Dr Dirk Harmsen > Vossius & Partner > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile
Vossius & Partner Offices
SIEBERTSTRASSE 3
81675 MÜNCHEN
Germany
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Dr Dirk Harmsen
Work Department
Chemistry & Pharmacology
Position
PARTNER,
Patentanwalt, European Patent Attorney,
UPC Representative
Career
Dr. Dirk Harmsen is a German Patent Attorney, authorized representative before the European Patent Office as well as before the EUIPO and has been a partner at VOSSIUS since 2008.
In his work as a patent attorney he focuses on grant, opposition and nullity proceedings before the European Patent Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court. Dr. Harmsen has extensive experience in compiling validity and freedom-to-operate expert opinions as well as in the area of IP due diligence.
Dr. Harmsen’s profound expertise is particularly rooted in the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry, pesticides and polymer chemistry, including polymerization catalysts.
Dr. Harmsen was involved in a number of patent infringement actions. Especially notable are legal proceedings regarding the pharmaceutical active agents Torasemide, Oxaliplatin, and Methotrexate. He also represented clients in appeal proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice.
His clients are both small and medium-sized companies located in Germany and leading global companies, in particular from the USA, Japan and Israel.
Dr. Harmsen studied chemistry at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster with a main emphasis on organic and organometallic chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. in the field of bioorganometallic chemistry.
With VOSSIUS, he is responsible for organizing and running an annual, two-week training course regarding “European and German Patent Law” which has been held in high esteem in Germany and abroad for more than 25 years.
Languages
German, English
Memberships
German Patent Attorneys’ Association, German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Association of German Chemists, European Patent Institute
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Intellectual property > Patent litigation: patent lawyers
Vossius & Partner is one of the leading patent firms in Germany, which is not least due to its mixed team of patent attorneys and lawyers. The practice is therefore able to handle the entire range of forensic matters, ranging from nullity and objection proceedings to infringement lawsuits. The team has also proven itself in international disputes involving the US, Asia and Europe and offers expertise in the areas of chemistry and pharmaceuticals, biology and biotechnology as well as physics, engineering and IT. Key contacts include Arnold Asmussen and Raphael Salzer, who are both experienced in medical technology, the two chemistry experts Dirk Harmsen and Natalia Berryman, and Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, who is adept in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals spheres.