Markus Von Rudno

Markus has developed a first-hand insight of IP challenges facing technology companies through his work as an in-house patent attorney.  He is thus uniquely placed to provide business-focussed advice on patent matters and to engage with in-house teams to build strong IP portfolios. 

Throughout his career, Markus has built extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications.  Markus has also led arguments in oral proceedings before the EPO’s examining and opposition divisions, and in a hearing before the UK IPO’s opinion review procedures.  As an in-house patent attorney, Markus was involved in negotiating IP terms in licensing agreements and managing NDAs and other agreements. 

Markus is particularly motivated by building a keen understanding of complex technologies.  His technical expertise includes electronic circuits and devices, mechanical actuator design and control, medical devices and control algorithms and other computer implemented inventions.  He has also worked extensively on patent applications in the fields of mass spectrometry, lithography and electron microscopy, and automotive engineering. 

Markus holds a MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cambridge, as well as a MSci degree in Photonics from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.  He received the IET Student Prize for Cambridge University in 2014 for his work on electrical properties of novel 2D material junctions.  Markus also spent a year attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of an exchange during his Cambridge studies.

Markus is a member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) and of the European Patent Institute (EPI).