Dr Klaus Seranski joins BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

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Dr. Klaus Seranski (52), Patent Attorney, joined BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT’s Munich office on 1 July 2017. He comes to our team from the renowned firm Leinweber & Zimmermann, where he was active as partner since 1997.

With his profile, Klaus Seranski is an excellent addition to BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT. Together with Patent Attorney Nils T.F. Schmid, he will continue to expand our practice in the growing mechanical engineering sector. Klaus Seranski also specialises in the fields of medical products and technology, hygiene products, laser material processing, alloys, electronics and textile technology.

Speaking about his move to BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, Klaus Seranski said: “The international infrastructure as well as the firm’s strong market position were essential for my decision. Apart from these aspects though – and not least – was the fact that BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT convinced me on a human level and I look forward to our collaboration.” Dr. Carl-Richard Haarmann from BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT stresses: “We are happy that the chambers continues to grow with Klaus Seranski and are able to strengthen our team with an experienced specialist in the fields of conflict resolution in court and out of court.”

Focus of consultancy work 

Klaus Seranski consults globally on how to register industrial property rights and defend them in grant proceedings as well as on the enforcement of technical industrial property rights in infringement proceedings. He coordinates international patent infringement proceedings, defends technical industrial property rights in opposition and invalidity proceedings and represents clients in invalidity appeal proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court. The focus of his consultancy work is on the development and structuring of industrial property right portfolios (patents, trademarks, designs) as well as on patent vindication, involvement in unfair competition proceedings and extra-judicial arbitration.

Education 

After completing his degree in physics at the University of Bonn, Klaus Seranski completed his doctoral thesis in 1991 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry. He was involved in interdisciplinary special research fields and worked on international research projects. In 1996, he completed his training as patent lawyer and in the same year was admitted as European Patent Attorney.

First Frankfurt Trademark and Patent Seminar on 28 June 2017.

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On 28 June 2017, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT’s Frankfurt office will for the first time hold a “Trademark and Patent Seminar“. The seminar is geared in particular at medium-sized companies. At the event, patent specialists and lawyers from the Frankfurt office will provide insight into targeted management of brand portfolios, possible responses to trademark infringement, and into patent strategies with particular emphasis on those suited to medium-sized companies. The topics covered: 

  • “Brand management – properly structuring and organising brand portfolios” (Dr. B. Bahlmann)
  • “Patent strategies for medium-sized companies – DE, EP, PCT, UPC” (Dr. K.-H. Metten)
  • “Trademark infringement – efficient attack and defense strategies” (P. Henrichs)

 
The seminar begins at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. with subsequent get-together. Participation is free of charge. Registration is requested via ford(at)boehmert.de or via this form link.

Management Circle seminar “From patent registration to successful implementation strategy” with BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent lawyers.

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The seminar institute Management Circle offers a two-day seminar entitled “From patent registration to successful implementation strategy” which will show how inventions and innovations can be sensibly protected. The two BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT patent lawyers Dr. Dennis Kretschmann and Dr. Steffen Schmidt will hold speeches at this event. Aspects and topics covered by the seminar are:  

  • Problem solution approach: Test criteria for inventive activities
  • Design law in the company: Strategic supplement to technical patents
  • Patentability: What distance does an invention need to show from current state of technology?
  • Successful patent applications: Writing and understanding patents correctly
  • Infringement process: Efficient enforcement of rights against the infringing party
  • Uniform patents and uniform patent court: The pros and cons of the European patent
  • Global strategies: International registration of technical patents 

The seminar is offered on three separate dates: on 25 -26 July 2017 in Munich, on 8 -9 August 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, as well as on 13 -14 September 2017 in Stuttgart. The seminar is geared towards heads and senior managers of R&D departments, lawyers looking to get a handle on patent and design law, those responsible for inventions in companies, product developers and product managers as well as inventors and start-ups.

4 Josef-Kohler Symposium on “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy” with Dr M. Schaefer

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On 12 June 2017, the 4th Josef Kohler Symposium will take place in Berlin on the subject of “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy – A new Copyright Law for Teaching and Research?”. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Dr. Martin Schaefer will attend the event and take part in a podium discussion on the new Copyright Act. Other participants are: Dr. Jens-Peter Gaul, General Secretary of the University Rector Conference, Prof Christian Sprang, Head of the Legal Department at Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, MR Matthias Schmid, BMJV, Berlin (invited), Prof. em. Dr. Artur-Axel Wandtke, Humboldt University Berlin. Hosted by: Jun.-Prof Katharina de la Durantaye, Humboldt University Berlin. The draft for an “Act for the harmonisation of copyright law in line with the current requirements of the knowledge economy” poses numerous questions: What specific requirements are made by universities, research institutions and libraries of copyright law? Where are the limits when balancing the interests of copyright owners and publishers? What role can collection companies play? These questions will be discussed by experts from academia, industry and politics.
Venue: Auditorium of the Jacob-and-Wilhelm-Grimm-Centre, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 1/3, 10117 Berlin. 

