Miriam Kiefer is a Founding and Managing Partner of KATHER AUGENSTEIN, Düsseldorf, Germany, and one of Europe’s leading UPC litigators. With more than 20 years of experience in complex cross-border patent disputes, she advises and represents global technology companies before the Unified Patent Court and German national courts. Miriam has handled several hundred patent infringement disputes, with a focus on medical devices, but also a great passion for other technologies. Miriam and her team handled one of the first major UPC cases in the field of mobile communications, representing Panasonic against Oppo and Xiaomi, and acted for Ortovox against Mammut in the first preliminary injunction case before the UPC that was upheld from an ex parte order through appeal. Miriam was recognized by JUVE Patent as one of Europe’s 15 leading UPC litigators and is consistently listed in major directories. She is a frequent speaker, UPC author, and board member of women in ip e.V.