Managing Director of the Firm
Patentanwalt
UPC Representative
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Design Attorney
rudolf.reichold@boschjehle.com
• Speech coding (AMR-WB, EVS)
• Telecommunication, wireless networks (5G, LTE, UMTS, GSM/GRPS, WiFi)
• Computer / software engineering, information technology
• Cloud services, computer implemented inventions
• Physics, in particular semiconductor physics, optics, acoustics, and biophysics
Rudolf’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation in the tech industry. He has particular experience in the fields of telecommunications and communication networks, but works also in other fields, such as electronics and semiconductor physics. He has been working in the IP field since 2009.
Over the years, patent litigation has become the key element of Rudolf’s professional life. He participates in infringement proceedings before German District Courts and German Courts of Appeal and handles nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the German Federal Court of Justice. He represents his clients before the UPC cases as well. Rudolf is Deputy Chair of the Digital Technology Committee of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys and active member of FICPI’s Study & Work Committee dealing with Software, High-tech & Computer Related Issues.
• Various high profile licensing campaigns based on portfolios of patents essential for the AMR-WB and EVS standards
• Representing patent proprietors in SEP licensing campaigns related to the LTE/5G standards
• Litigation campaign for research-oriented company to support their licensing efforts
• Representing patent proprietors in SEP licensing campaigns related to WiFi standards in validity proceedings before UPC, EPO and Federal Patent Court
• Representing proprietors of SEPs and implementation patents in nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and in nullity appeal proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice
“Congratulations on a great win. It was again a pleasure to work with you. In particular, I was impressed with your mastery of speech coding concepts when debating in court. Like listening to a speech coding expert demonstrate the difference between different ways to represent and encode a signal.” (Inventor of a patent in suit)
“Congratulations on this success! With this you have achieved the best result to be expected. I am still impressed by the very thorough preparation, also in the algorithmic details of all citations […]. I am delighted that this has now been crowned with success.” (Professor, acting as party expert)
Recommended in JUVE Patent Germany 2021-2024; “Very detailed knowledge and very proactive” (competitor in JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2023/2024); “uses his experience to greatest advantage” (competitor, juve-patent.com, 2024/2025)
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Study of physics (1998-2003) Dipl.-Phys.
Doctoral study at the Chair of BioMolecular Optics of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (2004-2008) Dr. rer. nat.
Working student with Infineon Technologies (2001)
University Hagen, Studying Law for Patent Attorneys (2009-2011)
Clerkships with the Regional Court Munich, Federal Patent Court, German Patent and Trademark Office (2011-2012)
Qualified as German and European Patent Attorney (2012)
He speaks German (native), English, French
• V. Schultheis, R. Reichold, B. Schropp, P. Tavan: “A polarizable force field for computing the infrared spectra of the polypeptide backbone”, J. Chem. Phys. B 112, 12217 - 12230 (2008)
• M. Lingenheil, R. Denschlag, R. Reichold, P. Tavan: “The ‘hot-solvent/cold-solute’ problem revisited”, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 4, 1293 - 1306 (2008)
• S. A. Cadamuro, R. Reichold, U. Kusebauch, H.-J. Musiol, C. Renner, P. Tavan, L. Moroder: “Conformational properties of 4‐mercaptoproline and related derivatives”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 2143 - 2146 (2008)
