ABOUT BESTPATENT
About Bastian Best
Hi, I’m Bastian Best, a European and German patent attorney on a mission to help IP professionals file better digital patents. BESTPATENT is my fully digital patent law firm. We build patent portfolios for a global clientele of digital innovators.
BASTIAN BEST IN 1 MINUTE
I’ve always been a computer nerd and a hobby programmer, studied computer science, worked in the automotive industry. Realized that I’m fascinated by technology but less of a tinkerer myself. Became a patent attorney. Quickly became a salary partner in one of the most successful IP firms in Europe. Realized that my personality manifests itself better when I run a firm on my own terms. Started my own digital patent law firm, where I enjoy building high-quality patent portfolios for digital innovations.
I’m an early riser and an action taker. A diversified specialist. An approachable introvert. A disciplined free spirit. I like clarity. I dislike wasting my time.
I was born and still live in Munich, Germany. 42 years old. Happily married, two boys (8 and 5).
WHAT WORKING WITH BESTPATENT IS LIKE
After 13 years in one of Europe’s leading IP firms, including five years as a salary partner, Bastian Best is currently practising as a solo patent attorney out of his home in Munich (DE). He works in cooperation with a core team of hand-selected network partners.
Working with BESTPATENT feels like it’s 2022. No scanned letters as email attachments. Turning away from the pre-pandemic brick-and-mortar law firm model, Bastian operates the firm fully digitally and as a network of independent experts. This way, Bastian lives his vision of the law firm of the future.

SOME AWESOME CLIENTS
AMERIA — Touchfree connected experience
Heidelberg (DE), ameria.de
ROBCO — Enabling robots for everyone
Gilching (DE), therobotcompany.de
Backed by Freigeist
LIFTRIC — Your engineering powerhouse for medical devices
Mannheim (DE), liftric.com
PLANFOCUS SOFTWARE — Next generation cash cycle optimization
Munich (DE), planfocus.com
SOUL MACHINES — Astonishing Digital People™ for multiple industries and use cases
Auckland (NZ), soulmachines.com
TRUCKL — The Next Evolution of Freight Management
Dallas, TX (US), truckl.io
See the European Patent Register for a list of published cases represented by BESTPATENT.
BASTIAN’S MISSION
SPREADING DIGITAL PATENT KNOWLEDGE AT SCALE
Bastian speaks about digital patenting at top-level conferences around the world.
Some examples from 2021:
- Harmonising practices in CII applications — Panelist at Examination Matters 2021, Online, 6-10 December 2021
- Softwarepatente in Europa – wie das EPA prüft — Conference talk at the VPP Herbstfachtagung 2021, Bonn (DE), 29 October 20
- Patentschutz für die digitale Zukunft: Softwarepatente, Technizität, Erfindungshöhe bei “virtuellen” Erfindungen — Conference talk at the Herbstseminar 2021 for Norddeutscher Verband der Fachanwälte für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (NVFGR), Hamburg, 22 October 2021
- Patenting AI — Workshop for the Swiss Technology Transfer Association (swiTT), Online, 8 October 2021
- Patentierbarkeit von CII- und KI-Erfindungen in Europa — Conference talk at the Herbstseminar 2021 for Verband der freiberuflichen Europäischen und Schweizer Patentanwälte (VESPA), Baden (CH), 24 September 2021
- Patente für die digitale Zukunft – Technizität von Softwareinnovationen? — Conference talk at the 11th NRW IT-Rechtstag 2021, Online, 16-23 September 2021
- Artificial intelligence and IP — Webinar for the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), Online, 15 September 2021. A recording is available for epi members at epi-learning.org.
- Developments in AI/ML patenting in Europe — Conference talk at the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) Annual Meeting & Conference, Online, 20 July 20
- Patents for AI inventions in Europe — Conference talk at the 6th International Conference Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, St. Petersburg (RU) & Online, 14 May 2021



Bastian shares his best tips and tricks on LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram. He has taught patent basics for startup entrepreneurs at Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) and Leiden University. He currently teaches software patent claim drafting at CEIPI IP Business Academy.
Bastian currently serves as vice president of the International Institute for IP Management (I3PM).
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CONFERENCE BIO
Bastian Best is a European Patent Attorney who helps businesses make sense of digital patents. With his hyper-niche patent law firm BESTPATENT he builds patent portfolios for a global clientele of digital innovators. He studied computer science at the Technical University Munich and works in IP since 2008. His special focus is on the foundational technologies of the digital future, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, smart devices and the Internet of Things. He is a regular speaker on patents for emerging technologies at IP conferences around the world and shares his knowledge on LinkedIn and YouTube.
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