The medical technology industry is a booming sector, undergoing a rapid transformation due to the digitalization. While MedTech companies now get the opportunity to offer a variety of additional digital services, also new competitors from the software industry emerge, threatening to take over the new markets with the power of patents. My role is to help you defend yourself against those new patent threats and to obtain patent portfolios that secure your market position.
Lars Eckert
Partner at Schaumburg und Partner Patentanwälte mbB
I am supporting MedTech companies in mastering the digital transformation from the law patent perspective.
Munich
My Focus
My Expertise
I am since 2006 partner at the Munich based patent law firm Schaumburg and partner and support as a European patent attorney clients in the MedTech industry and adjacent areas. Before that, I gained professional experience in my electrical engineering studies and as project engineer in the industry.
Offered Services
I help MedTech companies in obtaining the patent protection, which makes them ready for the digital age. Thereby, I serve them as a long term expert partner, handling also other IP releated topics for them, such as software licensing.
Visit WebsitePatent granting procedures
Inventors and companies developing software-based inventions, typical for modern MedTech, are often unsure about the protectability of those digital innovations and products. As expert on the patent protection of electrical engineering and software-based solutions, I can guide you through the whole patenting process and support you in obtaining the patent protection needed to secure your market segment.
IP strategy
MedTech companies are under increasing pressure to optimize their IP portfolio both in terms of costs and scope of protection. I help them to make patent filing and portfolio pruning decisions, so that the necessary legal protection can be reached at minimal cost.
Fractional IP management
Especially, small and medium sized companies often need an external IP expert who takes care of the typical IP management tasks on a regular basis. To ensure that these IP task are carried out reliably in the long term, I am serving companies as a permant partner for all IP related matters.
Software licensing
With the increasing complexity of digital medical products, many MedTech companies are facing challenges regarding the licensing of software. I support them in solving problems regarding software licensing under the General Public License (GPL) and Open Source Licenses.
