Patent Attorney - European Patent and Trademark Attorney
Education
1986-1992 Degree in Technical Physics at the Technical University of Munich
1992-1995 Doctoral studies at the University of Bayreuth and employment as scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) in Garching near Munich
1996-1998 Degree in Law for Patent Attorneys at the University of Hagen
Professional Experience
1995-1998 Patent Attorney Trainee at a firm of patent attorneys in Munich
1998-1999 Patent Engineer at the law firm of attorneys at law and patent attorneys Spitz, Klinger & Partner in Munich
1999 Admission to the bar
2000 Admission as a European Trademark Attorney
since 2000 Tutor at the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
2001 Admission as a European Patent Attorney
since 2003 Partner of the law firm of attorneys at law and patent attorneys Klinger & Kollegen in Munich
Technical Main Subjects
Physical engineering, mechanical engineering and manufacturing technology, composite technology, automotive engineering, microelectronics, fiber optics, food technology
Languages
German, English
Memberships
PAK Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer)
epi Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (Institut der vor dem Europäischen Patentamt zugelassenen Vertreter)
FICPI International Federation of Industrial Property Representatives (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle)
VPP Association of Intellectual Property Experts (Vereinigung von Fachleuten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes)
DPG German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft)
VDI German Engineers’ Association (Verein Deutscher Ingenieure)
VDS German Language Association (Verein Deutsche Sprache)
Publications
Review of: "Robert Tafelmeier: Markenbilanzierung und Markenbewertung (Financial accounting and valuation of trademarks) , Peter Lang Verlag", Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte 02/2010 (2010)
Rechnen sich Marken- und Patentinvestitionen? - Bewertung von gewerblichen Schutzrechten (Do Trademarks and Patents pay? - Evaluation of intellectual property rights), PROFITS 01/2007 (2007)
Arbeitnehmererfinder jammern zu Unrecht (Employed Inventors moan wrongly), VDI nachrichten Nr.9/2005, Leserbrief (2005)
Englisch über alles - Das Europäische Patentamt zieht Englisch der deutschen und der französischen Sprache vor (There is nothing better than English - The European Patent Office prefers English to the German and the French language), Sprachnachrichten 01/2005 (2005)
Software-Schutz - Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für den Schutz von Software-Produkten in Deutschland (Software Protection – Legal Framework for the Protection of Software Products in Germany), ISIS Linux Report, Edition 1-2004 (2004)