Jochen Ehlers mainly works on patent infringement cases and on the prosecution and defence of intellectual property, where his litigation experience stands him in very good stead. Jochen Ehlers also has special experience in writing and defending national, European and international patent applications. He also advises clients on all national and European licensing matters.
Jochen Ehlers is the publisher and co-author of the “Beck’scher Kommentar” on the European Patent Convention; Chairman of Special Committee Q176 of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) for drafting Implementing Regulations for the revised European Patent Convention 2000; lecturer at the German Lawyers’ Academy (“Strategic Deployment of Patents”).
He represented the winning plaintiffs in the “Orange Book Standard” case and also in the recent “Sisvel vs. Haier” case before the Federal Court of Justice, which both attracted considerable attention as landmark decisions on the antitrust defence (“FRAND defence”) for avoiding injunctions in SEP patent infringement proceedings.
Education/Alumni: Mathematics, Physics - Universität Hamburg
Network Memberships:
- Board member of the German Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
- European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
