Team

Patents

Florian Oberhage has been heading the PAVIS patent section since 2009. He is responsible for handling and processing instructions for patent annuity payments and client account management. Following his commercial training as industrial clerical officer (German Chamber of Commerce degree) at Siemens AG, he studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich whilst working at Infineon Technologies. Florian was head of customer services at Dormando and at Euro Product Services AG before joining PAVIS.

Trademarks and recordals

Stella Ita has been heading up the trademark and recordals department at PAVIS since 2014. She has a diploma in law and was previously employed at the legal department of IG Metall, a German trade union. Stella began her working life as a trained actor appearing at theatres in Austria, Germany and Switzerland until 2007. After studying law at the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich she completed her state examinations and worked as a junior lawyer at the Higher Regional Court Munich I.

Business Development

Torsten Kraus is responsible for new and potential clients. He has been working in IP for 10 years and has a total of 15 years experience in marketing and sales. After studying law at Bonn University, Torsten initially worked as a consultant before joining VR Netze GmbH as key account manager. In 2008 he moved to IPAN GmbH, first as senior consultant and finally from 2014 to 2017 as regional director sales in the German speaking market.

IT

Werner Geissler joined in 2018 to oversee software strategy, data and IT processes at PAVIS. He has 17 years’ experience in IP Management at Brandstock Services AG., serving as CIO before his move. Previously, he was technical director at Interface GmbH in Nuremberg and was also involved in the EU DAMASCOS project. He started his career as a programmer and systems analyst for businesses in the fields of trading and pharma.