Marc Münzer

Marc helps Scandinavian and international clients establish and enforce patent and design rights in a business friendly manner, where cost of establishment and maintenance is balanced with the commercial value of the rights.

Marc has extensive experience in:

• Patent and design protection of valuable innovation through the preparation of protection strategies, novelty searches and patentability evaluations, drafting of patent/design applications, prosecution of patent/design applications, defence and enforcement of issued patents/designs
• Ensuring freedom to operate for his clients relative to their competitors’ patents (e.g. patent risk management, Freedom-to-Operate analyses, infringement opinions, legal challenges, litigation (invalidation cases))
• Integration of IP (patents, designs and trademarks) in the business strategies and organization of the client.
• Establishing patent monitoring systems, implementation of Portfolio Management systems, and preparation of patent statistics.

Enforcement of IP rights on international trade platforms like Amazon, Ebay, AliExpress, etc.

Litigation support in infringement proceedings at Danish and international courts.

Marc is technically specialised within both mechanics and electronics, with special focus on mechatronics and management and control of electromechanical systems.

Marc is a founding partner of Guardian IP Consulting. Marc worked as a partner at a large Danish patent agency prior to founding Guardian IP Consulting.