Dr. Dirk Schüßler -Langeheine has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney at law and has been with Hoffmann Eitle since 2004. He has been co-head of the Patent Litigation and Licencing Department since 2011. He has led numerous patent infringement cases of considerable economic significance. In particular in the pharmaceutical sector, he has led, and also coordinated throughout Europe, various patent infringement disputes against generic companies on behalf of originator companies. His clients include Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, UCB Pharma, Lundbeck and Allergan.
Beyond the field of pharmaceuticals, Dr. Schüßler-Langeheine advises leading companies such as Panasonic and Omron. He speaks fluent Japanese and one of his particular strengths is advising Japanese companies and conducting negotiations between Japanese and Western companies. This combination of professional and linguistic expertise makes him unique. His specialist fields also include all areas of licensing law and international arbitration proceedings.
Dr. Schüßler-Langeheine organises comparative law conferences and symposia on patent law. He regularly gives lectures and is the author of numerous publications on patent law in German, English and Japanese. He was a lecturer in “Advanced Studies in Intellectual Property” at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich. Managing IP awarded him a “Patent Star” in 2019 and 2020.
Year Joined Firm: 2004
Education/Alumni: Bonn University (Germany) , Kobe University (Japan)
Network Memberships: GRUR, LES, Deutsch-Japanische Juristenvereinigung e.V., Internationale Juristenvereinigung Osnabrück
