Klaus Haft

Practice Areas

Patents

Career

As a German qualified attorney (“Rechtsanwalt”) and physicist (master degree), Klaus is a trial lawyer in the field of intellectual property law with a particular emphasis on patent litigation. In addition, he is advising on license agreements, research and development agreements, the law on employee inventions and issues relating to the protection of trade secrets. Based on his physics background and a corresponding in-depth understanding of complex technology he is holding a particular track record in litigating high-tech patents and patents on medical devices. He acts for his clients before the national German courts, collaborates on opposition proceedings, and plans and coordinates multi-national litigation cases.

Klaus studied in Würzburg and Munich. He wrote his diploma thesis at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CERN, in Geneva. Parallel to his studies, he worked as a freelancer in a Munich based patent attorney firm for more than 10 years.

Klaus has been a member of the Board of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) for seven years, the last two years as its President and currently serves as a member of the advisory board. In addition, he is President Elect of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Germany and member of the Executive Board of the Munich IP Dispute Resolution Forum. He regularly publishes on questions of intellectual property law and gives presentations at lecture events on patent law topics.

Professional Memberships

European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), President

Licensing Executives Society Germany (LES, former Secretary)

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physics Society)

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)

Publications

Haft in: Cepl/Voß, Prozesskommentar zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, §§ 883-894 (proceedural commentars on enforcement proceedings), C.H Beck (2015)

Haft in: Ehlers/Haft/Königer, “The person skilled in the art in the context of the inventive step requirement in patent law”, AIPPI Q213, GRUR Int. 2010, 815

Haft in: Haft/Hacker/Baumbgärtel/Grabienski/Grabinski/Heusch/Joachim/Kefferpütz/Kühnen/Lunze, “Border Measures and other means of Customs Intervention against Infringers”, Q208 of AIPPI, GRUR Int. 2009, 826

Haft/Hahn et al, “Litigating standard-essential patents – FRAND and antitrust implications”, Managing IP (2009)

Haft/v. Samson-Himmelstjerna: Core theory regarding exhaustion of patents, in particular “standard-essential” “high-tech” patents, Festschrift for Thomas W. Reimann (2009)

Haft in Haft/Baumgärtel/Dombrowski/Grzimek/Joachim/Loschelder, Exhaustion of IPRs in cases of recycling or repair of goods, GRUR-Int. 11/2008, p. 944 ff.

Haft, Infringement of Patents and Utility Models, Effects of Patent Protection, Scope of Protection; Berlin Verlag (2007)

Haft in: Haft/Donle/Ehlers/Nack, “Punitive damages, a contentious issue of Intellectual Property Rights”, AIPPI Q186, GRUR Int. 2005, 403

Köhler/Haft/Birde/Butler/Sigworth, The damages test – Comparing damages for Infringement in the US and Germany, Patentworld (2005)

Haft/Reimann, Zur Berechnung des Verletzergewinns nach der “Gemeinkostenanteil”-Entscheidung des BGH vom 2. November 2000, Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, 2003, 437-445

Haft, co-author with Adams et al. (Spin Muon Collaboration), Measurement of the SMC muon beam polarisation using the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off polarised electrons, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Bd. 443 (2000author with Adeva et al. (Spin Muon Collaboration), Polarised quark distributions in the nucleon from semi-inclusive spin asymmetries, Physics Letters B, Bd. 420 (1998), 180

Osterrieth/Haft, Grenzüberschreitende Patentverletzungsverfahren in Europa, Festschrift 50 Jahre VPP (1955 – 2005)