Kurt Haertel

Dr Kurt Haertel (September 26, 1910, Berlin, Germany - March 30, 2000, Seefeld am Ammersee, Germany^[1]) was a German patent lawyer.^[1] He played a leading role in the establishment of the European patent system.^[2] He is sometimes referred to as one of the "fathers of the European patent law",^[1] or the "father of European patent law".^[3] He was President of the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) from 1963 to 1975.^[1]

European Patent Office, Kurt-Haertel-Passage

Since 2003, a street in Munich, Germany, is named after him, the "Kurt-Haertel-Passage".^[1] This is the connecting path from the Grasserstraße to the Bayerstraße^[1] near the buildings of the European Patent Office.^[4]

Publications

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• Die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes auf dem Gebiet des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes, des Wettbewerbsrechts und des Urheberrechts, GRUR 1957, 98 (with Albrecht Krieger)
• The New European Patent System, Its Present Situation and Significance, (Dec. 1978) I.I.C., Vol. 19, No.6

See also

• François Savignon
• Romuald Singer
• Dieter Stauder
• Johannes Bob van Benthem

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} (German) Munich's official internet site, Straßenneubenennung Kurt-Haertel-Passage. Consulted on January 28, 2007.
2. ^ IP Hall of Fame 2006, Kurt Härtel. Archived on archive.org.
3. ^ (German) Web site of the Kurt-Haertel-Institut für geistiges Eigentum an der FernUniversität in Hagen, Kurt Haertel. Consulted on January 28, 2007.
4. ^ www.geoinfo-muenchen.de

External links

• (German) Kurt-Haertel-Institut für geistiges Eigentum an der FernUniversität in Hagen (English: Kurt Haertel Institute of Hagen University)
• IP Hall of Fame, Photo of Kurt Haertel. Archived on archive.org.

Preceded by ?

President of the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (German Patent and Trade Mark Office) 1963–1975

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Name	Haertel, Kurt
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Date of birth	September 26, 1910
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Date of death	March 30, 2000
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