Klaus-Jürgen Melullis

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Klaus-Jürgen Melullis (born March 15, 1944 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) is a German legal scholar and former judge at the Federal Court of Justice (BGH).

From 1953 Melullis lived in Hamburg . Melullis completed his training as a lawyer in 1971 with the second state examination. He then worked at the University of Hamburg, initially as a research assistant and then as a research assistant. He received his doctorate there in that time about the relationship of agency without authority and unjust enrichment . In 1972 he became a court assessor in Hamburg and in 1974 a judge at the Hamburg Regional Court . At the regional court he was a member of a chamber responsible for competition law and during that time began to write a manual on procedural practice in competition law. In 1981 he was first seconded to the Hamburg Higher Administrative Court and then appointed judge at the Higher Administrative Court in 1982 . In 1990 he became a judge in the 10th civil senate of the Federal Court of Justice. From 1991 he was also a member of the IX, which suffered from increased workload . Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice. In 2001 he became the chairman of the 10th Civil Senate, which he also represented for many years in the Grand Senate for Civil Matters. In 1993 he was also a member of the BGH antitrust panel. As a member of the judges' council, Melullis was involved in the self-administration of the court and a member of a commission for the further development of electronic legal transactions . He has been retired since April 1, 2009. Uwe Scharen became his successor as presiding judge of the Xth Senate .

In the course of his work at the Federal Court of Justice, he had a significant influence on the highest court case law on patent and public procurement law . He has written numerous fundamental judgments in these areas of law. With his last, groundbreaking resolution on patent law " Control device for investigation modalities ", he reaffirmed the final departure from core theory and the emphasis on technical problem solving, outside of the collection, storage, evaluation and use of data, as a patent requirement. During his activity in the cartel senate, he played a key role in the cartel law case law of this senate.

In addition to his work as a judge, he also dealt scientifically with the law. He is a co-author of works on German patent and utility model law as well as the European Patent Convention . After leaving the judicial service, he heads a research center in the field of patent law at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology .

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  1. ↑ employee side Klausjürgen Mellulis. Accessed July 2, 2011
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SURNAME Melullis, Klaus-Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg