GERMAN PATENT ATTORNEY
EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEY
EUROPEAN TRADEMARK AND DESIGN ATTORNEY
PARTNER
Main activities
Prosecuting patents and utility models, mainly in the field of physics, mechanical engineering, food technology, automotive engineering and structural engineering, as well as nautical science
Oppositions, invalidations | nullity proceedings, litigations
German and international trademark law and design law
Providing opinions and advice regarding validity and infringement of IP rights
patent portfolio management and elaboration of patent strategies, employee’s invention law
Languages
English, German, some knowledge in French
Education and professional experience
1987-1991
Studies of general physics at the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel and the Technical University of Munich, Degree: diploma in physics
1992-1995
PhD thesis at the Technical University of Munich as part of a collaborative research center in the field of bacterial photosynthesis
1995-1997
Training for patent attorneyship in a renowned patent law firm in Munich; law studies (Law for Patent Attorneys) at the University of Hagen
1997-1998
Education at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court, the District Court in Munich and a renowned British law firm
1999
Partner at patent law firm Andrae Flach Haug
2006-2009
Studies of European intellectual property law at the University of Hagen, Degree: Master of law
2013
Partner of ANDRAE | WESTENDORP
2016
Founding partner of Friese Goeden