Dr. Joachim Happold
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Patent Litigator (UPC), Partner
E‑Mail: j.happold@dts.law
Tel:+49 (0)711 997930–60
Fax:+49 (0)89 219996–99
Main areas of practice
- Patent law
- Utility model law
- Trademark law
- Design law
- Prosecution, opposition, FTO & non-infringement assessment, invalidation and infringement proceedings
Technical fields
- Automotive
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics
- Production and Process Technology
- Physical Chemistry
- Power Engineering and Technical Thermodynamics
- Aerospace Technology and Engineering
Professional education
- Physics, Stuttgart University, focusing on the field of theory of relativity and plasma physics
- Diploma thesis in the field of spectroscopic research in atmospheric pressure microwave plasmas
- Doctoral thesis at the Institute of Combustion Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for work about the formations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formations in sooting low-pressure flames
- Professional Education as patent attorney trainee in Stuttgart, law clerk with the litigation chamber of the district court in Mannheim, the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), and the Federal German Patent Court (BPatG) in Munich
- IP professional in the field of intellectual property since 2007
- 2010 Admission as German Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney
- 2011 Admission as European Patent Attorney
- 2023 Admission as representative before the Unitary Patent Court (European Patent Litigator)
Memberships
- German Patent Attorney bar association (Patentanwaltskammer)
- European Patent Institute (epi)
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)