Short Info
Detlef von Ahsen
Joined K&W in: 2010
Admitted as Attorney: 1996
Languages: German, English, French
Qualification
- Dipl.-Ing. in General Mechanical Engineering
- Patent Attorney
- European Patent Attorney
- European Patent Litigator (UPC)
- European Trademark and Design Attorney
部門
Academic and Professional Career
Technical University of Darmstadt
Studies of General Mechanical Engineering
1990 – 1992: Product Engineer at Baker Hughes Inteq, Celle
1992 – 1994: Patent Attorney Trainee at Meissner, Bolte & Partner, Bremen
1994 – 1995: Patent Attorney Trainee at the GPTO/BPatG, Munich
1996 – 2013: Self-employed Patent Attorney
Memberships
- AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)
- AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- BayPat (Bavarian Patent Attorney Association)
- BDPA (Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys), President since October 2021
- Chamber of Patent Attorneys, from 2002 until April 2020 Member of the Board
- EPI (European Patent Institute)
- EPLIT (European Patent Litigators Association)
- FICPI (International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys)
- GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- INTA (International Trademark Association)
- LES (Licensing Executives Society Germany)
- Patent Attorney Association Lower Saxony-Bremen, 1997-2011 Member of the Board
- VPP (Association of Intellectual Property Experts)
Recommendations
"Detlef von Ahsen is a patent attorney with a mechanical engineering background. Assiduously cultivating branding expertise, von Ahsen's technical background pays dividends in similarity assessments in opposition cases. He has developed niche expertise in the field of 3D trademarks."
(2024, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000)
"... Joining him is Detlef von Ahsen, who handles a combination of patent and trademark mandates. He has developed a niche offering in the area of 3D marks."
(2023, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000)
"... patent and trademark attorney Detlef von Ahsen, whose former career in industry as a product engineer means he can easily see things from the point of view of innovators. While he is a strong all-round counsellor, 3D trademarks are a speciality."
(2022, World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000)
WTR 1000 ist die weltweit einzige unabhängige Multimediapublikation, die sich ausschließlich mit Berichten rund um Markenthemen für in-house Anwälte und Anwälte in Kanzleien befasst.