Roland Küppers, LL.M.

Roland Küppers is an IP specialist, representing national and international companies in patent infringement proceedings and coordinating cross-border litigation. In collaboration with patent attorneys and corporate patent departments, he advises on patent nullity, opposition and utility model cancellation proceedings.

Roland has gained his technical experience by working for companies in various industrial sectors, namely in the fields of telecommunications, electronics and optoelectronics, semiconductors, medical devices, chemistry as well as automotive and mechanical engineering. In addition, he manages competition law proceedings involving technical aspects.

The Unified Patent Court (UPC)

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Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 – 2008 Associate, IP law firm, Düsseldorf

2000 – 2003 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf

Career

Since 2008 Partner, Taylor Wessing

2003 – 2008 Associate, IP law firm, Düsseldorf

2000 – 2003 Legal clerkship, Düsseldorf

Education

2013 Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf

2003 Second state examination, Düsseldorf

2000 First state examination, Hamm

Publications

C. Thornham/P. England/R. Küppers/S. Agé, "The Unified Patent Court", in: M. Elmer/G. Gramenopoulos, Global Patent Litigation - How And Where To Win, 2019, Bloomberg BNA, Chapter 5
„Urkundenvorlage im Patentrecht“ aus der „Festschrift 80 Jahre Patentgerichtsbarkeit in Düsseldorf“, Hrsg. Dr. Thomas Kühnen, 2016

Memberships & Associations

GRUR (Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht)
VPP (Vereinigung der Fachleute im Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle)
EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers' Association)
DBJV (Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung)