcio): Partner
• SBGK Patent and Law Offices (Budapest, Hungary): Associate
• Sim IP Practice (Toronto, Canada): Patent Agent
• Stobbs (Cambridge, UK): Trainee Trademark and Design Attorney
• StratJuris Partners (Pune, India): Partner
• Tsutsui & Associates (Tokyo, Japan): Patent Attorney
• Vereenigde Octrooibureaux N.V. (Den Haag, Netherlands): Trainee Patent Attorney
• Vieira de Almeida & Associados (Lisbon, Portugal): Associate
• Vogal Advocacia (São Paulo, Brazil): Partner
• Vossius & Partner (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Weickmann & Weickmann (Munich, Germany): Trademark Attorney
• Westend|Legal Woessner & Partner GbR (Frankfurt, Germany): Managing Partner
• Wikborg Rein (Oslo, Norway): Associate
• Williams Litigation Group, P.C. (Brunswick, GA, USA): Lawyer
• Wuersch & Gering LLP (New York, USA): Partner
• Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff (Munich, Germany): Attorney-at-Law
• Y.P. Lee, Mock & Partners (Seoul, Korea): Partner
• Yuasa and Hara (Tokyo, Japan): Lawyer

Companies

• Accenture (Berlin, Germany): Senior Manager Strategy, Life Science
• Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India): Senior Specialist
• Apple GmbH Germany (Munich, Germany): Legal Counsel EMEA
• Ascenion GmbH (Munich, Germany): Legal Counsel
• Balaji Telefilms Lts. and Balaji Motion Pictures Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India): General Counsel
• BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Brandstock Services AG (Munich, Germany): Head of Searches
• Connexios Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd (Bangalore, India): Manager IP
• Constellium Switzerland AG (Zurich, Switzerland): Senior Legal Counsel
• Crown Point Transactions LLC (Chicago, IL, USA): Foudning Partner
• Dream Broker (Helsinki, Finland): Legal Consultant
• Epigenomics AG (Berlin, Germany): IP Manager
• Evyap (Istanbul, Turkey): R&D IP & Regulatory Affairs Manager
• General Electric (Shanghai, China): General Counsel Asia Pacific
• Grupo Modelo AB InBev (Mexico City, Mexico): IP Manager
• Henkel Greater China & Korea (Shanghai, China): Patent Counsel
• Hewlett Packard (Cairo, Egypt): Country Legal Counsel
• IFPI Brussels Regional Office (Brussels, Belgium): Legal Counsel
• Intel Corporation (Shanghai, China): Legal Counsel
• IPAN GmbH (Munich, Germany): IP Manager
• Kuhn Group (Saverne, France): Patent Engineer
• LexisNexis (Beijing, China): Asia Training and Onboarding Manager, IP
• Magna Automotive Technology and Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (Shanghai, China): Vice President, Legal Services Asia
• Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH (Düssedorf, Germany): Research Technologist
• Monsanto International s.à.r.l. (Geneva, Switzerland): EMEA Attorney
• MorphoSys AG (Martiensried, Germany): Director IP
• Nielsen (Shanghai, China): VP, Chief Counsel, Greater China
• Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG (Munich, Germany): Patent Attorney
• Oracle (Bangalore, India): Legal Counsel
• Osram GmbH (Munich, Germany): Patent Professional APAC
• Praj Industries Ltd., Pune, India, DGM - Head IP & RA Centre of Excellence
• Pru Life UK Philippines, Taguiug City, Phlippines, Assistant Vice President for Government Relations
• Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Ltd. (Bangalore, India): IP Counsel
• Samsung Electronics (Brussels, Belgium): Legal Counsel, EU Affairs
• Sandoz International GmbH (Holzkirchen, Germany): Senior Legal Counsel
• Saudi Aramco (Dharhan, Saudi Arabia): IP Management Group Leader
• Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Seattle, WA, UAS): IP Counsel
• Siemens AG (Munich, Germany): Senior Licensing Counsel
• Siemens Ltd. (Beijing, China): IP Counsel
• Syngenta Proteção de Cultivos Ltda (São Paulo, Brazil): Legal Counsel
• Technoform BAUTEC (Kassel, Germany): IP Manager

