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Jochen HilleringmannPartner

Jochen Hilleringmann

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  +49 221 91652 224

  JHilleringmann@dompatent.de

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Graduate Engineer (Electrical Engineering)
Patent Attorney | European Patent and Trademark Attorney | UPC Representative
With dompatent from 1985 to 2024 | Of Counsel since 2025

Languages

German, English

Technical Expertise

Electrical engineering, including semiconductor technology and information technology, software patents and protection of business models, mechanical engineering, physics

Key Activities

  • Advice concerning IP rights strategies, particularly for software-related inventions
  • Advice on establishing IP rights portfolios of national and international patents, trademarks and designs
  • Defense of both domestic and international IP rights in opposition, invalidity and cancellation proceedings
  • Provision of technical and strategic advice in the area of both domestic and international IP rights infringement
  • Advice on and conducting of negotiations regarding out-of-court settlements in IP rights disputes
  • Preparation of infringement opinions
  • Enforces property rights in court
  • Preparation, filing and prosecution of IP rights applications
  • Preparation of opinions regarding potential infringement and non-infringement of property rights including in conjunction with due diligence and freedom-to-operate analyses
  • Defense and enforcement of IP rights at trade fairs
  • Representation in legal disputes prior to and at trade fairs
  • Advice on and representation in matters concerning trademarks including appeal proceedings and trademark infringement proceedings
  • Advice on strategies for registering designs
  • Representation in design matters before the design authorities and courts
  • Enforcement of design rights both domestically and internationally
  • Advises Chinese-speaking clients in all matters concerning IP rights – Consults with Chinese companies, particularly in the market entry phase in Germany and Europe – Advises German branches of Chinese companies
  • Negotiation and drafting of sales and licence agreements
  • Negotiation and drafting of licence agreements
  • Conducting opposition and invalidity proceedings against patents
  • Advice on matters relating to research, development and licensing agreements
  • Establishment of freedom-to-operate opinions
  • Preparation of IP due diligence analyses
  • German Employee Invention Law
  • Preparation of validity opinions

Professional Background

Degree in Electrical Engineering at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum – Patent attorney training at dompatent von Kreisler and admission as a German patent attorney – training to become a Professional Representative before the European Patent Office and admission as a European Patent Attorney, training and admission as an authorised representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Memberships

Chamber of German Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer), German Federal Association of Patent Attorneys (Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte e.V.), epi, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), AIPPI, FICPI, Federation of North Rhine Westphalian Patent Attorneys (Vereinigung nordrhein-westfälischer Patentanwälte e.V)

Additional Activities

Free initial consultation – Voluntary consultation for inventors at the Chamber of Industry & Commerce in Cologne – Voluntary adviser for patent law matters at selected events at Cologne Trade Fair and Exhibition Center.