Dr. Christof Augenstein

Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB (Germany)

Dr. Christof Augenstein is name partner at Kather Augenstein. He has been active as a litigator for more than 20 years and has become a Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property in 2007, enforcing intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, and designs in litigation. His advice, especially in extensive, technically complex patent infringement litigation, is valued by clients around the world. In particular, he has acted as a first chair lawyer in various standard-essential patent disputes. He has been widely recommended in directories (Best Lawyers/ Handel blatt, Managing IP/ IP Stars, Legal 500, JUVE, Chambers & Partners, Leaders League, Who’s Who Legal, IAM Patent 1000) for his legal advice in the field of intellectual property rights. 

He is a regular speaker on national and international forums. His speaking engagements for the enforcement of standard-essential include the German Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), IAM or IP Watchdog.

Dr Augenstein is an author and editor of various legal commentaries about procedural aspects of the enforcement of intellectual property rights and the newly established Unified Patent Court (UPC). He is the co-publisher if an international commentary together with other European litigators, author at the Beck-Online Commentary on the UPC-Agreement as well as co-author for an international commentary project together with appointed UPC-judges.

He regularly holds seminars for the UPC at the German Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), and at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), at the University of Strasbourg/France, where he is also involved in the training of judges. 

Among other international activities he is the Chair of the Standing Committee for Unitary Patents/Unified Patent Court and a member of the Standing Committee on Enforcement at the AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property). 

Prior to co-founding Kather Augenstein, Dr Augenstein worked in various positions at prominent national and international law firms in Düsseldorf, Cologne, Paris and London. He holds a PhD in law from the University of Freiburg/Germany.