Volkmar Henke

Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), Partner »A technical mind, legal precision and creativity, a high-level perspective and persuasiveness: With these qualities I passionately fight for our clients, always keeping a sense of proportion.« Dr. Volkmar Henke is patent litigator and particularly active in the areas of mobile communication, semiconductor technology, circuit design, data compression, particularly video and audio coding, and electrical engineering. He advises large multinationals and SMEs, including patent pools and owners of standard-essential patents, primarily in complex disputes. He also coordinates comprehensive international proceedings which are conducted in parallel in multiple jurisdictions. Volkmar represents clients in patent infringement proceedings as well as in invalidity, opposition, and revocation proceedings before the various infringement courts, the German Federal Patent Court, the German Federal Court of Justice and the (upcoming) Unitary Patent Court. Due to his comprehensive experience in conducting and coordinating cross-border patent litigation, he is a much sought-after partner for clients acting on the international stage, particularly in FRAND and SEP cases. Volkmar is one of the rare German trial lawyers who has both a full technical (master’s in physics) and legal qualification. · Bardehle Pagenberg

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Dr. Volkmar Henke is a partner and patent litigator at Bardehle Pagenberg, specialising in complex patent disputes and cross-border coordination of parallel proceedings. He advises multinational and SME clients — including patent pools and owners of standard-essential patents — particularly in FRAND/SEP matters and proceedings before German courts and the Unitary Patent Court.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatent LitigationLitigationTechnology / TelecommunicationsElectronics & Semiconductors

Office

Germany

Bardehle Pagenberg · Attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt), Partner »A technical mind, legal precision and creativity, a high-level perspective and persuasiveness: With these qualities I passionately fight for our clients, always keeping a sense of proportion.« Dr. Volkmar Henke is patent litigator and particularly active in the areas of mobile communication, semiconductor technology, circuit design, data compression, particularly video and audio coding, and electrical engineering. He advises large multinationals and SMEs, including patent pools and owners of standard-essential patents, primarily in complex disputes. He also coordinates comprehensive international proceedings which are conducted in parallel in multiple jurisdictions. Volkmar represents clients in patent infringement proceedings as well as in invalidity, opposition, and revocation proceedings before the various infringement courts, the German Federal Patent Court, the German Federal Court of Justice and the (upcoming) Unitary Patent Court. Due to his comprehensive experience in conducting and coordinating cross-border patent litigation, he is a much sought-after partner for clients acting on the international stage, particularly in FRAND and SEP cases. Volkmar is one of the rare German trial lawyers who has both a full technical (master’s in physics) and legal qualification.

Germany

Expertise

Mobile communicationSemiconductor technologyCircuit designData compression (video and audio coding)Electrical engineeringFRAND and SEP litigationPatent poolsInvalidity, opposition and revocation proceedingsCross-border / international patent litigation

Education

Ph.D., University of Freiburg (summa cum laude), 2005
Law studies, University of Hamburg (1998–2005)
Diploma (Dipl. Phys.), Physics (studies in Hamburg and Université de Paris XI), 1994

Admissions

Admitted to the German Bar (Rechtsanwalt), 2005

Languages

GermanEnglishFrench