Dr. Julian Heep | Munich | Hogan Lovells

Dr. Julian Heep

Patent Attorney Intellectual Property

Languages

German, English

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Dr. Julian Heep
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Dr. Julian Heep is a German patent attorney with a PhD in Physics. He advises national and international clients in patent infringement and validity proceedings.

A particular focus of Dr. Julian Heep lies in the defence of technology companies against patent infringement accusations. His work includes both validity and infringement proceedings and covers various technical fields. He is particularly specialised in the fields of electrical engineering, information and telecommunications technology, semiconductor technology, mechatronics and software. He has extensive experience with technically complex patent prosecution and litigation in these innovative fields of technology.

Dr. Julian Heep studied physics at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, where he obtained his doctorate at the Institute of Applied Physics. Before joining Hogan Lovells, he trained as a patent attorney at a law firm specialising in patent prosecution in Munich.

Representative experience

Advising a leading US tech company against Nokia in national patent litigation proceedings regarding video streaming and video coding patents.

Representing a manufacturer in a patent litigation case in the field of photovoltaics.

Advising Palo Alto Networks against Centripetal Networks in a patent litigation case on network security.

Credentials

Education
  • Patent Attorney, German Patent and Trademark Office, 2024
  • Dr. rer. nat, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 2021
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) Physics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, 2016
Memberships
  • Chamber of Patent Attorneys (Patentanwaltskammer)
  • International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)