Dr.-Ing. Martin Bookjans

"IP is like KI - essential for survival."

Born in 1980
Happily married, two wonderful children (*2012, *2015)
At home in Bayreuth (Bavaria, Germany)
Hobbies: family, cooking, Lions, Italy

Personal details

Symbolic image of a career ladder – my continuous personal development

Since 10/21

Career milestones

Head of IP department at BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH, Weiherhammer

01/17 - 09/21

Inhouse patent attorney at Brose SE, Coburg

01/15 - 12/16

Patent attorney at Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann, Munich

04/11 - 12/14

Patent attorney trainee at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG and Education at the German patent offices, Munich

01/09 - 03/11

Managing director of the Collaborative Research Centre 694 „Integration of electronic components into mobile systems“, Erlangen

05/07 - 03/11

Reasearch assistant at the Chair Quality Management and Manufacturing Metrology of the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Endless road with the words ‘Learning Never Ends’ as a symbol of my lifelong learning

Education (excerpt)

Siince 10/22

European Intellectual Property Law (LL.M., Distance-Learning University Hagen)

06/11 - 05/13

Law for Patent Attorneys (Distance-Learning University Hagen)

05/09 - 06/10

Training to become a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ESSC-D)

06/07 - 05/10

Certificate Hochschullehre Bayern (FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)

05/07 - 04/11

Doctorate on the subject of "Virtual Quality Management" (Dr.-Ing., FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)

10/01 - 04/07

Study of mechatronics, specialising in "computer-aided product development" and "quality management and metrology" (Dipl.-Ing., FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg)

04/03 - 04/07

Certificate DGQ Quality Systems Manager junior (DGQ)

Businessman with virtual scales as a symbol of law competence

Admissions

German Patent Attorney (Inhouse Patent Attorney)

European Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney

UPC Representative

Memberships (selection)

German Chamber of Patent Attorneys

Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)

Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)

Posts

IPBA Subject Matter Expert

Chair of the Committee for Personal Growth and Soft Skills Development at I³PM

Publications and lectures (selection)

Bookjans, M.: Virtuelles Qualitätsmanagement - Strategien für den Aufbau abweichungsbetrachtender Simulationsmodelle und die Entwicklung virtueller Qualitätsmanagementtechniken (PhD-Thesis, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2011)

Weckenmann, A.; Bookjans, M.: Qualitätsmanagement in der Entwicklung und Konstruktion. In: Steinhilper, R.: Rieg, F. (Hrsg.): Handbuch Konstruktion. Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2012 (1. Ed.), 2018 (2. Ed.).

Bookjans, M.: Innovationsschutz durch IP-Design. Lecture as part of the 4th VDI/VPP-Seminar - Focus: Innovation Processes. Düsseldorf: 04.04.2025.

Bookjans, M.: t.b.d. Keynote-Speaker at 12. IP-Fachseminar der Kanzlei isarpatent. Munich, 13.11.2025.

Bookjans, M.: BHS Corrugated: Innovating Beyond Traditional IP Strategies. IP-Business-Academy, 2025.

Boicova-Wynants, M.; (Bookjans, M.): BOXED OUT: How IP Strategy of BHS Corrugated Locks Competitors Outside the Corrugator Game. Case Study for the master degree program Master of Intellectual Property Management (MIPLM). CEIPI, University of Strasbourg, 2025.