Dr. iur., LL.M. (Harvard)
Attorney-at-Law
Location München
Born 1941
pagenberg@bardehle.de
T +49.(0)89.928 05-211
Litigation and advice in all fields of Intellectual Property: Enforcement of mechanical, pharmaceutical, biotech, electronic and software patents; prosecution and enforcement of trademarks and copyright matters, unfair competition, European antitrust law and licensing, arbitration and mediation proceedings.
Patent cases require close cooperation between Bardehle Pagenberg’s patent attorneys, in particular when dealing with simultaneous infringement proceedings before the German courts and oppositions before the European or German Patent and Trademark Office or revocation proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the German Federal Supreme Court. For more than 30 years, Jochen Pagenberg has prepared and coordinated important cases with multilingual and multidisciplinary teams.
He represents market leaders in semiconductors, telecommunications, medical devices and automotive technology. Through litigation or preparing for large-scale technology transfer between international companies, Jochen Pagenberg helps his clients to negotiate important licence agreements.
Important trademark cases concern parallel importation of consumer products, worldwide coexistence agreements between suppliers, and piracy cases. His practice comprises regular representation in opposition proceedings before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) in Alicante, the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, as well as numerous infringement actions before the German courts.
Among Jochen Pagenberg’s trademark clients are leading producers of healthcare and cosmetic products and prestigious French manufacturers of luxury goods. He has also represented a publishing house and author of famous comic strips for more than 30 years.
In international surveys conducted by Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Jochen Pagenberg has repeatedly received the most nominations as top lawyer for patent and trademark law in Germany. In the same surveys he has been voted for the third time in a row as one of the top ten patent litigators worldwide as a result of surveys among peers.
Recommended in:
Who's Who Legal - Germany 2012: „national leader“ according to peers who recognize his trademark prosecution and enforcement work as „first rate" (peer quote)
JUVE Commerical Law Firms 2011/2012
Leaders League 2011
The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (Who’s Who Legal) – Patents 2011: „one of the premier patent lawyers in Europe“ (editor)
Chambers Europe 2011: „Brilliant litigator“ (client)
The World's Leading Patent Litigators 2011 (IAM 250): „one of Germany's most highly respected lawyers“ (editor)
WTR 1000 The definitive guide to trademark legal services 2011: „senior figure with a great reputation“ (client)
Chambers Global 2011
JUVE Commerical Law Firms 2010/2011
The World's Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers 2010 (IAM 250)
Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners (MIP) 2010
MIP Handbook 2010
The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (Who’s Who Legal) – Trademarks 2010
Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners (MIP) 2009
The Best of the Best 2009
Awards:
Inducted into the IP Hall of Fame 2010
1970 | Trainee at Cabinet Mathély, Paris |
1969–1979 | Research assistant, later head of department at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich |
Since 1979 | Private practice; co-founder of Bardehle Pagenberg, Munich |
1964–1968 | Studied Law at the universities of Hamburg and Munich, Germany, and Lausanne, Switzerland |
1972 | Second State Examination (Bar exam) |
1972–1973 | Harvard Law School, USA – LL.M. 1973 |
1969–1979 | Research assistant, later head of department at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich |
1973 | Admitted to the Munich Bar |
1974 | Dr. iur. (PhD) degree in Law, University of Munich |
2002 | Admitted to the Paris Bar |
German, English, French
Jochen Pagenberg is member of the advisory committee of the German Federal Ministry of Justice set up to discuss matters of European patent law. He has served for many years as an expert and sole attorney of the European Working Party for the European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) and has been appointed as a member of the Expert Group as one of five attorneys from the EU. From 2009 - 2011 Jochen Pagenberg was President of the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) after having served as its vice-president for four years. He is chairman of the special committee on European patent litigation of the AIPPI.
Since 1973, he has been a co-editor of the English-language IP journal International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich and has published a number of books and more than 80 articles on a wide range of IP subjects in German, English and French.
He lectures at the Universities of Strasbourg (CEIPI) and Alicante, and at the Munich Industrial Property Law Center (MIPLC) of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich. He has also given numerous presentations covering the entire intellectual property spectrum.
Memberships:
AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property): Chairman special committee on European patent litigation
EPLA (European Patent Litigation Agreement): Expert Working Party
EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association): President
INTA (International Trademark Association): committee member
Commission for the European Patent Judiciary: Member of Expert Group
GRUR (German Association of Intellectual Property and Copyright Law): Expert committee for antitrust law