Franck Klein

Partner
Dipl.-Ing. (Univ.), Ingénieur diplômé (EC Lyon)
German Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, European Trademark and Design Attorney

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.

Biography:

• Franck Klein has been working as a patent attorney for Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling (BDPE) since 2019. In September 2019 he was appointed as Salary Partner.
• Before joining BDPE, he worked as a patent attorney in patent litigation at Prüfer & Partner and previously 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.

Publications (excerpt):

• Mobile communications patents: Further setback for Bardehle client Intellectual Ventures, www.juve.de, 23 August 2018
• Patent litigation over photovoltaics: SolarEdge use Hogan Lovells to sue Huawei and Wattkraft, www.juve.de, 17 August 2018

Memberships:

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

Languages:

German, English, French

Education (excerpt):

École Centrale de Lyon
Technical University of Darmstadt