Rolf Rings
KLINGSEISEN RINGS & PARTNER
PATENT ATTORNEYS
Dipl.-Ing., Dipl. CEIPI Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney
Rolf Rings´ practice centers on patent work, including utility models and designs, in which he is active in prosecution, litigation and licensing as well as in validity proceedings before the EPO, the German Federal Patent Court and the German Patent and Trademark Office. A main area of his work is the elaboration of IP validity and infringement opinions as well as the representation of clients in IP-related infringement proceedings. A main area of his work is the elaboration of IP validity and infringement opinions as well as the representation of clients in IP-related infringement proceedings.
Professional Experience
1997 - 1999
Trainee at the law firm Schuster & Partner, Stuttgart
1999 - 2000
Patent engineer at the law firm Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, Altenburg, Geissler, Munich
2001 - 2007
Associate with the law firm Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, Altenburg, Geissler, Munich
2007 - 2014
Founder and partner of the law firm RINGS+SPRANGER Patentanwälte, Munich
2014
Founder and partner of the law firm RINGS Patentanwälte, Munich
2015
Merger with the law firm Klingseisen & Partner Patentanwälte, transition of the firm to KLINGSEISEN RINGS & Partner Patentanwälte
Specialization
His technical specialization lies in the area of automotive engineering, machine tool engineering, hydraulic engineering, medical devices and solar engineering. Together with a team of specialized attorneys-at-law, Rolf Rings has advised major international clients in litigation cases in the automotive industry, the field of medical devices and sanitary products. He regularly counsels a long-standing client in the up-market sector of sports equipment in all IP-related matters.
He is also skilled in modern evaluation methods of patent portfolios (patent evaluation), a topic on which he has published articles as well as on the role patents can play in a company’s strategic marketing. Rolf Rings has lectured on intellectual property law at the CEIPI in Strasbourg (CEIPI Tutor) for the preparation of candidates for the European Qualification Examination (EQE) of the European Patent Office (EPO).
He was appointed as Court Expert in proceedings before the District Court Munich for the evaluation of an IP portfolio (Court Expert Patent Evaluation) due to his technical-economical specialization and education (Dipl. Ing. Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration).
Education
1991 - 19696
Studies in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen) at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
1996
Awarded degree of Dipl. Ing.
1996 - 1997
Legal Studies of French and International Intellectual Property Law at Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (CEIPI) at the Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, France;
International Scholarship of the European Patent Office (EPO)
1997
Degree of Diplomé du CEIPI
1999 - 2000
Trainee at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the German Patent Court
2000
German Patent Attorney Examination
2001
Admitted to the German Bar of Patent Attorneys and as a representative before the European Trademark Office (OHIM) in Alicante
2001
Admitted as European Patent Attorney
2002
Registered as a qualified person before the French Patent Office (INPI)
2023
Registration as representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Languages
German, English, French
Memberships
AIPPI
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
EPI
Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
FICPI
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
GRUR
Gesellschaft für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht
LESI
Licensing Executives Society
VPP
Vereinigung von Fachleuten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes
Publications
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