Dr. Thomas L. Bittner

2. June 2022/in Berlin Employee Inventions, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models Electrical, Internet, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Software / IT

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Dr. Thomas L. Bittner

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Physiker

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Kurfürstendamm 185
10707 Berlin
Germany

T +49 (30) 23 60 76 70
F +49 (30) 23 60 76 721

As a Patent Attorney Thomas L. Bittner focuses on technical intellectual property rights, especially patents and utility models, both with respect to filing and prosecution, as well as litigation. Also, he advises and represents his clients in opposition proceedings and revocation proceedings before the German authorities and courts, and before the European Patent Office. Thomas L. Bittner advises companies on the establishment and strategic development of intellectual property rights portfolios, including licensing. His special technical interests are, among others, electrical and mechanical engineering, semiconductor devices, medical devices, and software patents.

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Thomas L. Bittner studied physics at the Humboldt-Universität of Berlin. After his PhD he worked as a scholarship holder of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation at the Argonne National Laboratory in the US. He started his career in the field of intellectual property at the patent department of IBM Germany in 1995.Thomas L. Bittner regularly teaches intellectual property law both in Germany and abroad. He was a visiting lecturer at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute of the University of Potsdam for many years. For the German Attorney Academy he is teaching in a course about the protection of software.In addition, he held a training course on European patent law for several weeks in China. Since 1999, he is a partner of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT.

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Dr. Michael Rüberg, Rechtsanwalt bei BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

Dr. Michael Rüberg, LL.M. (London)

2. June 2022/in Dusseldorf, Munich, Paris Copyright, Designs, Employee Inventions, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Product Piracy, Unfair Competition

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Dr. Michael Rüberg, LL.M. (London)

Attorney at Law (Germany)
Certified IP Lawyer

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

Jägerhofstraße 21
40479 Dusseldorf
Germany

T +49 (211) 71 17 00
F +49 (211) 71 17 017

10 Avenue Kléber
75116 Paris
France

T +33 (1) 5603 6591
F +33 (1) 5603 6594

Michael Rüberg focuses on patent infringement proceedings. He is representing his clients in all German patent infringement courts and, in cooperation with patent attorneys from all technical fields, in parallel invalidity proceedings at the Federal Patent Court and the European Patent Office. Michael Rüberg is frequently involved in the coordination of cross-border patent infringement disputes, both contentious and non-contentious. Another focus of his work is on the strategic counselling against product piracy. In addition, he provides legal advice on licensing issues, technology transfer, and employee inventions, as well as on copyright and unfair competition.

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Michael Rüberg studied law at the University of Bochum and the University of Munster. After graduation, he earned his doctorate in law at the Institute of Media Law, University of Cologne, on a subject related to digital copyright under German and UK Law. He holds a Master of Law degree from renowned King’s College, London, specialized on intellectual and industrial property rights.Before becoming a partner with BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT, Michael Rüberg was active as an in-house counsel and group leader in the patent and trade mark’s department of BMW AG in Munich. Previously, he worked as an attorney at law in the patent litigation group of a leading international law firm in Dusseldorf. He therefore combines distinct experience as an attorney at law, patent litigator, and in-house counsel, to provide clients with an integrated and business-oriented approach to their legal needs.Michael Rüberg frequently lectures on topics related to patent litigation both in Germany and abroad. In 2016, he has been appointed visiting professor at the Xiangtan University, PR China. Also in 2016, he has been named a global fellow of the Federal Circuit Bar Association, Washington D.C., US.Legal500 Deutschland 2015/2016 has placed particular emphasis on his work in the field of patent litigation and mentions his “utmost professionalism” and “business-minded approach.” In 2016, he has been included in the IAM listing of the 1000 leading patent practitioners worldwide.He is a member of the Munich and Dusseldorf Bar Association, the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), the Licensing Executives Society (LES), and the International Association of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). He frequently publishes on various topic of intellectual property law.

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Dr. Jakob Valvoda

2. June 2022/in Munich Employee Inventions, Information Technology, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models Internet, Software / IT

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Dr. Jakob Valvoda

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Informatiker

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

Jakob Valvoda focuses on the protection of software and computer-implemented inventions. He works with patent portfolios in various areas of computer science, informatics, and electrical engineering, in particular areas related to media, computer graphics, user interaction, cryptography, information security, computer games, networks, data mining, operating systems, computer hardware, and processors.

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Jakob Valvoda has extensive experience with prosecution and opposition proceedings before German and international patent offices, and conducts appeal proceedings before the Bundespatentgericht (German Federal Patent Court) and the boards of appeal of the EPO. Additionally, he is involved with patent infringement and nullity proceedings. He provides counsel on technical aspects of open source software and internet piracy related to copyright infringement.Jakob Valvoda studied computer science at Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University in Germany and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).During his doctoral research in the virtual reality group at RWTH Aachen University, Jakob Valvoda conducted studies on interactive immersive media in medical applications and concluded his doctoral thesis on real time simulation of virtual human models in virtual environments.Since 2008, he works for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT and received his admission as a German patent attorney in 2011. Since 2012, Jakob Valvoda is a professional representative before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the EU intellectual property office.Jakob Valvoda is a member of the German Computer Science Society (GI), the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).

