Klaus Haft, Dipl.-Phys.

Klaus Haft, Physicist (Diploma Degree) since 1997, attorney since 2002, advises in patent infringement litigation and subsequent litigation regarding damages in the entire area of Intellectual Property law, particularly in the fields of patents, know how and designs. His particular focus is on standard related litigation (including 3G, 2G, various ITU recommendations, MPEG, MP3, JPEG), electronics and optoelectronics (including microchips, LEDs and storage devices), electrics (including power plants, wind energy and electrical grids, automobile, as well as antenna technology), software, and general mechanics.

Klaus Haft is an attorney and Physicist (Diploma Degree). He studied in Würzburg and München. He completed his diploma thesis 1997 as a member of the Spin-Muon-Collaboration at the at the European Center for Particle Physics, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

Parallel to his studies Klaus Haft started specializing in Intellectual Property law and in particular in patent law in 1990, while interning at a patent attorney firm. Since then, he continued his specialization with several patent attorney firms, law firms as well as patent and legal departments of engineering companies in Germany, U.S.A. and U.K. He is practicing as attorney in Intellectual Property law since 2002.

Chambers Europe 2009: "A qualified physicist, Klaus Haft enjoys an excellent reputation as “an extremely focused, structured patent and design law expert with outstanding technical understanding.”

Legal Media Group - Expert Guides 2009: "He's got a fantastic scientific background," says one client of Reimann Osterrieth Köhler Haft's Klaus Haft. The Düsseldorf practitioner and physicist, who is widely regarded as a strong trial lawyer, focuses his practice on standard-related litigation. "He is an extremely capable attorney and has done very well against much larger firms," says one client. Another client praises Haft for this dedication: "With some lawyers you get the impression that they are just going through the motions, but with him I get the impression that he thinks very hard about things and works very hard."

Juve 2008/2009: "excellent trial lawyer with technical in-depth understanding".

Listed in "The International Who's Who of Patent Lawyers 2008",  European Legal Experts 2008 and as "leading partner among trial lawyers in patent law" in Juve 2008/2009.