Roland Küppers, LL.M. (Univ. Bristol) – Partner
Königsallee 92 A
D-40212 Düsseldorf
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Roland Küppers is member of the Practice Department Intellectual Property and represents national and international companies in issues related to technical property rights. He specialises in patent litigation. In co-operation with patent attorneys and in-house patent departments he works on the nullification of patents and the cancellation of utility models. He has gained technical experience from his work for companies in a wide range of industrial sectors, including information technology, electronic engineering, semiconductors, chemicals, medical devices, automotive and mechanical engineering. Roland advises on patent and know-how licenses (Technology Transfer) and on R&D contracts. He further acts in unfair competition matters having technical impact.
Roland studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Münster (Germany). He obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in intellectual property from the University of Bristol (England). During his training he gained practical experience in the legal departments of Henkel KGaA in Düsseldorf and BP plc in London. In 2003 he was admitted to the bar and started to work for the intellectual property law firm Rospatt Osten Pross in Düsseldorf. He joined Taylor Wessing as a partner in 2008.
Roland is a member of the Düsseldorf Bar Association, the German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law (GRUR), the German Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP), the German-British Jurists’ Association (DBJV) and the European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW).
Apart from German as his native language, he is fluent in English.