Mark Andres
Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Hanover, specialising in power and process engineering, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, apparatus and plant engineering, including a period of study in Turku, Finland; graduated with a Master’s degree in Engineering (mechanical engineering) in 1991; project engineer in special purpose machine design in Manchester, England.
From 1992 onwards, legal training at Eisenführ Speiser in Bremen, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Patent Court in Munich and at the Hamburg District Court. Employed in the patent department of a US company in Ohio. Patent Attorney since 1995. European Patent Attorney since 1999 as well as European Trademark Attorney and European Design Attorney. Partner since 2000.
Mark Andres is specialised in patent law. He has special professional experience in the filing and prosecution of German patents and utility models and European patents, as well as in patent infringement proceedings, nullity, opposition and cancellation proceedings and in strategic issues.
Specialised technical fields: general mechanical engineering, automotive, aviation, power and process engineering, coating and fluid engineering, mechatronics, shipbuilding.
Languages: German, English and French
Chairman of the Examination Board for Intellectual Property Paralegal.
Memberships: Patent Attorneys Association (PAK), Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (FICPI), Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys.
Publications
Case law means development of the law – especially in the field of industrial property rights. We are deeply involved in this process of ongoing adaptation, refinement and correction of legal frameworks; some of our specialist publications in this respect are listed below.
- Mark Andres, Musterfragen und -antworten zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Publikation der Patentanwaltskammer für Auszubildene zur Patentanwaltsfachangestellten
- Mark Andres, Business Transactions in Germany, Coautor Abschnitt Industrial Property & Copyright