Government

• Consulate General of Japan (Munich, Germany): Consul
• EU Advisory Group (Yerewan, Armenia): Local IP Expert
• European Commission (Brussels, Belgium): Legal Advisor
• European Parlament (Brussels, Belgium): Policy Advisor
• Helmholtz Zentrum München (Neuherberg, Germany): Legal Counsel
• Invest Shenzhen (Shenzhen, China): Senior Project Manager
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Tokyo, Japan): Deputy Director, Multilateral Trade System Department
• Ministry of Justice (Moscow, Russia): Deputy Head International Legal Assistance Department
• Ministry of Justice (Oslo, Norway): Lawyer
• Ministry of Justice (Lusaka, Zambia): State Advocate
• Ministry of Justice (Cairo, Egypt): Lawyer
• Ministry of Trade (Accra, Ghana): IP counsel
• National People's Congress, Legislative Affairs Commission (Beijing, China): Legislator
• National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Buenos Aires, Argentina): IP Manager
• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Ankara, Turkey): Attorney-at-Law and Patent and Trademark Attorney
• State Food and Drug Administration (Beijing, China): Deputy Director, Division of International Organizations
• Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (Medellin, Colombia): Promoter Technology and Innovation Support Center
• Supreme Court of India (New Dekhi, India): Lawyer
• Supreme Court of Japan (Tokyo, Japan): Judge

IP Institutions

• China Trademark Office (Beijing, China): Deputy Director of the GI Division
• Copyright Society of Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania): CEO
• Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Trademark Examiner
• European Patent Institute (Munich, Germany): Lawyer; IP Consultant; Expert for Patent Legal Validity Analysis
• Icelandic Patent Office (Reykjavik, Iceland): Lawyer
• IP Office of Singapore (Singapore): Principal Assistant Director
• Japan Patent Office (Tokyo, Japan): Patent Examiner
• Nordic Patent Institute (Copenhagen, Denmark): Vice-Director and Head Legal Counsel
• Norwegian Industrial Property Office (Oslo, Norway): Senior Executive Officer; Member of Board of Appeals 
• EUIPO (Alicante, Spain): Legal Consultant
• State Intellectual Property Office (Beijing, China): Division Director
• Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Bern, Switzerland): Attorney
• Turkish Patent Institute (Ankara, Turkey): Head of International Relations Department
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Washington, D.C., USA): Trademark Attorney
• WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (Geneva, Switzerland): Legal Officer

NGOs, Think Tanks, Media

• Creative Commons Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal): Legal Project Lead, IP Consultant
• Creative Commons Russia (Moscow, Russia): Legal Consultant
• Institute for Information Industry, Science and Technology Law Institute (Taipei, Taiwan): Legal Researcher
• Intellectual Property Watch (Geneva, Switzerland): Freelance Writer
• Lawyers Collective (New Delhi, India): Technical and Legal Officer
• Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (Arusha, Tanzania): Lecturer
• Tanzania Intellectual Property Rights Network (Mianzini, Tanzania): Coordinator
• The South Centre (Geneva, Switzerland): IP and Develpoment Professional

Universities and Research Institutions

• Beijing University (Beijing, China): Research Fellow
• Charité Universitätsmedizin (Berlin, Germany): Head of Research Business Unit
• Curtin University (Perth, Australia): Professor
• Haramaya University (Dire Dawa, Ethiopia): Research Coordinator, Social Justice Center
• Mongolia University of Science and Technology (Ulanbaatar, Mongolia): Professor
• Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France): Researcher
• Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovo, Russia): Professor
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong (China): Senior Research Assistant
• University Austral (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Adjunct Professor
• University Cândido Mendes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Academic Coordinator
• University of Colombo (Sri Lanka): Lecturer
• University of Leuven (Belgium): Professor
• University of Maastricht (Netherlands): Assistant Professor
• University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland): Research Associate
• University of Newcastle (Callaghan, Australia): Lecturer
• University of South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa): Senior Lecturer
• University of South Wales (Pontypridd, UK): Senior Lecturer
• University Panamerican (Mexcio City): Mexcio, Adjunct Professor
• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA, USA): Professor
• Yalova University (Turkey): Lecturer