Werner Gramm
Prof. Dipl.-Ing.
QUALIFICATIONS
Until 2009: Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark & Design Attorney
OFFICE BRUNSWICK
Phone +49(0)531 28140-0
Fax +49(0)531 28140-28
gramm@grammpatent.de
Professional career
| 1978 | Founding partner of the joint practice Gramm + Lins |
| 1971 to 1977 | Continuation of the law firm as sole proprietor |
| 1967 | Joined the law firm of the patent attorney Dr. Jooß, Braunschweig |
| 1967 | Qualified as a patent attorney |
| 1964 to 1967 | Trainee as a Patentassessor |
| General Manager of Flakeboard Co., New Brunswick, Canada | |
| Management assistant with Bähre Metallwerk KG, Springe | |
| Assistant engineer with the German merchant navy | |
| Degree in mechanical engineering (Technical University of Hannover) specializing in general machine engineering |
Memberships
Former Associate judge in the Senate for Patent Attorney Matters of the German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe (since 1983); long-standing member of the Expert Commission on Intellectual Property Protection of the German Federal Ministry of Justice (since 1976); former member of the Federation of German Patent Attorneys, GRUR and AIPPI
Lecturing
- Lecturer from 1972 to 2002 and honorary professor from 1980 to 2002 for protection of intellectual property at the Technical University of Braunschweig
Publications
- Gramm: ‘Problems of internal priority’, GRUR 80, 954
- Gramm: ‘Problems of persons seeking legal protection before the courts of intellectual property protection’, GRUR 81,465
- Gramm, Lins: ‘One claim - one priority?’, GRUR Int. 83, 634
- Gramm: Commentary on the German Federal Court of Justice decision on ‘Settling device’, GRUR 83, 497
- Gramm: ‘Industrial applicability’, GRUR 84, 761
- Gramm: ‘The subject matter of a utility model under the Act amending the Utility Model Act’, GRUR 85, 650
- Gramm: Commentary on the German Federal Court of Justice decision on ‘Brick molding II’, GRUR 85, 871
- Gramm: ‘Self-protection against thieves of ideas’, IHK-Information 12-85, Koblenz chamber of industry and commerce, 15
- Gramm: Commentary on the German Federal Court of Justice decision on ‘Abfördereinrichtung für Schüttgut’ (Bulk material discharge and transport device), GRUR 86, 798
- Gramm: Notes on an article by Roland, Research transfer: Who owns the results of university research, GRUR 87, 864
- Gramm: ‘The court expert as assistant to the judge in nullity appeal proceedings and in patent infringement litigation’, Commemorative publication for Preu 1988, 141
- Gramm: ‘The new utility model - securing the market position for small and medium-sized enterprises’, Report on the panel discussion in Mitt. 89, 110
- Gramm: ‘The meaning of task and objective of invention in patent law’, VPP circular 1990, II, 9
- Gramm: ‘Problems of the patent granting procedure’, article in Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht in Deutschland (Protection of Intellectual Property and Copyright in Germany) - Commemorative publication the 10th anniversary, 1991
- Gramm: ‘The patent license in the Prolongation Act’, Commemorative publication for Nirk 1992, 393
- Gramm: ‘Patent infringement litigation’, selected questions on procedural and patent law, VPP 12/93, 82
- Gramm: ‘The state of the art and expert knowledge’, GRUR 1998, 240
- Gramm: ‘From ‘Drillmaschine’ (seed drill) to ‘Räumschild’ (rake blade): scope and dependence reflected in court rulings’, GRUR 2001, 926
- Gramm: ‘The overall impression of word-device marks reflected in court rulings’, C.H. Beck, Bopp/Tilman Commemorative publication for Horst Helm, 2002, p.165
Languages
German, English
QUALIFICATIONS
Until 2009: Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark & Design Attorney
OFFICE BRUNSWICK
Phone +49(0)531 28140-0
Fax +49(0)531 28140-28
gramm@grammpatent.de