Hon. Dr. Matthias Zigann

Hon. Dr. Matthias Zigann is Presiding Judge at the Regional Court Munich I. There he is heading the 7th (patent) division since December 2012. After a three year fellowship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich he served as a public prosecutor in Landshut for four years and as a regular member of the 7th division of the Regional Court Munich I for six years. Before his appointment as presiding judge he had been delegated to serve as a research associate with the Xth civil (patent) division of the German Federal Court of Justice (= BGH) in Karlsruhe for three years. He is co-author of Haedicke/Timmann “Handbuch des Patentrechts” and Cepl/Voss “Prozesskommentar zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz” and a frequent speaker at national and international IP conferences.