• studies of mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart with residencies in Patras, Greece (ERASMUS program in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics) and Milan, Italy (biomechanics research project)
• post-graduate studies on Industrial and Intellectual Property Law at the Humboldt University of Berlin
• doctoral scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) for doctoral studies at Columbia University in New York, John Marshall Law School in Chicago and the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire
• Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) at Humboldt University of Berlin with a dissertation on the significance and legal position of patents in advertising in American and German law

Specialized in:

• biomedical engineering and medical devices
• general mechanical and apparatus engineering
• automotive technology
• hydraulics/pneumatics
• industrial handling and robot technology
• sensor and display technology
• manufacturing technology

Other work-related activities:

• member of the Board of the Chamber of German Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer)
• Honorary professor of the University of Stuttgart
• University of Stuttgart – lectures: “German and European Patent Law (Intellectual Property I)” and ”Trademark Law and Design Protection (Intellectual Property II)”
• University of Hagen – author and lecturer for post-graduate master studies “European Industrial and Intellectual Property Law (LL.M)”: contributor to textbook “Procedural Law Regarding the European Patent Convention: Application Procedure”
• University of Hagen – author and lecturer of the textbook “Details and Explanatory Notes Regarding the Scoring System in Parts A and B” for the “Examinatorium Europeum: preparatory class for the European qualifying examination”
• University of Hagen – member of the examination committee of the post-graduate studies “Law for patent attorneys”
• member of the Committee “Patent and Utility Model Law” of the Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR)
• Vice-chairman of the Committee “Design Law” of the Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright (GRUR)
• member of the Committee for Design Law of the Chamber of German Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer)
• member of the Examination Committee of the European Patent Office for the European Qualifying Examination (2001 to 2005).

Member of:

• the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
• the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
• the European Patent Institute (epi)
• the Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
• the Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys 
• the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Foreign languages:

• English

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