Sebastian Dworschak

Partner | Attorney at Law (Germany) • Graduate Industrial Engineer • UPC Representative

With a combined legal and engineering background, Sebastian Dworschak specializes in technology related legal matters. He advices in the field of IP and IT Law with a particular focus on litigating technology related cases. He represents his clients in IP/IT-litigation as well as in the negotiation of license and IT contracts. A particular focus lies in the enforcement of patents and technical know-how as well as the defense against such claims. His clients include companies from predominantly technical industries, ranging from start-ups over SMEs to global multinationals.

Initially, Sebastian Dworschak studied industrial engineering in Aachen, London and Cambridge and subsequently worked as a management consultant at McKinsey. His legal training was already focused on intellectual property law with positions in mixed patent and legal practices, at NORDEMANN and in the patent litigation team of a major international law firm.

  • Lectures
    • Technische Universität Berlin: Unit on software copyright law as part of the course Introduction to Intellectual Property Law (winter semester 2023/2024)
    • University of Potsdam: 2023 Guest lecturer “Legal Informatics & Legal Tech
    • German Lawyers Academy: Software and Intellectual Property Rights (Patent and Copyright Law)
  • Publications
    • Co-author of ‘Fromm/Nordemann’, one of the leading German copyright commentaries, 13th edition 2024
    • Case commentary on CJEU, C-339/22 – BSH Hausgeräte/Electrolux,  GRUR Patent 2025, 188 (with Roland Müller)
    • Case commentary on UPC (LD München), 27.8.2024 –CFI 74/2024, GRUR Patent 2025, 94 (with Lisa Lueg)
    • Case commentary on UPC (LD Düsseldorf), 21.3.2024 – CFI 359/2023, GRUR Patent 2024, 254 (with Lina Schauer)
    • Damages in the unitary patent system, GRUR Patent, 2024(3), 106 (with Ronny Hauck)
    • Enforcement of technical know-how – parallels to patent law proceedings and special features using the example of the Düsseldorf inspection practice, GRUR Patent, 2023(1), 20 (with Christian Czychowski)
    • Commentary on the part “Gewerblicher Rechtschutz” in Ebers (ed.): Stichwortkommentar Legal Tech (1st edition 2023, with Jan Bernd Nordemann)
  • Awards
  • Memberships
    • Member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES)
    • Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
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