Find Lawyers in Düsseldorf, Germany for Intellectual Property Law
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Sabine Dethof is a patent litigator and Salaried Partner at HEUKING, Düsseldorf. As a Certified Specialist Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law with 14 years of professional practice, she has a wide range of experience, in particular in the field of mechanical engineering and in the areas of automotive, semiconductors and medical devices. Besides the daily business of patent infringement proceedings she is especially experienced in nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court. For ...
With nearly 20 years of professional experience, Anton is a proven expert in patent litigation. He is among the lawyers with the highest number of appearances at the Federal Court of Justice, Germany’s highest court in patent matters. He has been acknowledged as a recommended patent litigator by various legal publications and handbooks. He is a partner of the firm and the head of the patent law team. In the year 2006, he was among the first lawyers to receive the distinction as a Certif...
Hermann Kahlhöfer advises clients in patent law, in particular in the fields of electrical engineering, medical technology and physics. He has been working in the field of intellectual property for more than 40 years and has extensive experience in the field of national and international patent prosecution procedures and patent infringement matters as well as in the development and exploitation of intellectual property portfolios. After completing two years of military service with a spe...
Christian Kau advises in cases with a technical background on a national and international level. He has particular expertise in the areas of information technology (IT), electronics, precision engineering as well as medical technology and pharmacy. His activities reach from litigation practice to contract negotiations, strategic assessments on market entry (freedom to operate) or the IP/IT-related support in corporate transactions. Christian Kau joined the Dusseldorf office of Preu Bohlig in...
Thomas Kerkhoff is partner in our Düsseldorf office. For many years he has been advising clients on intellectual property law. His work includes advice on trademarks, their protection and their realisation. In cooperation with accountants and business economists he is regularly involved in the taxational assessment of trademarks. His work also includes all aspects of copyright protection, designs and unfair trading. He also does litigation in cases of intellectual property infringements ...
Justus Kreuels´ practice involves patent prosecution in the fields of mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, information technology and medical engineering and patent opposition as well as invalidity proceedings before the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office, and the Federal Patent Court. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and at RWTH Aachen University where he graduated as Master in Engineering in 2007. In 2...
Markus Kreuzberg is a patent attorney and equity partner at Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling (BDPE) in Dusseldorf, a service boutique specializing in the representation of clients in litigation and prosecution proceedings for intellectual property rights. He has extensive experience in the implementation of patent and utility model law and has in-depth knowledge of international legal practice in the IP field, not least due to the support of clients also operating outside Europe. Further areas...
Heinrich Georg Pannen is a lawyer and equity partner at Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling (BDPE) in Dusseldorf, a service boutique specializing in representation in litigation and prosecution proceedings in the field of intellectual property.His focus is supervising national and international intellectual property portfolios, in particular in the field of trademarks and designs. He has many years of experience in conducting application procedures, opposition procedures and nullity and appeal pr...
Dr. Kai Rüting is attorney since 2005 and partner of the firm since 2015. He advises clients in patent infringement litigation, technology-related arbitrations, and licensing matters. He specializes in national and cross-border patent litigation. Kai has comprehensive litigation experience, in particular in the areas of standard-related patents, electronics, medical technology, chemistry and life sciences. He also has broad experience advising international clients on strategies relating...
Dr. Christian Sandweg joined the firm of VOSSIUS in 2011 and was admitted to practice as a German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) and European Patent Attorney in 2015. His training in IP included stages at the German Patent Office, the Federal German Patent Court and the Lower District Court Mannheim. In 2016, he became a partner in the firm. Dr. Sandweg studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Kaiserslautern, specializing in solid state physics and in partic...
Martin Wirtz works in all fields of intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on trade mark, competition, and copyright law, including litigation. A further focus of his work is patent infringement proceedings. His clients include large and medium-sized firms as well as international companies and associations from a wide variety of different areas. Martin Wirtz studied law at the University of Passau, the University of Freiburg, the University of Cologne, and at Queens' Colle...
Dr. Leonie Dißmann-Fuchs was admitted to the bar in 2015 and has been a certified specialist lawyer for intellectual property law since 2019. Dr. Dißmann-Fuchs joined VOSSIUS as a Senior Associate in mid-2018. Before that, she worked with a Düsseldorf boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property law. Dr. Dißmann-Fuchs represents and advises national and international clients in all areas of intellectual property law. Her focus is on patent law and unfair comp...
Frederic Mühlenbruch is an attorney-at-law advising clients on all aspects of patent law with a focus on contentious infringement and invalidation proceedings. A special focus of his activities lies on patent disputes regarding telecommunications technology, especially in the context of standard-essential patents, as well as medical devices. Besides his quick technical understanding, Frederic knows the ins and outs of the legal and strategical aspects of such cases. He joined VOSSIUS in ...
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