Dr. Dieter Laufhütte

Education:

• 1977–1982 Studies of Chemical Engineering at the University Fridericiana at Karlsruhe
• 1982 University Degree
• 1986 awarded a Doctorate in Engineering, Technical University in Munich

Professional Training:

• 1983–1985 Scientific assistant in the Department B for Process Engineering at the Technical University in Munich
• 1985–1988 Training as a patent attorney, one year thereof at the Patent Office and the Federal Patent Court
• 1988 State Patent Examination
• 1990 Examination for admission as a European Patent Attorney

Professional Experience:

• 1989 Admission as Patent Attorney, joined the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• since 1992 Partner at Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• Collaboration in various committees of the Patent Lawyers' Association
• Teaching activity in the training of patent attorney candidates
• Member of the Board of the Patent Lawyers‘ Association
• German representative in the Executive Committee of the FICPI
• 1996 Admission as European Trademark Attorney
• 2023 Admitted as UPC representative

Memberships:

• Association of German Engineers
• German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright
• Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI)
• International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)
• European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)

Foreign Languages:

• English
• French