Team

Dr. Peter Kurz studied electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart with a focus on biomedical technology and control engineering. He wrote his diploma thesis in collaboration with a company in the medical technology sector in which he then worked as a development engineer for several years. After the training in the field of intellectual property in a law firm of patent attorneys, he worked in the industry. Among other projects, he managed the European patent department of Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies, first in Germany and then in Switzerland. During this period, he wrote his dissertation on the German law of employee inventions. His work focuses on the prosecution and defense of technical IP rights in the fields of medical technology, semiconductor technology, measuring technology and computer technology including program-related inventions. Another focus of his practice is the technical contract administration including license agreements as well as confidentiality agreements and commercial secrecy. Dr. Kurz has written the books “Vertraulichkeitsvereinbarungen und andere Vorfeldverträge” (4th edition Cologne 2019; translation: Confidentiality agreements and other preliminary contracts) and “Weltgeschichte des Erfindungsschutzes” (Cologne 2000; translation: History of the protection of inventions) and regularly publishes articles in the magazine “Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte” (translation: Communications of the German patent attorneys). Additionally, he gives lectures at the event organizers “Forum” and “Management Circle” and worked as a lecturer at the ETH Zurich for several years. Dr. Kurz is a member of the German Chamber of Patent Attorneys, the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office, the professional associations VPP, VIPS and VESPA in Germany and Switzerland. He is also a professional representative before the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE).