User:BastianBest

Bastian Best was born in Munich, Germany and studied computer science at the Technische Universität München. At present, he works as a patent engineer and Patent Attorney trainee in one of Europe's leading intellectual property law firms, Bardehle Pagenberg. He also runs a small blog dedicated to his training as a Patent Attorney.

Bastian specializes in the technical fields of computer science and telecommunications and in the prosecution of patents concerning computer-implemented inventions (aka "software patents"). Moreover, he has experience in the prosecution and litigation of patents concerning mechanical and medical-technical subject-matter, as well as practical experience in the development of Java-, XML– and internet-based software systems.

In his spare time, Bastian enjoys going for a run in the park and - most recently - is struggling to acquire some skill in digital photography.

Career
Since 2008: Patent engi­neer and Patent Attor­ney trainee at "Bardehle Pagen­berg Dost Altenburg Geissler" in Munich

2005 — 2008: Research Engi­neer in the field of inte­gra­tion of dri­ver assis­tance and active safety at BMW Group in Munich

2004 — 2005: Grad­u­ant in the cen­tral IT depart­ment of BMW Group in Munich

2000 — 2004: Intern­ships at Siemens AG (ICN) in Munich, TU München, Siemens AG (ICM) in Munich, Pro­dapys in Araranguá (Brazil) and in the IT depart­ment of the pro­duc­tion sec­tor of BMW Group in Munich

Edu­ca­tion
Since 2008: Law stud­ies for patent attor­neys at Hagen University

2000 — 2005: Stud­ies in Com­puter Sci­ence and Eco­nom­ics at the Tech­nis­che Uni­ver­sität München. Degree of Dipl.-Inf.

Lan­guages
Ger­man (native), Eng­lish (flu­ent), French (basic skills), Por­tuguese (basic skills)