Alfred Eichstädt holds a diploma in engineering and is a qualified German and European Patent Attorney. At Zimmermann & Partner, Alfred is specialized in the areas of consumer electronics, automotive technology, mechanical engineering, tool engineering, brewing technology and consumables. Working in the IP field for over three decades, Alfred gained extensive experience in patent prosecution and opposition procedures as well as nullity actions and appeals before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the European Patent Office and the German Federal Patent Court.

Alfred studied electrical engineering specializing in communications engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.