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Education and Career
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since 2005 Expert Lay Judge at the Commercial Court Vienna |
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1997 Partner with Patentanwälte Sonn, Pawloy, Weinzinger & Wolfram |
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1997 Austrian Patentanwalt |
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1995 European Patent Attorney |
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1991 – 1997 Patent Attorney Trainee with Patent Attorney Wolfram |
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany |
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1990 Dr. rer.nat., University of Vienna, biochemistry |
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1988 Mag. rer.nat., University of Vienna, biochemistry |
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Practice Area
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Biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology and drug development |
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Patent litigation |
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University inventions |
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IP due dilligence |
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Documentation and evaluation of IP portfolios |
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Memberships and Functions
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Austrian Patentanwaltskammer (board member since 2003) |
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Representative of the Austrian Patentanwaltskammer in the Biotech Monitoring
Committee at the Austrian Patent Office (since 2006) |
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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; ExCo subdelegate for Austria since
2000, chairman of CET group 'European Patents' since 2002) |
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AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle,
Internationale Vereinigung für den Schutz des Geistigen Eigentums) |
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epi (Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office) |
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LES (Licensing Executives Society) Austria (Österreichische Gesellschaft für
Lizenzwesen und Technologietransfer) |
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Teaching
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University tutor for patent law at the University of Vienna, University of Salzburg,
and University of Innsbruck, since 1998 |
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Tutor for the basic CEIPI EPC basic course for European patent law in Vienna
since 1995 |
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Tutor for patent and innovation management at the Management Center
Innsbruck (MCI) since 2006 |
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Languages
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German, English |