Dr. Volker Scholz

2. June 2022/in Bremen Designs, Employee Inventions, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals / Life Sciences

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Dr. Volker Scholz

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Chemiker

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Hollerallee 32
28209 Bremen
Germany

T +49 (421) 340 90
F +49 (421) 349 17 68

Volker Scholz assists German and international clients with all patent law related aspects in the field of chemistry and pharmacy, especially technical chemistry, polymer chemistry, and electro chemistry. His focus not only lies in the support of examination procedures of patent applications at German and international patent offices, but also in the enforcement of opposition and invalidation procedures as well as infringement suits.

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He is also very active in counseling and implementing strategies for patent portfolios, and regularly advises regarding the employee’s invention act and the licensing agreement act.Volker Scholz studied chemistry at the University of Hamburg and the Bangor University (Wales). His dissertation at the University of Hamburg dealt with metal organic catalysis of polymerization reactions. Here, he investigated the behavior of newly synthetized half sandwich titanium compounds as catalyst in the polymerization of styrene and butadiene.He has been working at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT since 1999. In 2002, he received his admission as a German patent attorney and as a representative at the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Since 2005, Volker Scholz is a professional representative at the European Patent Office.Volker Scholz is member of the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), the Licensing Executive Society (LES), the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the International Association of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), and the German Chemical Society (GDCh).

Dr. Stefan Schohe

2. June 2022/in Munich Designs, Employee Inventions, Information Technology, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models Creative Industries, Electrical, Internet, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Software / IT

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Dr. Stefan Schohe

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Physiker

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

Apart from prosecution of intellectual property rights for German and foreign clients, a main part of his work is litigation, especially pre-litigation advice, representation of clients in court, and coordinating international patent litigation. He also takes a keen interest in alternative dispute resolution and is a trained mediator (CVM). His main technical fields are information technology, medical devices, lighting technology, and physical measurement technology.

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Stefan Schohe joined the profession in 1992, having graduated with a Diploma in physics following studies at the University of Karlsruhe and Cambridge University, and obtained a PhD in theoretical and computational physics from the University of Würzburg.Apart from prosecution of intellectual property rights for German and foreign clients, a main part of his work is litigation, especially pre-litigation advice, representation of clients in court, and coordinating international patent litigation. He also takes a keen interest in alternative dispute resolution and is a trained mediator (CVM). His main technical fields are information technology, medical devices, lighting technology, and physical measurement technology.Stefan Schohe authored several articles in learned publications, especially in the field of computer-implemented inventions, and regularly talks and teaches on issues of intellectual property. He is co-editor of the intellectual property journal Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, chair of the High Technology Committee of LESI, chair of the IT Committee of LES Germany, and member of the Committee on the Protection of Computer Software of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys.JUVE Handbuch 2017/2018, a survey of business law firms, names him as a frequently recommended patent attorney.

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Santa Clara University, California, USA
Lectures on Software Law

Steffen Schmidt, Patentanwalt bei BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT

Dr. Steffen Schmidt

2. June 2022/in Munich Designs, Employee Inventions, Patent Litigation, Patents and Utility Models Electrical, Internet, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Software / IT

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Dr. Steffen Schmidt

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Physiker

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

Steffen Schmidt works in various fields of physics. In addition to drafting and prosecuting patent applications, he particularly focuses on opposition proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and the European Patent Office.

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Steffen Schmidt studied physics at the University of Frankfurt focusing on solid-state physics. After completing his thesis at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, he worked as a research assistant at the Physikalische Institut of the University of Frankfurt on issues relating to magnetic resonances, cryogenics, and ultrasound in low-dimensional spin systems. He received a PhD in these fields.In his work as patent attorney he specializes in the area of computer-related inventions in addition to the classic areas of physics. Moreover, he does volunteer work for the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys as a tutor for patent attorney candidates.

Nils T. F. Schmid

2. June 2022/in Munich, Paris Designs, Employee Inventions, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models, Trade Marks Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Physics

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Nils T. F. Schmid

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Ingenieur

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

10 Avenue Kléber
75116 Paris
France

T +33 (1) 5603 6591
F +33 (1) 5603 6594

Nils T.F. Schmid specializes in traditional mechanical engineering, his particular interest being in the areas of motor vehicles, tool engineering, process engineering, textile technologies, and medical technology. For his clients, especially medium-sized companies in Germany/Europe and Asian and American big corporations, he develops both German and global patent strategies and sees to their implementation with regard to the building up and management of patent and design patent portfolios.

