Volkmar Henke
Attorney-at-law, Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Studied Physics and Philosophy in Hamburg and Paris (Université de Paris XI), specialising in elementary particles, high-energy physics and cosmic radiation. Obtained his Master’s degree in Physics in 1994.
Studied Jurisprudence, completed his practical training for the Second State Examination in Law and obtained his doctorate in law in Hamburg and Freiburg, specialising in civil procedure law, intellectual property and patent law. First State Examination in Law 2000; training periods spent, inter alia, at a patent infringement court and the European Patent Office. Research assistant at White & Case. Doctorate awarded in 2004, Second State Examination in Law 2005.
1995-2000: lecturer in Physics at the University of Hamburg.
Attorney at Eisenführ Speiser since 2005, Partner.
Author of “Die Erfindungsgemeinschaft” (Collective Inventions), Carl Heymanns Verlag 2005.
Volkmar Henke is specialised in IP infringement cases, licensing contract law and the law governing employees’ inventions.
Languages: German, English and French
Memberships: Hanseatic Bar Association Hamburg, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Publications
Case law means development of the law – especially in the field of industrial property rights. We are deeply involved in this process of ongoing adaptation, refinement and correction of legal frameworks; some of our specialist publications in this respect are listed below.
- Volkmar Henke, Interessengemäße Erfindungsverwertung durch mehrere Patentinhaber – „Gummielastische Masse II“ und seine Auswirkungen, GRUR 2007, 89.
- Volkmar Henke, Der Einfluss der Mitinhaberschaft an Rechten des Geistigen Eigentums auf deren Verwertung (Q 194), GRURInt 2007, 503. (V. Henke et al.)
- Volkmar Henke, Die Erfindungsgemeinschaft, Heymanns, Köln u.a. 2005.
- Volkmar Henke, Patent Protection for Computer-Implemented Business Processes under European Law, in: ILS – International Legal Strategy, 2001, Vol. X – 1, 66. (zusammen mit C. Rohnke)
- Volkmar Henke, Search for isotropic gamma radiation of cosmological origin between 65 and 200 TeV, in: Phys.Lett. B 347, 161 (1995) (A. Karle et al., HEGRA-Kollaboration)