HEINZ GODDAR, Prof., Dr., (German Patent Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney) with his office at Munich, has a technical background as well as PhD degree in physics, with a focus on polymer physics. He teaches Patent and Licensing Law as an Honorary Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany, as a Lecturer at the Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriete Industrielle (CEIPI), Strasbourg, France, as well as at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), Munich, Germany, as a Visiting Professor at the University of Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A., the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., the National ChengChi University, Taipei, and the Tokai University, Tokyo, and as a Consultant Professor at the Huazhong University, Wuhan, China. Prof. Dr. Goddar is an Associate Judge at the Senate for Patent Attorneys Matters at the German Federal Court of Justice. He is a Senior Advisor to Investment in Germany GmbH, Berlin, with a specific responsibility for Life Sciences and Chemicals, and, also as a Director there, to the Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP), Delhi. He is a Past President of LES International and of LES Germany. Contact and further information: goddar@boehmert.de, http://www.boehmert.de.

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