Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer (born 10 February 1957 in Bad Camberg/Taunus, West Germany[1]) is a former president of the Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) (English: German Patent and Trade Mark Office), a post she held from 1 January 2009 until her retirement in January 2023.[2] She studied law, politics and media studies and was, after the second legal civil service examination, employed as academic employee at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law (German: Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Patent-, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht) and at the Institut for the Protection of Industrial Property (German: Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.[2] She retired at the end of January 2023 and was succeeded by Eva Schewior.[3][4][5] Rudloff-Schäffer was the first woman to head the German Patent and Trade Mark Office "in the 145-year history of the office".[4]
References
edit- ^ DPMA web site, Senior Management Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Consulted on January 17, 2009.
- ^ a b (in German) Bundesministerium der Justiz (Federal Ministry of Justice, Germany), Amtsübergabe beim DPMA: Rudloff-Schäffer folgt auf Schade, Press release, Berlin, January 15, 2009. Consulted on January 17, 2009.
- ^ "Eva Schewior wird neue Präsidentin des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamts" [Eva Schewior becomes new President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office]. Bundesministerium der Justiz (in German). Bundesministerium der Justiz. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Important notice of 10 January 2023 - Eva Schewior to become new President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office". Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt. DPMA. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "DPMA bekommt neue Präsidentin" [DPMA gets new president]. beck-aktuell (in German). C.H.Beck. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.