Dr. Bernd Hansen
Dipl.-Chem., German and European Patent Attorney
Specialisation
Main work revolving around patents in the chemical field, principally litigation, both cross-border and national, opinion work, opposition and appeal proceedings. Special experience in photochemistry, lithographic printing, magnetic carriers, pharmaceuticals, polymers, fibres and electrochemical sciences. Litigation experience with pharmaceutical patents relating to, inter alia, citalopram, consensus interferon, diltiazem, enalapril, nifedipine, omeprazole, pantoprazole, pro-urokinase, ranitidine, ribavirin, salinomycin, as well as with IP rights covering, e.g., high tenacity polymer filaments, polymer additives, carbon fibres, textile fabrics, alkaline batteries and electrodeposition.
Publications
Author of Hansen/Hirsch “Protecting Inventions in Chemistry” (Wiley VCH 1997); more than a hundred publications on questions of German, European and East European patent law in GRUR, GRUR Int., Mitt., AIPPI and FICPI journals, IIC, Patents & Licensing and other professional publications.
Professional Memberships
Patent Attorney Bar Association, AIPPI, FICPI, LES, EPI, VPP, IPO and Deutsch-Japanische Juristische Vereinigung.
Career
Studied chemistry at Munich’s Technical University (1962 – 1971). Diploma 1969, doctoral thesis in 1971. German Patent Attorney since 1975, European Patent Attorney since 1978. Senior partner of Hoffmann · Eitle and Head of its Chemical Department until 2008. European correspondent of Patents & Licensing, Tokyo, Japan (1976-2008). Frequent speaker. Ranked in Chambers Global “The World’s Leading Lawyers”, editions 2002/3, 2003/4, 2005/6 and 2008 in the Number One position for Germany (Intellectual Property: Patent Filing) and noted therein “to be at the top of the tree for his work on cases in the chemical industry”. And as quoted in IP Luminaries 2007/8 (voted in by the IP Community) “... a professional with an excellent reputation and good interpersonal skills”.
Personal Information
Leisure interests include writing short stories, tennis, jogging and African soccer.
Languages
German, Englisch, French.
