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10th Edition of Nice Classification

Trademarks are used to distinguish goods and services of companies. The classification of goods and services is defined by the International treaty known as "Nice Classification" or "International Classification of Goods and Services". Every five years the Nice Classification is revised.

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

On September 16, 2011 US-President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Revisions to US patent law have been under discussion for a long time, and have now finally been enacted. Many changes will only come into effect in 2012/2013, for example the "first-to-invent" system that has been applied by the USA will be replaced by the "first-to-file" system that is more common throughout the world.

Dr. Andreas Eisele

Dr. Andreas Eisele

PHYSICIST
German Patent Attorney
European Trademark Attorney
European Design Attorney

Dr. Andreas Eisele studied physics and mathematics at the University of Heidelberg. His studies focused mainly on theoretical and experimental solid state physics. Dr. Eisele conducted research work on semi-conductor surfaces at the Max-Planck-Institut in Heidelberg. After receiving his degree, he started a research project at the Department for Physical Chemistry which was devoted to electron microscopy on single strand-like molecules. For his work, he received a Doctorate in 2003. After continuing his academic career as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Phillips-Universität in Marburg and at the University of Bielefeld, Dr. Eisele started as a research and development scientist for electron microscopy at one of the market leaders in this field. There, his work was concerned with the development of a next-generation scanning electron microscope. After one year in the research and development sector, Dr. Eisele was additionally involved in project management. In early 2007 Dr. Eisele started his career in the intellectual property sector. He joined Diehl & Partner in 2009 and qualified as a German Patent Attorney and a European Trademark and Design Attorney in 2010. Technical specialities of Dr. Eisele include physics, in particular optics and semi-conductor technology, computer-implemented inventions an mechanical engineering.

 

Dr. Eisele is fluent in German and English.