Partner

Volker Jordan

Dipl.-Phys., Dr.-Ing., Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney

German Patent Attorney 1997
European Patent Attorney since 1998
European Trademark and Design Attorney since 1997
Partner since 2000

Richard-Strauss-Straße 80
81679 München
+49 (0)89 - 45563 0
email@weickmann.de

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Fields of Activity

Drafting of patent and utility model applications
Patent grant and opposition proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court and the European Patent Office;
Nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice
Infringement proceedings before civil courts
Licensing agreements
Freedom-to-operate and due-diligence analyses
Expert in the following technical fields: mechanical engineering/mechanics, including bicycle technology; optics; telecommunications/mobile telecommunications; computer-related inventions
Particular interests: Validity and infringement disputes, especially oppositions against German and European patents

Studied Physics at the University of Hanover and the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, with focus on applied optics and laser physics; dissertation on quantum optics (diploma 1987)
Scientific assistant for four years at the Institute for General Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics of the Technical University of Munich, doing research in optoelectronics
Doctoral thesis on semiconductor laser technology at the Department for Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (Dr.-Ing. 1994)
Has been working in intellectual property since 1993