Fred Sonnenberg

Sonnenberg Harrison (Germany and France)

Fred Sonnenberg has been working in the field of intellectual property law since 1996. He is a founding partner of the patent and law firm Sonnenberg Harrison, the French law firm Sonnenberg Harrison Partners France (formerly 24IP LAW GROUP FRANCE) as well as the former patent and law firm of Sonnenberg Fortmann, which was part of the 24IP Law Group, and has leadership qualities and entrepreneurial understanding. He studied electrical engineering and physics at the Technical University of Munich and received his undergraduate diploma in Physics in 1995. He wrote his diploma thesis on “Evaporation losses in LH2 driven vehicles” at the development department of BMW AG in Munich.

After his training at a patent law firm in Munich, including a one-month internship at a French patent law firm, and after being a trainee at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court and the District Court in Munich, he passed the examination to become a German patent and trademark attorney and subsequently became a Patent Attorney before the European Patent Office and the French Institute for Industrial Property. Fred Sonnenberg is registered as litigator at the UPC and has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration and gives strategic advice on portfolio management. His experience in handling matters in Germany, France and at the EPO, together with his mindset as entrepreneur is apricated by clients and colleagues.