Work Department

Intellectual Property / Patents

Position

German and European Patent Attorney, Partner

»Progress is based on technological innovations. Truly understanding technology is what it takes to successfully protect and defend innovations. That’s how I achieve exceptional results for our clients.«

Dr. Christian Haupt's professional activities focus on the prosecution of both patents and utility models before the German and European patent offices as well as on defending and attacking patents and utility models in opposition proceedings before the competent patent offices, in particular in the fields of mechanical engineering (e.g. sports equipment and medical engineering), telecommunications (e.g. LTE mobile radio communication standards and mobile terminals), IT and computer-implemented inventions, electrical engineering and navigation technology.

Another focus of his is the enforcement of IP rights in patent infringement and (parallel) nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court as well as in the context of expert opinions on infringement and validity.

Education

2006

Awarded a Dr. rer. nat.

2002

Awarded a Dipl.-Phys.

2002 - 2006

Doctoral thesis at the University of Bonn, Germany, relating to electromagnetic properties of baryons

2002 - 2006

Research assistant at Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn, Germany

2001 - 2002

Diploma thesis at the University of Bonn, Germany, in theoretical physics relating to relativistic quark models

1994 - 2001

Studies of physics at the University of Bonn, Germany