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Mr. von Lettow-Vorbeck was born in Benrath in 1964, studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production engineering at RWTH Aachen (Technical University), and was awarded the degree of “Diplom Ingenieur“ in 1995. During his studies, he was intent on receiving as broad a technical education as possible and thus attended several additional voluntary courses, such as “Intellectual Property Law“, among others. He was particularly interested in laser technology, welding technology and medical technology. Thus, his thesis dealt with “Improvement of the strength of dental ceramics by ion-exchange techniques“.
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He gained practical experience in the fields of mechanical engineering and printing/labelling technology in Madrid, Mexico City and Meerbusch. He then worked as a management consultant for CAS and CRM systems at Dr. Glinz & Partner, a Düsseldorf consultancy that is well-known in this field, and participated in introducing CAS systems at Deutsche Post AG and Hyundai, among other firms.
Thus prepared, he began his training to become a Patent Attorney at the partnership of Türk, Gille, Hrabal, Leifert in 1998. In 2000, he continued his education at the German Patent and Trademark Office, at the Federal Patent Court (BPatG), as well as at Munich Regional Court.
He returned to Gille Hrabal & Partners as a freelancer in 2001 after having passed the German Patent Attorney’s exam. Also in 2001, he was admitted to represent before the European Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM). He became a partner in 2004.
He represents national and international companies in all areas of intellectual property (in particular patents, utility models, trademarks, design models). He gained special experience in the areas of aviation, domestic electronics and appliances, lighting engineering, welding technology in the field of motor vehicle production, trademark collisions and trademark infringements (particularly using Google AdWords), preparing and defending patent applications and infringement disputes.
Patent Attorney von Lettow-Vorbeck has successfully participated in patent infringement actions in the automobile industry and represents market-dominating companies working in the areas of copying machines, printers, consumer electronics, household appliances, print media and motion pictures.
RTL, Rheinische Post and Auto-Bild have asked him to comment on current problems from trademark and patent law in terms that are understandable to the average reader.
In 2008, Patent Attorney von Lettow-Vorbeck has been authorized for professional representation in Austria.
He is married with two children.
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