Global
Practice Areas
National and international registration and examination procedures
Extensive experience in opposition and appeal proceedings
Litigation, national annulment and infringement proceedings
National and international designs
Freedom to Operate analysis
Injury analysis
Strategic Consulting Intellectual Property
Monetary patent valuation on the basis of DIN77100
Career
Mechanical engineering studied with a focus on process engineering, diploma thesis in the field of energy technology at the Ruhr University Bochum
Studied "Economics for Engineers" at the Ruhr University Bochum
Studied "Law for Patent Attorneys" at Fern University Hagen
Trained as a German and European patent attorney as well as a German and European trademark and design lawyer in an internationally active patent law firm in Cologne as well as at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
Studied „European Patent Litigator“ at the University Politecnico di Milano (Polimi)
Professional Memberships
German Patent Attorneys' Association, EPI, FICPI, LESI, AIPPI, VPP, GRUR
Andreas Vogel was a Member of Examination Committee III of the European Patent Office for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) for more than 15 years
active member of FICPI, CET7 IP ENFORCEMENT AND ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Unitary Patent, Unified Patent Court (EU)
European Patent Law
German patent law
Languages Spoken
English, German, Spanish
Experience
Active in industrial property protection since the 1990s
Member of Examination Committee III of the European Patent Office for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) since 2005
Lecturer at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in the field of Intellectual Property
Continuously holds lectures in the USA and Japan on various topics of patent law, including the specifics of European patent law, optimization of US or JP patent applications for German or European subsequent applications, on the protection of software-related inventions
Industry Sector Expertise
Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, process engineering
Optics
Medical technology
Telecommunication
IOT, AI and machine learning