Biography Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar
July 23, 1939 - Born at Mönchengladbach, Germany
1945-1959 - Schooltime at Mönchengladbach
1959-1960 - Service in German Army (“Bundeswehr“)
1960-1968 - Studies of Physics- and Law (the latter without final examination) at the Universities of Tübingen and Mainz, Germany
1965 - Diploma in Physics at the University of Mainz
1968 - Promotion (PhD) at the University of Mainz (field of the thesis, as already during the diploma work: Polymer Physics and Chemistry)
1968 – 1969 - Assistant Professor (“Wissenschaftlicher Assistent“) for Polymer Physics at the University of Mainz
1969 – 1972 - Training as a German Patent Attorney at Düsseldorf, Bremen, and Munich, Germany
1972 - Admission to Practice as German Patent Attorney (“Patentanwalt”), joining the IP Law Firm of Boehmert & Boehmert as a Partner since 1972 - Partner of Boehmert & Boehmert, continuing work as a German Patent Attorney
Miscellaneous (academic and public activities) - From 1994 till 2006, Lecturer for Patent and Licensing Law at the University of Bremen, Germany, there appointed as a Honorary Professor in 2006. Since 1995, Visiting Professor at the Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) of the University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.. Since 2003, Lecturer at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), Munich, Germany. Since 2004, Lecturer at the National ChengChi University, Taipei. In 2004, Gold Medallist of LES International. Since 2006 Honorary Professor for Intellectual Property at the University of Bremen, Germany. Since 2007, Chair of a Standing Committee for Industry-University Cooperation at the German Federal Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWi). Since 2008, Director at the Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP), Delhi, India. Since 2008, Consultant Professor the Huazhong University, Wuhan, China. Since 2009, Senior Advisor at the Tongji Global Intellectual Property Institute (TGIPI), Shanghai. From 1998 – 2000 President of LES Germany and during the year 2000 President of LES International. Member of the Advisory Board of LES Germany (being a Past- President of LES Germany) and member of the Council of Past- Presidents of LESI (LESI-PPC). Besides of the usual activities as a patent attorney frequent lectures and training courses in European Patent and Licensing Law, in cooperation with the European Patent Office and WIPO, with focus on China, India, Japan, and the Arab Region. Since 2010, Member of the European Academy of Arts and Science. Since 2011, Adjunct Professor and an Honorable Consultant in International Legal Services at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan. Since 2014, Lecturer at Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China. Since 2014, Chair of the Association of Friends of Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), Munich, Germany. In 2014, inducted into the IAM IP Hall of Fame. Since 2017, ad-personam member of the Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office (SACEPO).