Jan Ackermann
Bleichstrasse 14
D-40211 Duesseldorf
Germany
Phone +49 211 90490-0
Fax +49 211 90490-49
mail@cohausz-florack.de
Detailed profile
Jan Ackermann has been a patent attorney since 2012 and a partner at COHAUSZ & FLORACK since 2017. He has extensive experience in national and international, in particular US, patent law. He advises medium-sized companies and corporations in all areas of intellectual property rights.
The clients of COHAUSZ & FLORACK particularly benefit from his expertise in the fields of automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, engines and machines, machine elements and manufacturing technology. He acquired this expertise in particular through his mechanical engineering studies at the RWTH Aachen and through past positions at companies and law firms in Germany and abroad.
Jan Ackermann has been admitted as a German patent attorney and as a representative before the European Patent Office since 2012. He holds a degree from the University of Strasbourg in European patent litigation ("D.U. Contentieux des Brevets en Europe").
Jan Ackermann speaks German, English and French.
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Career
2012
Patent attorney at COHAUSZ & FLORACK
2012
German patent attorney and professional representative before the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
2008 - 2011
Trained as patent attorney at COHAUSZ & FLORACK
2008
Studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in automotive engineering, graduating as Dipl.-Ing.
Memberships
Patentanwaltskammer, epi, FICPI, Bundesverband deutscher Patentanwälte
Technical expertise
- Mechanical engineering
- Automotive engineering
- Engines and machines
- Machine elements
- Production technology
- Metallurgy
- Mechatronics
- Medical technology
- Materials
- Physical technology
Legal Expertise
- Patents
- Trademarks
- Infringement proceedings
- Opposition and nullity proceedings
- Due diligence and freedom-to-operate research
- Validity Opinions
- Research on prior art
- Employee inventor law
Publications
Nationale ältere Rechte und europäische Patente mit einheitlicher Wirkung
GRUR 2016, S. 641
Die Zustellung an Dritte als fristauslösendes Ereignis
Mitteilungen der Deutschen Patentanwälte 5/2011, S. 217