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박사 크리스토프 발케

변리사

2009년부터 파트너

Bleichstrasse 14
D-40211 Duesseldorf
Germany

Phone +49 211 90490-0
Fax +49 211 90490-49

mail@cohausz-florack.de

상세 프로필

발케 박사는 RWTH 아헨 공대에서 전기공학을 전공하고, 통신 기술을 전문으로 하여 1999년에 우수한 성적으로 디플롬 엔지니어를 취득하였다. 그는 공간/코드/시간분할 다중 접속 무선 시스템을 주제로 RWTH 아헨 공대 고주파기술 연구소에서 박사과정을 계속하였고, 2002년에 박사학위를 우수한 평가를 바탕으로 취득하였다.

같은 해에 그는 COHAUSZ & FLORACK에서 지적 재산권 법률과 관련한 교육을 시작했다. 그는 뒤셀도르프 지방 법원, 독일 특허 상표청, 연방 특허법원에서 추가 교육을 받은 후, 2006년에 독일 변리사 및 유럽 특허청과 유럽연합 지적 재산권 특허청(EUIPO)의 전문 대표로 공인되었다. 발케 박사는 2006년 8월부터 COHAUSZ & FLORACK의 변리사로 일하고 있고 2009년에는 파트너가 되었다.

발케 박사는 모든 지적 재산권 문제에 고객을 대변한다. 그는 특히 국내외 특허 출원 준비와 특허 출원의 심사를 전문으로 다루고, 무효 절차, 기술적으로 복잡하고 표준 관련 발명에 관한 일에 대해 주로 다룬다. 다른 초점은 특허 소송과 특허 풀의 독립 전문가로의 고문 활동을 들 수 있다. 또한 발케 박사는 기존 사업 분야의 회사 확장을 지원하고, freedom-to-operate searches (FTO) 와 실사 due-diligence (DD) 평가를 통해 새로운 사업 단위를 취득하는 데에 광범위한 경험을 가지고 있다.

그의 전문 기술 분야는 정보 통신 기술, 오디오 및 비디오 프로세싱, 데이터 처리 소프트웨어, 암호 수법 및 의료 기술을 포함한다.

발케 박사는 독일어와 영어를 구사한다.

 

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