Christian von Lettow-Vorbeck
Dipl.-Ing.
Partner
+49 211 99 689 -0 | lettow-vorbeck@dpat.de | LinkedIn
Dr. Norbert Struck advises domestic and foreign clients in patent matters in all physical and engineering fields as well as in design and trademark matters. His main practice areas are litigation on the one hand and the drafting of patent applications on the other hand, which he prosecutes until grant. In his practice, out-of-court solutions often bring more benefit to the client than long and costly court proceedings. One of Norbert’s particular strengths is his precise thinking through of technical and legal issues, which enables him to achieve optimal results in patent examination proceedings, opposition and nullity proceedings, and patent infringement cases.
“What drives me is to always find new, tricky solutions to the individual problems of our clients in order to reach the goal in the shortest possible way.“
– Christian von Lettow-Vorbeck
Protective Rights
- Patents and Utility Models
- Trademarks
- Designs
Technical fields
- Mechanical Engineering
- Armament technology
- Electrical Engineering
- Software
Memberships
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Chamber of Patent Attorneys
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FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
Hobbies
- Flying
- Reading
Languages
- German
- English
Special expertise
- Drafting patent applications
- Drafting trademark applications
- Drafting design applications
- Supervising examination proceedings
- Develop creative protection strategies for products by patents, trademarks and designs
- Trademark opposition and nullity proceedings
- Design invalidity proceedings
- Warning letters, leading negotiations and handling infringement cases
- Strategic industrial property right consulting with German,
- European and international orientation
Professional representation
- German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
- Austrian Patent Office (ÖPA)
- Luxembourg Intellectual Property Office (OPI)
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
- Federal German Patent Court (BPatG)
- Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in nullity proceedings
Education
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German Patent Attorney
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European Trade Mark and
Design Attorney -
Diploma in Engineering (RWTH Aachen University)
Detailed Profile
Dipl.-Ing. Christian von Lettow-Vorbeck, German Air Force Reserve Captain, studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production engineering at RWTH Aachen University, and was awarded the degree of “Diplom Ingenieur“ in 1995.
During his studies, he was intent on receiving as broad a technical education as possible and thus attended several additional voluntary courses, such as “Intellectual Property Law“, among others. He was particularly interested in laser technology, welding technology and medical technology. Thus, his thesis dealt with “Improvement of the strength of dental ceramics by ion-exchange techniques“.
He gained practical experience in the fields of mechanical engineering and printing/labelling technology in Madrid, Mexico City and Meerbusch.
Christian then worked as a management consultant for CAS and CRM systems at Dr. Glinz & Partner, a Düsseldorf consultancy that is well-known in this field, and participated in introducing CAS systems at Deutsche Post AG and Hyundai, among other firms.
In 1998, he began his training to become a Patent Attorney at GILLE HRABAL.
In 2000, he continued his education at the German Patent and Trademark Office, at the Federal Patent Court (BPatG), as well as at Munich Regional Court. He returned to GILLE HRABAL as a freelancer in 2001 after having passed the German Patent Attorney’s exam.
In 2001, he was admitted to represent before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). He became a partner in 2004.
Christian is married and has a son and a daughter.