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| Education and professional experience: | |
| 1989 - 1995 | Studies and degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in electrical and computer engineering at Dresden University of Technology and North Carolina State University |
| 1995 - 1997 | Research fellow at Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, Dresden, at IMMS, Ilmenau, and at IMEC, Leuven, Belgium in the fields of signal processing, VLSI and system-on-a-chip design, member of the board of the ESPRIT project "PrOMInent" |
| 1997 - 1999 | Patent attorney's candidate in a renowned patent law firm in Munich, while studying "Law for Patent Attorneys" at Hagen University |
| 2000 - 2001 | Training in the field of intellectual property at the German Patent Office, the Federal Patent Court and the Civil Court in Munich (Patent Court) |
| 2001 | Registration as German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) and as European Trademark Attorney |
| since 2001 | with BETTEN & RESCH |
| 2002 | Registration as European Patent Attorney and European Design Attorney |
| 2004 - 2006 | Master of Laws (LL.M.) studies in the field of European IP law at Hagen University, thesis: “Adaptation of the German Law to the EU Enforcement Directive 2004/48/EU” |
| Main activities: | |
| Drafting and prosecuting patent applications and utility models, defending and attacking patents in opposition and nullity proceedings before the GPTO, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice as well as the EPO and the Boards of Appeal of the EPO, providing infringement and validity opinions and participating in patent litigation before the respective Civil Courts in Germany. Technical fields of interest: telecommunications, signal processing, computer software, IC-design and electronics, medical devices, and mechanical engineering. Dirk further counsels clients in the fields of trademarks, designs and valuation of IP rights, including portfolio management and IP due diligence. | |
| Languages: | |
| German, English, Russian. | |