Dr R. T. Böckenholt named for the third time consecutively in “LMG Rising Stars 2017”.

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BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyer Dr. Rudolf T. Böckenholt has for the third time in a row been named by the Legal Media Group (LMG) in its “LMG Rising Star 2017” and thus identified as one of the most notable lawyers in Germany in the field trade mark law. The same publisher distributes the newspaper Managing Intellectual Property and the Expert Guides. The “LMG Rising Stars 2017” will be published in June.

IHK Potsdam commends BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT for commitment to training.

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The Chamber of Trade and Industry of Potsdam (IHK Potsdam) commends Boehmert & Boehmert’s Potsdam offices for its commitment to training lawyers and has awarded it the “Euro-Apprenticeship” plaque. The IHK commends the firm’s commitment to the secondment of trainees outside Germany, thereby encouraging cross-border mobility in Europe. To this end, the firm grants its future legal specialists ten additional days’ holiday in order to be able to integrate an apprenticeship abroad into their training.  Further information on career and training at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT can be found here.

Managing Intellectual Property “IP Stars 2017”: BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT in 2nd place in Copyright

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The current listing in IP Stars 2017 by Managing Intellectual Property puts the law firm in second place, also in the Copyright category. Previously, rankings in the categories Trademark Prosecution (1st place) and Trademark Contention (2nd place) were announced.
The names of individual lawyers will be published in May 2017 (Trademark & Copyright) as well as in June 2017 (Patent Law) in the IP Stars Global Handbooks. The current listing can be found here.

Prof H. Goddar presents 3rd edition of “Sample Agreements” at the Federal Ministry for the Economy.

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On 16 May 2016, the Federal Ministry for the Economy will present the 3rd revised editions of “Sample Agreements for Research and Development Cooperation between Industry and Academic Institutions”.  BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT and Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar as head of the working group by the same name mediated these sample agreements for the Federal Ministry and also provided consultancy services to the Federal Chancellery in this regard.
Prof Goddar will introduce the concluding event and presentation of the revised 3rd edition of the Sample Agreements at the Federal Ministry (16 May 2017, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the BMWI Berlin). Speeches by Dr Stückradt, Chancellor of the University of Cologne, Mr. von Wendland from the EU Commission as well as from representatives from Bayer AG and from Robert Bosch GmbH, as well as from Fraunhofer Institute will illuminate the Sample Agreements. In a concluding discussion round, the significance and practice of R&D co-operations in the Federal Republic of Germany will be discussed. Representatives from academia (universities and non-university research facilities) as well as from industry will be present. Registration required.

Fordham IP Conference in New York includes BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT lawyers.

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Organised by the Fordham IP Law Institute, the 25th Fordham Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference will be taking place in New York from 19 to 21 April 2017. During the conference, three attorneys from the law firm will be appearing as speakers on different panels on Thursday, 20.04. Prof. Dr. H. Goddar will be participating as a panelist on the “Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel in Europe” panel. Dr. M. Schaefer will give a presentation on the subject “A Practitioner’s View of the Digital Single Market” on the “EU Copyright Reform & Digital Single Market” panel. More information about the conference can be found here.

“Update on Brexit” special edition of the “B&B Bulletin”: April 2017.

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The current April 2017 special edition of the newsletter provides an update on the referendum in the United Kingdom, which has become known as “Brexit”, regarding the planned withdrawal from the European Union and the consequences to be expected in the IP field. The government of the United Kingdom sent the notification in accordance with Article 50 of the TFEU (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) to the Council of the European Union on 29 March 2017. The withdrawal negotiations between the parties have to be concluded within two years, and the outcome has to be ratified by the Member States and the British Parliament. To this end, the newsletter highlights the initial developments and recommends strategic approaches for IP rights. Author and lawyer Dr. Rudolf Böckenholt explains which points rights holders should already be paying attention to and provides a checklist of the most important aspects.
The “B&B Bulletin” can be downloaded or subscribed to here.