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Education and Career
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since 2003 Expert Lay Judge at the Higher Regional Court Vienna |
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2000 Sworn Certified Court Expert |
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1979 European Patent Attorney |
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1978 Partner, Patentanwälte Sonn, Pawloy & Weinzinger |
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1977 Austrian Patentanwalt |
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1971 – 1977 Patent Attorney Trainee with Patent Attorneys Sonn & Pawloy |
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1966 DI, University of Technology, Vienna, theoretical physics |
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Practice Area
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Patent and utility model law, especially European patent law |
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Drafting of patent and utility model applications,
in particular in the field of electrical/electronic and mechanical inventions |
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Patent prosecution |
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Opposition and nullity proceedings before the APO and EPO |
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Patent infringement proceedings |
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Memberships and Functions
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Austrian Patentanwaltskammer
(Disciplinary Committee, Patentanwalts-Prüfungskommission) |
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Austrian Intellectual Property Law Association
(Österreichische Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht) |
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FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle,
International Association of IP Attorneys) |
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AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle,
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) |
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epi (Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) |
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German Intellectual Property Law Association
(Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, GRUR) |
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Teaching
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Coordinator for the basic CEIPI EPC basic course
for European patent law in Vienna since 1988 |
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Tutor for EPC-Séminaire in Strasbourg (CEIPI) since 1992 |
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Languages
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German, English |
