Simon is a partner at Peterreins Schley and an experienced patent litigator with a strong focus on complex national and international patent disputes. He advises our clients on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious patent law, and has particular expertise in cross-border patent litigation. He regularly represents our clients in patent disputes before all major German patent infringement courts and the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Throughout his career, Simon has represented clients in complex patent matters across a broad range of industries and technical fields, including telecommunications, electronics, video and network technology, life sciences, mechanical engineering, and automotive technologies. He has extensive experience in litigation involving mobile devices, network infrastructure, broadcasting technologies, and medical devices, as well as in the enforcement of standard-essential patents (SEPs) and the related FRAND defense.

Before joining Peterreins Schley, Simon worked for renowned international law firms in Munich and Zurich. He studied law with a particular focus on intellectual property law at the University of Würzburg and at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Ph.D. (Dr. iur.) with a focus on intellectual property law and an LL.M. (UC Berkeley) with specializations in law & technology and business law.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Representing a US company in several patent disputes concerning chipset security architecture before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and German courts.
• Part of a team that, following the CJEU Electrolux ruling, was the first to represent a US company in patent litigation against a car manufacturer before German courts, based inter alia on US patents relating to graphic processing (long-arm jurisdiction).
• Part of a team that represented a leading insulin patch pumps manufacturer in UPC proceedings against a competitor.
• Advising a medical device manufacturer on allegations of patent infringement related to bone surgery instruments.
• Representing a leading international technology company in multiple cross border patent disputes concerning 5G, including SEPs and the related FRAND objection.
• Representing an automotive supplier in several patent infringement proceedings relating to lorry brakes.
• Involved in representing a U.S. company in multiple cross border patent disputes relating to prosthetic heart valves.
• Representation of a U.S. company in multiple cross boarder patent disputes against a mobile phone manufacturer relating to mobile communications and audio/video coding, including implementation patents, SEPs and the related FRAND objection.
• Part of a team that represented an international company in the enforcement of its patents relating to laser toner cartridges.
• Representing a leading international technology company in patent infringement proceedings concerning fibre-optic networks.
• Representing a company in several patent infringement proceedings concerning TV broadcasting, including SEPs and the related FRAND objection.
• Advising a company in negotiations with multiple implementers of standard essential Wi-Fi patents.