Franck Klein > BRAUN-DULLAEUS PANNEN EMMERLING > Munich, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Franck Klein

+49 (0)89 – 21 53 819-22 franck.klein@bdpe.de View profile

Work Department

Patent Litigation

Position

Salary Partner

Career

Biography:

• Franck Klein has been working as a patent attorney for BDPE since 2019. In the same year, he became a partner in the firm.
• Before joining BDPE, he worked as a patent attorney in patent litigation at Prüfer & Partner and supervised patent granting at Mitscherlich patent law firm.
• He has been working in the field of intellectual property since 2003 and previously worked in the mobile communications industry.
• In addition to his training at the Federal Patent Court, he completed his postgraduate studies in intellectual property at the University of Strasbourg.
• He holds an engineering degree from the École Centrale de Lyon (ECL) and the Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD) in the fields of data and communications engineering.

Technical area of expertise:

• Electronics
• LED technology
• Mobile communications
• Photovoltaic technology
• Software
• Telecommunications
• Video and audio coding
• Wireline communications

Legal activities:

• Patent litigation and judicial enforcement of patents and utility models.
• Representing clients in legal proceedings (opposition and nullity proceedings) at the European Patent Office and German courts.
• Advising clients in infringement proceedings in cooperation with domestic and foreign lawyers.

Languages

German, English, French

Memberships

• epi – European Patent Institute
• FICPI – International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
• Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Education

École Centrale de Lyon
Technical University of Darmstadt