
Detlef von Ahsen vCard
Dates
- Joined K&W in: 2010
- Admitted as Attorney: 1996
Qualification
- Dipl.-Ing. in General Mechanical Engineering
- Patent Attorney
- European Patent Attorney
- European Trademark and Design Attorney
- European Patent Litigator
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Academic and professional career
Technical University of Darmstadt
Studies of General Mechanical Engineering
1990 – 1992: Product Engineer at Baker Hughes Inteq, Celle
1992 – 1994: Patent Attorney Trainee at Meissner, Bolte & Partner, Bremen
1994 – 1995: Patent Attorney Trainee at the GPTO/BPatG, Munich
1996 – 2013: Self-employed Patent Attorney
Memberships
- AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)
- AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- BayPat (Bavarian Patent Attorney Association)
- BDPA (Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys, President since October 2021)
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys (from 2002 until April 2020 Member of the board)
- EPI (European Patent Institute)
- EPLIT (European Patent Litigators Association)
- FICPI (International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys)
- GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- INTA (International Trademark Association)
- LES (Licensing Executives Society Germany)
- Patent Attorney Association Lower Saxony-Bremen (1997-2011 Member of the board)
- VPP (Association of Intellectual Property Experts)
Recommendations
"... Joining him is Detlef von Ahsen, who handles a combination of patent and trademark mandates. He has developed a niche offering in the area of 3D marks."
(2023, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000)
"... patent and trademark attorney Detlef von Ahsen, whose former career in industry as a product engineer means he can easily see things from the point of view of innovators. While he is a strong all-round counsellor, 3D trademarks are a speciality."
(2022, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000)
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