Hogan Lovells US LLP

Intellectual Property

Clemens Plassmann is a leader in intellectual property matters with a focus on technical IP rights (patents and utility models).

Clemens conducted numerous patent infringement lawsuits before the German civil courts and worked on parallel validity proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the German Federal Patent Court, the German Federal Supreme Court and the European Patent Office. He has a great deal of experience in coordinating multi-jurisdictional patent disputes (including arbitrations) in Europe. Clemens is also active in client counselling as regards licensing, transactional IP and the law of employees' inventions. He increasingly advises on strategic issues related to the upcoming system of the Unified Patent Court in Europe.

English, French, German

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)

European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)

Dr. iur., Freie Universität Berlin, 1996

Second State Exam in Law, Berlin, 1995

First State Exam in Law, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 1990