About Me
As a partner in our Intellectual Property Practice Group, I advise our German and international clients on trade mark, design, unfair competition and copyright law from our Munich office.
Drawing on my years of experience, I advise German corporations and multinationals from a wide range of different sectors such as the automotive, telecommunications, media and sports industry on all matters of intellectual property law and represent them before various German courts as well as before the EUIPO and the German Federal Patent Court. In addition I regularly assist clients in drafting and negotiating contracts and with their marketing campaigns.Outside my practice I am author of many legal publications and regularly speak on various IP topics.
I am a member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), the Design Committee of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) and the Institute for Copyright and Media Law Munich (IUM).
Experience
- Secondment in the legal department of AUDI AG, where I was responsible for all kinds of IP-related issues like trade marks, designs and copyrights and advised on consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (2011).
Capabilities
Education
Studied
- Studies of law at the University of Passau and King's College London (Diploma in Legal Studies) with a focus on all aspects of intellectual property law.
- Master's programme 'European and International Trade Law' at the Ludwig Maximilian University (Munich) with a master of laws (LL.M. Eur).
- Master's thesis on 'Protection of product shapes in the automotive industry with a particular focus on trade mark law'.
Admissions
- Admitted to the Munich bar in 2010
- Qualified business mediator (MuCDR) since 2008
Publications
- National Copyright Decisions Round-Up Live Webinar des Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice am 6. Mai 2020
- “Protecting your designs and stopping the copycats” (gemeinsam mit Ewan Grist und Patricia Collis) im Rahmen des London Design Festivals im Victoria and Albert Museum 2017 am 20. September 2017
- “The protection of spare parts – is design law the right tool?”, Automotive Connect 2016 am 15. März 2016 in Frankfurt a.M.
- Fashion-related IP decisions round-up 2021 (German case law), in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 5 March 2022, pages 260-296
- National copyright decisions round-up 2021 (German case law), in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2 March 2022, pages 233-259
- National copyright decisions round-up 2020 (German case law), in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 7 June 2021, jpab056
- Fashion-related IP decisions round-up 2020 (German case law), in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 19 May 2021, jpab029
- EU Designs Update (German case law), in: CITMA REVIEW, Issue 459, July/August 2020, p. 8
- The end of a never-ending sampling story?, in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2020, p. 585–586
- National copyright decisions round-up 2019 (German case law), in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2020, p. 332
- Designs Digest 2018 (German case law), in: CITMA REVIEW, Issue 446, December 2018/January 2019, p. 14
- A breath of fresh air - The “Wunderbaum II” decision by the German Federal Court of Justice, Judgement dated June 02, 2016, case I ZR 75/15, case law report, in: ECTA Bulletin, October 2017, p. 26
- Legal essentials for eSports organisers and sponsors, EGR Global (eGaming Review) Compliance, 3.9.2018
- The legal issues in the esports arena, EGR Global (eGaming Review) Compliance, 04/07/2018
- Intellectual Property in the World of eSports, IPWatchdog.com, 2.4.2018