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Other key areas of his work include infringement and nullity disputes regarding patents, utility models, and designs, and the establishment and counseling of in house IP departments, including advising on employee inventor law.Nils T. F. Schmid studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and at the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) with an emphasis on materials science and technical mechanics. He qualified as an engineer in 1997. At the same time, he acquired a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (DEA) at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) in Paris in the area of development and manufacturing of motor vehicle bodies. In 1997, Nils T. F. Schmid started his studies to become patent attorney. Since 2001, Nils T. F. Schmid is working for BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT as a German patent attorney and European patent and trade mark attorney. Further, he is the location representative at the Paris office of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT.Nils T. F. Schmid lectures at the Université de Strasbourg (CEIPI seminars), preparing candidates for the admission examination to qualify as a European patent attorney (EQE) (European Qualifying Examination). In addition, he regularly holds further education seminars for the European Patent Academy of the EPO to prepare examiners for the EQE.He is a member of UNION-IP (European Practitioners in Intellectual Property) and served as Vice-President of the UNION-IP Board from 2007 to 2013. Nils T. F. Schmid led UNION-IP as President from 2013 to 2015, and was Past-President from 2015 to 2017. Nils T.F. Schmid was appointed honorary president by UNION-IP delegates in October 2017. He is also President of the Statutes Commission.Nils T. F. Schmid is a member of the Senate and the Innovations Committee of the BWA (Bundesverband für Wirtschaftsförderung und Außenwirtschaft, Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade), which advises the German Government on questions of research, innovation and public investment.

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Université Robert Schuhman, StrasbourgPreparation seminar for candidates for the European Patent Attorney Qualifying Exams (CEIPI-seminar)

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Digitalisation & patents Going global: Getting the right patent portfolio

Dr. Karl-Heinz Metten

2. June 2022/in Frankfurt Designs, Employee Inventions, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models Chemistry

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Dr. Karl-Heinz Metten

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Chemiker

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Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 7
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

T +49 (69) 74 34 62 0
F +49 (69) 74 34 62 162

Karl-Heinz Metten is mainly interested in the fields of engineering plastics (manufacture and applications) and catalysts.He studied chemistry and computer science at the University of Bochum and the University of Dortmund. He received his PhD in organic chemistry focusing on stereoselective synthesis of drug targets and the chemistry of saccharides.

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As a postdoctoral fellow he specialized in organometallic chemistry at Imperial College, London (GB), and in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cambridge (GB). After working as a patent attorney trainee in a patent law firm in Hamburg, he joined the patent and license department of a major German chemical company.The JUVE Handbook 2017/2018 cites him as one of the patent attorneys who is frequently recommended.

Dr.-Ing. Uwe Manasse

2. June 2022/in Bremen Designs, Employee Inventions, Licensing, Patents and Utility Models Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Software / IT

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Dr.-Ing. Uwe Manasse

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Diplom-Physiker

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Hollerallee 32
28209 Bremen
Germany

T +49 (421) 340 90
F +49 (421) 349 17 68

Uwe Manasse focuses on obtaining and defending protective rights, consulting, and supporting clients concerning filing strategies, enforcing protective rights, and avoiding infringement of protective rights. Furthermore, advising regarding employee invention law and design protection are part of his core work. He works in many technical areas, particularly in physics, process engineering, software/IT, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, conveyor technology, and handling technology.

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Uwe Manasse studied physics at the University of Bremen, and, after working there for several years as research associate, he obtained his doctorate in the area of production technology, process engineering. During this time he specialized in laser measuring technology, especially particle measuring techniques. Prior to taking up his position as patent attorney, he was head of the measuring technology department of an Erlangen company.Uwe Manasse completed his German patent attorney training with BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT from 1994 to 1997. Since 1999, he is an admitted professional representative before the European Patent Office and before the European Union Intellectual Property Office.Uwe Manasse is a member of the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), the Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the Licensing Executive Society (LES), the International Association of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

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Florian Malescha

2. June 2022/in Munich Data Protection, Designs, Employee Inventions, Patent Litigation, Patent Valuation, Patents and Utility Models, Product Piracy, Unfair Competition Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Software / IT

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Florian Malescha

German Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

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Pettenkoferstraße 22
80336 Munich
Germany

T +49 (89) 55 96 80
F +49 (89) 55 96 85 090

Florian Malescha advises numerous German and international clients in all matters of patent and design law, ranging from questions of employee invention law and the identification of objects of protection to examination proceedings in front of the German and international patent offices, the strategic development and sustained maintenance of complex patent portfolios as well as the defence and enforcement of intellectual property rights in patent litigation, nullity and opposition proceedings and the performance of freedom-to-operate analyses.

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His main areas of expertise include advising and assisting clients as well as building and maintaining competitive patent portfolios in all areas of traditional mechanical engineering, automotive technology, process technology, aerospace technology, production technology, in particular generative manufacturing technology, robotics and AI, and energy technology.Florian Malescha studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). In addition to his training as a patent attorney, he gained extensive practical experience in several research and development departments of leading companies in the automotive and mechanical engineering industries in Germany and Singapore.Florian Malescha joined BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT in 2014 and has been a partner since 2021.He is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) and the Association of European Patent Attorneys (UNION-IP).