VALUA identifies the right people for the problem at hand, such as engineers, lawyers, patent attorneys or economists, depending on each individual task.
Patent tasks are primarily undertaken by Niels Jakob Poulsen, European Patent Attorney and CEO. Jakob comes from a position as partner in one of the largest patent bureaus in Denmark. He carries experience from private practice as well as medium sized pharmaceutical companies, including both the generic and the originator industry. His experience comprises patent infringement litigation, legal opinions, due diligence and general patent work, such as drafting, prosecution, and opposition work. He has a thorough knowledge of European and Danish practice, and has successfully worked with changing the Danish practice within the area of supplementary protection certificates.
Jakob has in particular experience within Life Science, working with pharmaceuticals, chemistry and biotechnology, but has also worked with different process technologies, physical inventions and devices, as well as software.
The educational background of Jakob comprises: European Patent Attorney; B. Com, Marketing; Ph.D. Solid State Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan; M.Sc. Physics-Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark; B.A. Japanese, Aarhus University.
