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Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)
Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)

Dr. Nora E. Wessendorf, LL.M. (Washington)

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Nora Wessendorf is a patent litigator specialising in forensic advice of international and national corporations in patent infringement proceedings. As a member of the Patents Technology & Life Sciences practice area, she advises clients in the fields of automotive and mechanical engineering, telecommunications, electronics, medical technology, digital health applications as well as pharmaceuticals and chemistry.


She also advises clients on product launches and transactional matters, in particular licensing agreements, R&D agreements and in the context of corporate transactions. As a member of the New York State Bar Association, Nora Wessendorf is also familiar with the concerns of US-based clients involved in German litigation.

 

Expertise

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Patents & innovation

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Chemicals
Technology, media & communications
Biotech
Digital health
Medical devices
Pharmaceuticals
Our USA offering

Over the past 10 years, we've built a trusted legal team in San Francisco, focused on technology, media and communciation, life sciences and healthcare, real estate, private wealth, and private equity. Supported by colleagues in the UK and Europe, we also offer deep expertise in M&A, international growth, commercial deals, and data privacy.

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CV

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 – 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2016 Attorney (admitted to the German bar), medium-sized law firm
2013 – 2015 Research assistant, Chair of Common Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, WWU Münster
2011 – 2013 Legal clerkship, Dusseldorf with posting in New York
2019 Admitted to the New York State Bar
2016 LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law), George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
2016 Dr. iur., Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster
2015 Admitted as a lawyer, Germany
2013 Second state examination, Dusseldorf
2010 First state examination, Hamm

Career

Since 2021 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 – 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 – 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 – 2016 Attorney (admitted to the German bar), medium-sized law firm
2013 – 2015 Research assistant, Chair of Common Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, WWU Münster
2011 – 2013 Legal clerkship, Dusseldorf with posting in New York

Education

2019 Admitted to the New York State Bar
2016 LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law), George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
2016 Dr. iur., Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster
2015 Admitted as a lawyer, Germany
2013 Second state examination, Dusseldorf
2010 First state examination, Hamm

Publications

Eckpunkte einer IP-Strategie für Deutschland, in: Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., with Stephan Manuel Nagel and Niklas Melzer

The America Invents Act’s impact on patent law harmonization in Germany and the US, June 2016 (dissertation)

Know-how protection for technical inventions in the US. GRUR-Int 2013, p. 876

Memberships & Associations

GRUR
AIPPI
New York State Bar Association
WIN: Women in Intellectual Property Network

Additional languages

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Awards

Legal 500 2025

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Recommended lawyer for patent litigation

JUVE Awards 2023

Law firm of the year for IP Law

Legal 500 Germany 2024

Recommended lawyer for patent litigation (solicitors)

Managing Intellectual Property – IP Stars 2023

Rising star – Germany

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18 December 2024

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JUVE Awards 2023: Taylor Wessing named "Law Firm of the Year for IP”

27 October 2023

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Patenting AI-generated inventions – is patent law acting the luddite?

21 September 2023
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