Edo Graalfs (Of Counsel)
Patent attorney with an academic background in engineering
Contact
+49-40-366-755
Edo Graalfs has been Of Counsel at the firm since 2020. His consulting work covers the entire bandwidth of industrial-property protection in Germany and internationally, particularly under patent, trademark, and design laws. His other specializations include licensing law and expert opinions.
Edo Graalfs is a member of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte, Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI), International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI), and German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR).
2020
Of Counsel
1995
European trademark attorney
1978
European patent attorney
1972
Partner at the firm Negendank, Hauck und Schmitz, later Hauck Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
1969
Admitted as German patent attorney
1964–1968
Patent-attorney training; initially as a patent engineer at AEG, then at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office and Federal Patent Court
1964
“Diplom” advanced undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen
1963
“Diplom” thesis on electrostatic motors
1958–1964
University studies in electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen