Dr. Bertram Huber
Rechtsanwalt
Dr. Bertram Huber
IP*SEVA – Intellectual Property for Sustainable Energy Ventures
Bertram Huber, a principal of IP*SEVA, is an international intellectual property expert based in Backnang (near Stuttgart), Germany. He is Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-law) under German law. He holds a Doctor degree in Law (Dr. jur.) from the University of Tuebingen.
As former Senior Vice President of Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany, and Head of Corporate Intellectual Property he was reponsible from 2000 until 2009 for the global intellectual property activities, in particular the strategic development and management of the patent portfolio and licensing activities of the Bosch Group. Bosch is the worldwide number 1 automotive supplier and ranks among the most active patent applicants in the world.
Before joining Bosch in 1995, Dr. Huber headed the Legal and Patents Department of the telecommunications company ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH since 1983. He began his professional career in 1978 at AEG-Telefunken AG.
Dr. Huber has extensive negotiation and technology licensing experience with a main focus on China, Japan and other parts of Asia as well as Europe and the Americas. Over many years he participated in the elaboration of IP policies in the context of technical standards, e.g. at ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). His special focus is on technology collaboration, licensing and other IP related contractual as well as practical challenges (including research and development cooperation and technology transfer of all types), patent strategy, patent commercialization / exploitation, organization of IP management on a global scale as well as IP education and consulting.
In many parts of the world, Dr. Huber is a frequent lecturer in conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops in a wide range of IP related topics. Inter alia he is a lecturer at the University of Tuebingen on International IP Strategy and Management. Publications include works on know-how protection, climate change and the patent system, technology transfer to China and on Brazilian inflation treatment.
He is active in a number of Intellectual Property organizations: AIPPI (Chairman Special Committee Q198 – IP and Environmental Technology/Climate Change (green technology), 2004 – 2010 Member of the Programme Committee), Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (Chairman of the Board of Trustees), Past President of LES (Licensing Executives Society) Germany, GRUR Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright, Member of the Board of Section South-West), VPP – Vereinigung von Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes (Association of Experts in the Intellectual Property Field). During his industry practice, until recently, he also played a leading role in a number of industry associations, such as BUSINESSEUROPE – the industry association of European industry associations (Member of the Patents Working Group), BDI – Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (German Federation of Industry Associations, Member of the Special Committee Intellectual Property), VDA – Verband der Automobilindustrie (Association of Automotive Industry, Past Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee).
Language skills: English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (fluent); French (working), Italian (working)
Contact: Phone +49 7191 980032, Fax +49 7191 980034, Mobile +49 175 2085580