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Dr. Jochen Pagenberg was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame for 2010, following a voting process that involved IP professionals from around the world. This culminated in a final vote by members of the IP Hall of Fame Academy, who are selectedfrom the inductees of previous years. The IP Hall of Fame was created in 2006 by the journal Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) of the IP Media Group to award personalities from politics, judges and lawyers, scientists and inventors of technology, who have played a major role in the creation of today’s IP system. Inductees into the IP Hall of Fame are chosen for their outstanding contribution to the development of IP law and practice. For more information visit: www.iphalloffame.com
Among Dr. Pagenberg’s many past achievements and ongoing engagements may be mentioned: Expert of the Working Party for the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA); Member of the Expert Group of the European Commission for the EU patent court system, President of the European Patent Lawyers Association which is contributing to the work for the establishment of a European and EU patent court as advisors of the Commission and by organising conferences all over Europe; chairman of the AIPPI Special Committee on European patent litigation; and not least his relentless publication activities resulting in some 80 articles, six books (such as “License Agreements” now in its 6th English/German edition, with English/Chinese and English/Korean versions having been published recently) as well as lecturing activities at academic institutions in Europe and the U.S.
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG is the only law firm with several of its members having been honoured with this position, one of them Dr. Alexander von Mühlendahl, former Vice President of OHIM in Alicante. This year’s inductees into the IP Hall of Fame were honoured at a gala dinner on 21st June 2010 during the IPBC Conference in Munich.
The “WTR Industry Award” recognizes outstanding work carried out by trademark counsel, and to identify the teams and individuals that are performing their functions to the highest possible standards. Each year, on occasion of the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), the “World Trademark Review” (WTR) presents the annual WTR Industry Awards at an exclusive champagne reception. This year’s ceremony was held at The Harvard Club of Boston on the evening of Tuesday May 25, 2010.
The final award presented on the night is for Alexander von Mühlendahl’s “Lifetime Achievement”, as the only award open to candidates who are not in-house counsel. This is the first time WTR has awarded an individual in private practice in the trademark field.
Alexander von Mühlendahl has also been nominated for inclusion in the trademark chapter of the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers published by Who’s Who Legal. With his inclusion, the BARDEHLE PAGENBERG firm will be among the very few firms worldwide (in any field of the law) boasting three of its members in this elite group of practitioners, the others being Jochen Pagenberg and Peter Munzinger. More
See also an interview-portrait of Alexander von Mühlendahl, "From Brussels to Alicante", published in Managing IP, June 2010
On November 20, 2009, at its yearly congress in Brussels, the members of the European Patent Lawyers Association elected Dr. Jochen Pagenberg as its president after having served as its vice-president for four years.
EPLAW is an association of ca. 250 patent litigation lawyers in the European Community. Its primary objective is to promote harmonization of patent laws and patent disputes in Europe. Members of the Association must be lawyers admitted to a bar and have substantial litigation experience in patent law. EPLAW has rendered opinions regarding the future European Patent Court system and the Community patent; five of its Board Members including Jochen Pagenberg are members of the Expert Group consisting of five judges and five lawyers for the establishment of a European and Community Patents Court.
Jochen Pagenberg has also been active as an Expert of the Working Party for the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) and as Chairman of the European Patent Litigation Committee of the AIPPI. He has been voted in 2009 for the third time in a world-wide survey by Who’s Who Legal as one of the 10 top patent litigators worldwide.
Read more on the EPLAW Patent Blog sponsored by BARDEHLE PAGENBERG:
The German patent No. DE 197 56 864 C1 (patent proprietor: Professor Oliver Brüstle) comprises claims on neural precursor cells derived from embryonic stem cells (ES), and a method for the production of the neural precursor cells. According to the patent description, ES cells comprise human ES cells. They are obtainable by removing embryonic stem cells from the blastocyst, which is a stage of development of the human embryo. According to the prevailing opinion, ES cells cannot develop into a complete individual but are able to form certain types of tissue only under selected conditions. The claims do not comprise the feature of using embryos for the production of ES cells (…more)
Some of the lawyers listed as the “most highly regarded individuals global“ in the field of patents by Who’s Who Legal in 2009 convened in London on 23 September 2009 for a joint dinner (second from the left: Dr. Jochen Pagenberg of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG; see caption of photo for the other participants)
French attorneys-at-law Michèle Lesage-Catel, Stéphanie Legrand, Olivier Legrand, and their associates, join Bardehle Pagenberg in Paris, France.
The Paris office of Bardehle Pagenberg, founded in 1992, is being managed by Julien Fréneaux since 2002.
With ten attorneys admitted to the Paris bar, backed by eleven experienced lawyers, paralegals and staff, the French office of Bardehle Pagenberg now ranks among the largest teams of attorneys-at-law specializing in intellectual property in Paris.
