Cecilia Drepper

Cecilia Drepper

Associate, Intellectual Property, Frankfurt

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Cecilia specialises in local and international litigation in IP with a focus on patens and utility model disputes, in particular at the interface with competition and antitrust law. A further area of her practice is copyright and trademark law.

Work highlights
  • A globally leading LED manufacturer: Advising on the enforcement of several patents of its core portfolio against competitors in a cross-border patent dispute (USA, Germany, UK, France, Italy).
  • A US manufacturer of semiconductors: Advice on licensing negotiations in the area of automobile technology.
  • A globally acting pharmaceutical company: Advising in a cross-border patent dispute in the US and Germany on a treatment for severe plaque-psoriasis.
  • A manufacturer of cellphone chips: Representing the client in a patent dispute regarding use of the technology in various cellphones.
  • One of the globally leading firms for content platforms: Advising in a patent dispute regarding infringement of one of their communications technologies.

Professional experience

Cecilia joined Linklaters as an Associate in 2020.

She is a member of Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property).

Education and qualifications

Cecilia studied law at the University of Mannheim.

She speaks German and English.