MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Patent law
- Design law
- Trademark law
- Utility model law
- Prosecution, opposition, invalidation, infringement
- IP Due Diligence in the context of M&A and Venture Capital
TECHNICAL FIELDS
- Medical Engineering
- Automotive
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics
- Nanotechnology
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
- Mechanical Engineering at TU Munich with focus on Medical Engineering and Microengineering
- Diploma Thesis in Medical Engineering (Medical Software)
- Doctorate in Medical Engineering (development of an extra-corporeal liver dialysis system)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) at FU Hagen
- Professional Education as German Patent Attorney in Munich, at the District Court of Mannheim (LG Mannheim), at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) and at the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Patentanwaltskammer (Chamber of Patent Attorneys)
- European Patent Institute (epi)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), member of working group European Patent Law (CET 4)
- German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV)
- Since 2007 IP-Professional / Active in the field of intellectual property since 2007
- 2010 Admission as German Patent Attorney, European Trademark Attorney
- 2011 Admission as European Patent Attorney
LANGUAGES
- German
- English
- Japanese
SEMINARS / LECTURES
- September 2016, IIP Institut Tokyo:
Brexit-現在の状況に関する報告：ユニタリ特許制度への影響、ならびに、それから予想されるヨーロッパのIP戦略への影響について
http://www.dts-law.com/en/lecture-about-brexit-in-tokyo/
HONORARY WORK / LECTURESHIP
- Since 2011 Lecturer at the TU Munich, Faculty for Machine Engineering
- Since 2011 Lecturer at the FU Hagen, „Examinatorium Europaeum“
photo: connolly weber, Munich