Dipl.-Ing. Olaf Behrendt advises our clients on issues relating to German, European and international patent law. He was admitted as a German patent attorney in 2018 and has also been admitted to the European Patent Office since 2022. With his degree in electrical engineering and information technology and his experience in the fields of “production” and “research and development” in an internationally active group, he contributes a broad range of specialist knowledge and in-depth expertise to the area of intellectual property. He advises both national and international clients and is characterized by his ability to precisely analyze complex technical issues and to evaluate them in a legally sound manner. His main areas of practice for clients include the drafting and defense of patent applications as well as opposition, cancellation and nullity proceedings, freedom-to-operate analyses, searches and expert opinions.
Professional career
- Studied electrical engineering and information technology at the Rheinisch-Westfälische-Technische-Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen – graduate engineer, 2010
- Employed in an internationally active group, responsible for “production” and “research and development”, 2014
- Active in intellectual property law since 2015
- Degree in law for patent attorneys, at the University of Hagen, 2018
- Admission as a patent attorney, 2018
- Admission as representative before the European Patent Office, 2022
Memberships in professional associations
- Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
- VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V. (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic Information Technologies)
