DIPL.-ING. DR.-ING. STEFAN HOFMANN

PATENT AND UTILITY MODEL LAW,
including infringement proceedings, for example in the areas of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, measuring and control technology, medical technology, process and plastics engineering

TRADEMARK AND DESIGN LAW,
including infringement proceedings, for example in the areas food and beverages, software, construction, textile and in the above mentioned technical areas

Licence agreements

competition law issues and general legal issues relating to intellectual property

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Diploma in electrical engineering at the University of Erlangen, focus of the studies on energy and drive technology and control technology
Project engineer at Siemens AG in the Power Transmission and Distribution Division in Erlangen
Dissertation in the area of mechatronics at the Technical University of Munich (identification und control of non-linear mechatronic systems), graduated with summa cum laude, processing of projects in the area of automotive engineering (x-by-wire systems) and medical technology (Magnetic stimulation of stroke patients at the clinic r.d.Isar) and of projects in the area of the application of neural networks for system identification and control.
Training as a patent attorney at the office of Rau, Schneck & Hübner from 2003 to 2006
Patent assessor since 2006
Patent attorney, European trademark attorney, European design attorney since 2007
European patent attorney since 2008