Klaus G. Göken
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Klaus G. Göken
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Klaus G. Göken has special professional experience in patent infringement proceedings, licensing negotiations and in the writing, prosecution and enforcement of national, European and international patents and trademarks as well as in defining and implementing strategies for the exploitation and licensing of intellectual property with a view from all IP perspectives.
According to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Klaus G. Göken is one of Germany’s best lawyers 2023 in the field of Intellectual Property Law. Furthermore, he is listed as a “recommended individual” in the ranking of JUVE Patent (2022). Leaders League rates him as “Excellent” in the legal field Patent prosecution (2023).
He speaks German (with pleasure also Plattdeutsch) and English.
Industries
Technical focus
- Renewable energies
- Electroacoustics
- Human-machine interface technology (HMI)
- Plug connector technology
CV
Studied Electrical Engineering at the Technical Universities of Hanover and Munich, specializing in telecommunications engineering, electroacoustics, electronics, television engineering, control systems, digital message processing and power engineering, especially as concerns renewable energies. Research and development work in the semiconductor field at IBM and SIEMENS.
Legal training from 1990 to 1994 in the Patents/Trademarks/Licensing Dept. of Thomson Consumer Electronics/Telefunken Fernseh and Rundfunk GmbH in Hanover and London, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent Court; Patent Attorney (Germany) since 1993 and European Patent Attorney since 1994, at Eisenführ Speiser since 1994. Since 2015 member of the International Graduate Center Advisory Board of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences.
Memberships
- Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Federal Association of German Patent Attorneys
- Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle (FICPI)
- Patent Attorneys Association, Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- Fraternity (Frisia Hannover, Visurgis Bremen)
Publications & Presentations
Einzigartigkeit gegen Preiswettbewerb. Lohnt sich die Investition in ein Schutzrecht?
Management & Mittelstand Nordwest, Ausgabe Juni 2014, 46 f.
CEIPI Seminar Northern Germany (1996-2022)
Various lectures and courses as head and organiser of the CEIPI Seminar Northern Germany of the University of Strasbourg for European Patent Law