Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Wetzel

Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
European Patent Litigator (UPC)
Dipl.-Ing. (TU) Geotechnics, Mining and Waste Disposal

As a patent attorney at Klickow & Wetzel, Philipp Wetzel advises small and medium-sized companies as well as start-ups, primarily in the fields of mechanical engineering, tunnel construction and civil engineering, mining, recycling, shipbuilding and wind energy. In close cooperation with the development departments and inventors as well as the marketing and legal departments of his clients, he deals with the drafting and prosecution of property right applications such as patents, trademarks and designs, both nationally and internationally. Complex legal disputes such as infringement proceedings, opposition and nullity proceedings are also part of his field of activity. In addition, he advises his clients on the drafting of license and know-how agreements, due diligence procedures, employee invention law and the development of international IP strategies.

Mr. Wetzel completed his studies in geotechnics, mining and waste disposal at the Technical University of Clausthal in October 2000 and subsequently completed a degree in geotechnics from October 2000 to April 2004. He completed his training as a patent attorney in the field of intellectual property. The training took place as a patent attorney trainee at the law firms Cohausz & Florack and Stenger Watzke Ring in Düsseldorf, at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, as well as at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court in Munich. At the same time, he studied “Law for Patent Attorneys” at the University of Hagen.

In 2004, he was admitted as a patent attorney and registered as a professional representative before the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Patent Office. Since 2023, he has also been an authorized representative at the Unified Patent Court.

Since his admission as a patent attorney, Mr. Wetzel has worked with the law firms Niedmers Jäger Köster and Harmsen Utescher and ran his own law firm from October 2005 to November 2008. From 2008 to 2017, he worked as a patent attorney for the law firm Meissner Bolte in Hamburg. Since December 2017, Mr. Wetzel has been a partner in the law firm Patentanwälte Klickow & Wetzel PartGmbB.

Mr. Wetzel advises his clients in German and English.