Dr. Julia Traumann

Admitted to the Bar, Certified specialist attorney for intellectual property, Representative before the Unified Patent Court

traumann@grunecker.de     S/MIME

+49 (0) 89 21 23 50

Standort: Munich

Sprachen: German, English

Expertise

Dr. Julia Traumann specializes in patent infringement proceedings, particularly in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector. She advises and represents her clients in infringement proceedings before national courts and the Unified Patent Court and advises in transnational, multi-jurisdictional disputes. She further specializes in litigation in the tech sector, advising on the interface with competition law, in particular in connection with the enforcement of standard-essential patents. Julia also advises on the drafting and implementation of contracts relating to IP rights.

Before joining Grünecker, Julia worked in international commercial law firms. She spent five months in the London office of a law firm as part of a secondment and worked for several months as external legal counsel for a company in the pharmaceutical sector.

Julia is the (co-)author of numerous specialist publications. She is a member of GRUR and LES (Life Sciences Working Group).

In her free time, she enjoys running and hiking as well as opera and classical music.

Areas

  • Patent Law
  • Patent Litigation
  • Competiton Law
  • Contracts
  • Licences & Technology Transfer
  • Due Dilligence

Technical fields

  • Life Science
  • Medical Products
  • Pharmacy
  • Biotechnology
  • Automotive

Vita

  • Study of law at the Universities of Freiburg and Münster (scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation), including additional training in intellectual property law at the University of Münster, first state examination in 2007
  • Doctorate at the University of Cologne, thesis topic in trademark law, 2012
  • RLegal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm with stages at the Federal Cartel Office, Bonn, and at an international commercial law firm, Düsseldorf, second state examination in 2014
  • Attorney-at-law in international commercial law firms, Munich, including secondment in the London office (IP/patent litigation) and work as external legal counsel for a company in the pharmaceutical sector, 2015
  • Certified specialist attorney for intellectual property, 2018
  • Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), 2023
  • Attorney-at-law with Grünecker, 2024

Publications

“Life Sciences Regulation in Germany: Overview”, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, 2023​
Co-atuhor

“Life Sciences Commercialisation in Germany: Overview”, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, 2023
Co-author

Numerous judgment annotations in GRUR-Prax
Co-author

“New Veterinary Drug Law 2022”, pharmind, 2022
Co-author

“Patent protection in crisis? Possible softening by the WHO is eagerly awaited”, Platform Life Sciences (Going Public Magazine), 2022
Co-author

“UPC – opt-in or opt-out?”, Lexology, 2022
Co-author

“On the right track – supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products – the next round?”, Intellectual Property Magazine, 2019
Co-author

“Smart medicine – On the move in many areas – Artificial intelligence as a legal issue”, Platform Life Sciences (Going Public Magazine), 2019
Co-author

“News on supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products”, pharmind, 2018
Co-author

Awards & Rankings

Best Lawyers: One to watch in Germany – Intellectual Property Law, 2023 and 2024

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