Dr. Alexandra Cordes
Freiberuflich, Owner, Cordes IP
Walldorf, Deutschland
Über mich
With my profound and practical experience, I am helping businesses in implementing effective and efficient measures to improve their IP risk management and IP generation. I deliver custom tailored, creative solutions and transfer my unique know-how to enable my clients to act vs react. My clients are start-ups, small businesses and standards setting organizations which I counsel on the legal, transactional, and operational aspects of IP management. This helps them to strategically manage, generate and license IP. My areas of interests are: Software Licensing, IP Transactions, IP Risk Management, Open Innovations, Open Source, Open Standard Setting, IP Processes and Policies, IP Awareness, Organisational Structures
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Alexandra Cordes
Bis heute 4 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Aug. 2019
Owner
Cordes IP
IP Management & Strategies, Legal Advice
Lecturer for legal aspects of digitalization, labor law and corporate law
1 Jahr und 3 Monate, Mai 2018 - Juli 2019
Global Vice President Strategic IP initiatives
SAP SE, Walldorf
Promoted and received extended scope of responsibilities. These included the strategy and policy development for trade secrets and copyrights as well as university research and confidentiality agreements globally.
5 Jahre und 3 Monate, März 2013 - Mai 2018
Vice President Strategic IP Initiatives
SAP SE, Walldorf
Built and headed a global function with a team of IP attorneys and standards specialists dealing with IP management and strategies, IP transactions, open standards and open source strategies.
Created and managed a global IP Compliance function responsible for IP compliance, IP counseling, IP transactions, IP pre-litigation matters and settlements. This included the design and implementation of a worldwide program on IP compliance (policy, training and counseling), supporting IP transactions with partners and customers and SAP business initiatives with IP advice.
Promoted and received additional responsibilities in building and managing a team of attorneys and contract specialists responsible for providing legal, policy and operational support for SAP Research projects and agreements. This entailed drafting and negotiating research agreements worldwide, including multilateral international cooperation agreements, university agreements, partner development cooperations and proof of concepts.
Promoted to Senior Legal Counsel with same scope as previous role. Secondement with SAP Labs, Palo Alto, US in 2006 to implement the first corporate legal function in North America .
2 Jahre, Dez. 2000 - Nov. 2002
Legal Counsel
SAP SE, Walldorf, Germany
Joined the Corporate Legal Department of SAP with focus on support of the development teams and the CTO. This entailed legal counseling and contract negotiations for strategic partnerships, customer contracts, software development initiatives, data protection and security matters, open source and open community engagements, M&A transactions and a variety of IP transactions.
2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Sep. 1998 - Okt. 2000
Law Clerk
OLG Düsseldorf
Ausbildung von Alexandra Cordes
1996 - 2000
Doctoral Thesis
University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität)
1991 - 1996
Rechtswissenschaft
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Studies of law with extracurricular focus on International Law
Sprachen
Englisch
Fließend
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Französisch
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