Specialisation:
Examination, opposition and appeal proceedings before the German Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court and the European Patent Office; nullity actions, litigation and preliminary injunction proceedings, especially in the area of mobile communications, TV technology, semiconductor technology, Internet, software patenting, e-commerce patenting, and optical communication technology.
Publications:
In various German dailies, the Internet Law Review, the VDI Nachrichten and other technical journals; numerous lectures on IP law at technical universities (Technical University Munich; University College London) and companies in Germany, Japan, U.S. and UK.
Professional Memberships:
German Patent Attorney Bar Association, EPI, FICPI.
Career:
Studied electrical engineering at the Technical University Munich specializing in telecommunications, high frequency engineering, research in the field of optical communications at University College London and the Research Laboratories of Siemens AG, Munich. Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) for postgraduate studies at University College London. Awarded the Ph.D. (integrated optics) in electrical engineering from the University of London in 1989. Lecturer in microwave technologies at King’s College London from 1990 to 1991. Lecturer in IP law at Saarland University from 1995-2000; regular lectures on patent law at the Technical University Munich, active in the patent field since 1989. With Hoffmann · Eitle since 1991, German Patent Attorney since 1995, European Patent Attorney since 1997. Partner since 2001.
Personal:
Married, two children. Interests: Member of the German-American and the German-British Society Munich, member of a Munich Lions Club, classical music & jazz, piano playing, sailing.
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