Christof Höhne

Partner, Rechtsanwalt
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Düsseldorf
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chohne@eip.com

Biography

Christof is an experienced patent litigator both before German Courts as well as the UPC. He heads EIPs Düsseldorf office.

Christof has particular expertise in the fields of electronics, pharmaceuticals and mechanical engineering. He coordinates international litigation campaigns and provides advice on strategy and in FRAND negotiations.

Christof holds a Law degree from the University of Constance and is a Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law (Fachanwalt für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz). He speaks German and English.

Recent Work

‍UPC

  • Acting for Plaintiff MediaTek v. Huawei regarding telecommunication patents.
  • Acting for Plaintiff Labrador Diagnostics v. bioMerieux regarding medical analysis devices.
  • Acting for Defendant Curio Bioscience v. 10x Genomics regarding spatial transcriptomics.

 German Courts

  • Acting for Plaintiff MediaTek v. Huawei regarding telecommunication patents.
  • Acting for Plaintiff Evolved Wireless v. Samsung regarding telecommunication patents.
  • Acting for Plaintiff Datang v. Samsung regarding telecommunication patents. (link)
  • Acting for Plaintiff IPBridge against various parties regarding telecommunication patents.
  • Acting for Plaintiff Conversant Wireless against Daimler in comprehensive standard-essential patent litigation relating to connected cars. (link)
Publications
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Education
  • Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law (Fachanwalt für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) (2015)
  • PhD in Law (Dr.iur) - University of Düsseldorf (2009)
  • Law clerkship - Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf (2005 — 2007)
  • LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law) - Nottingham-Trent-University (2003)
  • Law Studies - University of Constance (1997 — 2002)
Languages Spoken
  • German
  • English
Career History
  • Attorney-at-law at EIP (October 2017 — present)
  • Attorney-at-law at Taylor Wessing (March 2012 — September 2017)
  • Attorney-at-law at Bird & Bird (June 2007 — February 2012)
Specialisms
Awards
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