Protection rights and technical contracts
Function
This specialised committee is focused particularly on the issue of "Importance of protection rights for a sustainable and continual innovation in Germany and throughout Europe". Important aspects are the reduction of protection right costs for SMEs, removal of current structures in the field of technology transfer that prevent innovation, etc. Additionally, the specialised committee plans and organises various workshops for BIO Deutschland members.
Co-ordinators

Dr. Thomas Hirse
CMS Hasche Sigle

Dr. Jürgen Schneider
QIAGEN GmbH
Experts from the following companies
- AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- Ascenion GmbH
- AVIA GmbH
- Axolabs GmbH
- Bayer AG
- Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB
- Boergen Rechtsanwaltskanzlei
- CMS Hasche Sigle Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
- HGF – Spezialisten für geistiges Eigentum
- KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Neuwerk Rechtsanwälte
- Osborne Clarke
- PROvendis GmbH
- QIAGEN GmbH
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Simmons & Simmons LLP
- Sinfonie Life Science Management GmbH
- Zimmermann & Partner mbB