Before joining BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, Michael Rüberg served as in-house counsel and group leader in the patent and trademark department of BMW AG in Munich and previously practiced patent litigation with a leading international law firm in Düsseldorf. He is a Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law and holds a doctorate from the University of Cologne, where he wrote his dissertation on a comparative copyright law topic.
Michael Rüberg regularly lectures and publishes on various aspects of intellectual property law. He is co-author of the Contract Manual (Vertragshandbuch) “Pharma and Life Sciences” (C.H. Beck) and the Handbook of Economic Criminal Law (C.F. Müller). He serves as Co-Chair of the Global Fellows Program of the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), is a member of the Asia-Outreach Group of the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLAW), and a contributor to several publications of The Sedona Conference (USA).
Since 2016, he has been consistently recognized in the IAM Patent 1000 as one of the world’s leading patent litigators. The Legal 500 Germany has praised his “exceptional professionalism” and “business-oriented approach.” His work is also regularly recognized by Handelsblatt – Germany’s Best Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Leaders League, and Chambers Europe.
Michael Rüberg is a member of GRUR, LES International (LESI), AIPPI, EPLAW, FCBA, and the Bar Associations of Munich and Düsseldorf.