Klaus Haft, Dipl.-Phys.

Klaus Haft

Klaus Haft, Physicist (Diploma Degree) since 1997, attorney since 2002, advises in patent infringement litigation and subsequent litigation regarding damages as well as licenses in the entire area of Intellectual Property law, particularly in the fields of patents. His particular focus is on standard related litigation (including 3G, 2G, various ITU recommendations and IEEE standards, 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 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.
Klaus Haft is visiting lecturer at Hagen Law School.

"A qualified physicist, Klaus Haft enjoys an excellent reputation as" "an extremely focused, structured patent and design law expert with outstanding technical understanding." (CHAMBERS EUROPE 2009)

"Excellent litigation skills and technical expertise."
(JUVE GERMAN COMMERCIAL LAW FIRMS 2010)

Listed in CHAMBERS, LEGAL 500, THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO OF PATENT LAWYERS, PLC, IAM 250 und EUROPEAN LEGAL EXPERT

 

Klaus Haft, Dipl.-Phys.
(Partner)

Steinstrasse 20
40212 Düsseldorf

Tel. 0211 - 550 220
Fax 0211 - 550 22 550
klaus.haft@rokh-ip.com

Publications

Assistant

Focus:
patent law
designs
trademark law
licensing

Memberships:
AIPPI, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Physics Society), EPLAW, GRUR, IPO, LES, VPP

Languages:
German, English

Admitted:
2002 Düsseldorf

Education:
1990 Universities of Würzburg/München
1997 Diploma Degree in Physics CERN
2000 1st State Exam Munich
2002 2nd State Exam Munich