We welcome Philip Bonnaire to our team as patent engineer. Before joining Thum & Partner, he focused on the thermoacoustic instabilities of gas turbines under high hydrogen supply for his Ph.D. thesis and worked with industry-leading companies concerning this matter. Philip Bonnaire has profound knowledge in computer-assisted simulation as well as data-driven analysis.

Furthermore, Philip Bonnaire is author of six scientific publications and attended several conferences in Europe and the US as a speaker.

He is seeking admission as German and European Patent Attorney.

We welcome Maximilian Becker to our team as patent engineer.

Before joining Thum & Partner, he worked as battery scientist and project manager at Samsung SDI Europe after finishing his M. Sc. in chemistry and his Ph.D. in material science in Switzerland at the ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology (Empa) in Dübendorf. In his Ph.D., he focused on the topic of lithium-ion batteries. At Samsung SDI Europe, Maximilian Becker gained practical experience in research and development of manufacturing solid-state batteries.

He is seeking admission as German and European Patent Attorney.

Thum & Partner has been recognized in the JUVE Patent UPC ranking 2026 in the category “UPC litigation”. We are delighted to receive such a positive mention.

JUVE Patent describes Thum & Partner as “one of the most established and experienced teams in UPC litigation” and highlights the broad variety of cases before the UPC in which Thum & Partner is involved. You can find our full company profile of the ranking here.

In addition, Bernhard Thum is mentioned as recommended individual (“excellent grasp of the legal and technical issues, commercially minded and practical, wealth of UPC experience, good in oral arguments”).

We would like to thank our clients and colleagues for their great cooperation and their trust and our whole team for their strong performance!

From November 15, you can find us in our new and bigger office at Ismaninger Str. 57, 81675 München.

The address of our office in Constance remains unchanged (Hofhalde 1, 78462 Konstanz).

We look forward to welcoming you to our new office in Munich.

Thum & Partner has been nominated in JUVE Patent`s 2025 Germany ranking in the category “Litigation: Patent Attorneys – Germany 2025” and has received a three-star rating.

JUVE Patent especially emphasizes the firm`s international focus as well as the involvement in numerous proceedings, including UPC disputes.

Bernhard Thum and Jonas Weickert are mentioned as “recommended individuals”.

Bernhard Thum has been listed again as “patent attorney with technical specialty”.

We are delighted to have received such a positive mention. We would like to thank our clients and colleagues for their great cooperation and their trust.