Florian Malescha

Partner - Patent Attorney

Engineering disciplines

Patent attorney

European Patent and Trademark Attorney

Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

Focus on expertise

Classical mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Automotive engineering
Process engineering
Aerospace engineering
Production engineering
Generative production engineering
Robotics
Artificial intelligence
Energy technology

Florian Malescha advises numerous German and international clients in all patent and design law matters. His expertise ranges from employee invention law and the identification of protected subject matter to examination proceedings before the German and international patent offices and the strategic development and long-term maintenance of complex patent portfolios. He defends and enforces intellectual property rights in patent litigation, nullity and opposition proceedings and conducts freedom-to-operate analyses.

He specializes in advising and supporting clients as well as building and maintaining competitive patent portfolios in all areas of classical mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, process engineering, aerospace engineering, production engineering, in particular generative manufacturing technology, robotics and AI as well as energy technology.

Florian Malescha studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), specializing in automotive engineering and product development. In addition to his training as a patent attorney, he gained extensive practical experience in several research and development departments of leading companies in the automotive and mechanical engineering industries in Germany and in Singapore at the Nanyang Technological University.

He worked at Boehmert & Boehmert from 2014 to 2022 and has been a partner since 2021.

‍FlorianMalescha is one of the five founders of SKM-IP.

Biography
since 2023 Founding partner
SKM-IP
2021 - 2022 Partner
Boehmert & Boehmert
2014 - 2020 Patent attorney
Boehmert & Boehmert
2014 Research assistant
TU Munich
2011 - 2014 M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
TU Munich
2013 - 2014 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Augsburg
Master's thesis
2013 Nanyang Technological University Singapore & TUM CREATE
Internship abroad
2008 - 2011 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
TU Munich
Publications

UNION-IP, 2022, Position Paper - Grace Period for Patents in Europe; epi Information | Position Paper -Grace Period for Patents (patentepi.org)

Memberships
  • Representative of SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee before the EPO)
  • UNION-IP (Patents Commission)
  • GRUR
  • Chamber of Patent Attorneys, EPI
Awards

Patents Lawyer of the Year 2020 - Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards