Justus Kreuels
Dipl.-Ing., Patent attorney, Partner
Justus Kreuels, patent attorney in Düsseldorf, advises companies on German, European and international patent law. He specializes in the fields of mechanical and plant engineering, automotive engineering, electrical engineering, software and IT, robotics and automation as well as medical technology.
He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and at RWTH Aachen University where he graduated as Master in Engineering in 2007. In 2011 he qualified as German Patent Attorney and in 2012 as European Patent Attorney. As a partner, he has held management positions in various Düsseldorf patent law firms since 2014.
His practice focuses on patent applications, patent grant proceedings in Germany and at Europe, opposition and patent nullity proceedings against granted German and European patents before the EPO, the GPTO and the Federal Patent Court, validity and infringement opinions, development of IP strategies, patent infringement proceedings and patent nullity proceedings.
Main focus
Preparing patent applications, carrying out procedures associated with the patenting process in Germany and Europe, attending to procedures associated with patenting process outside Germany, preparing and producing objections against German and European patents, issuing expert opinions on the legal validity and infringement of patens, offering advice on the preparation of property rights strategies, advising clients on trademarks and trademark applications.
Technical focus
Mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, in particular exhaust gas treatment and electric power train engineering, e-mobility, autonomous driving, medical engineering, control engineering, software development with a focus on database technology, electric engineering, in particular power electronic communication and information technology particularly mobile communication.