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Dieter Hepp - European Patent Attorney
Dieter Hepp, born 1942 in Munich/Germany, is a European Patent
Attorney and managing partner of the firm. He dedicates most of his time
to drafting and negotiating agreements, litigation, opinions and
developing IPR strategies. His background is electronics, economy and law.
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Driven by curiosity. First contact with IPR: free lance work
for Patent Attorney during first academic studies
(Diplomingenieur 1968)
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Full time work in a Munich patent law firm while studying law.
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Work for foreign associates (prosecution, oppositions and appeal procedures)
became frustrating: the economical context was missing.
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Decision to study economy (Wirtschaftsingenieur, diploma 1972) while changing from law firm to industry; becoming responsible for Patents, Licensing and IPR in internationally operating Swiss company (Gurit-Heberlein). |
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1975: started own law firm designed to combine
the same full range of services as the Patent-, License-, Litigation-
and IPR-Departments of an industrial company: focussing on providing
IPR-Services as an integral part of Marketing and Corporate Strategy of clients.
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Actively developing, prosecuting and enforcing
industrial property rights is the daily challenge.
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