Best Lawyers in Germany for Intellectual Property Law
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Dr. Paul Tauchner is a Munich-based Patent Attorney with Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB , practicing in the field of Intellectual Property Law. He studied chemistry at the University of Munich and received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Organic Chemistry in 1974. After completing his professional training in intellectual property at VOSSIUS & PARTNER, he was admitted as a German Patent Attorney (Patentanwalt) in 1977, a European Patent Attorney in 1978, a...
Julia Luther is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Julia practices law in Hamburg, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Julia Luther since 2022. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Julia Luther is held by other lawyers.
Johannes Heselberger is Managing Martner of the firm. Together with Prof. Dr. Tilman Müller-Stoy, he heads the firm’s Patent Litigation Group. He represents clients in patent infringement proceedings before German courts in the first and second instance and gives advice and support to them in legal appeal proceedings and in complaints against denial of leave to legal appeal proceedings before the German Federal Court of Justice. In addition, Johannes Heselberger plays a leading and...
Lawyer since 2000 Specialist lawyer (Fachanwalt) for IT law Other activities : Instructor for prospective specialist lawyers in IT law Seminar coordinator with Management Circle (2007-2018) Lectureship at Würzburg University (2008-2016) Education : Würzburg University (Dr. iur.) Université de Caen, France Career : Since 2005 Lawyer in Heidelberg 2004 Lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt am Main 2002 to 2004 Public prosecutor in Frankfurt am Main 2001 Lawyer w...
Owner of WOLPERT LAWYERS January 2008 - present The experience and competence of Marga Wolpert-Witzel provides a solid basis for effectively solving legal problems in the field of Intellectual Property Law (Trademarks, Designs, Industrial Designs and Patents) including Copyright Law, Competition Law (Antitrust Law and Unfair Competition) also with focus on special requirements of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Marga Wolpert-Witzel is furthermore specialized in Antitrust and Contract &nd...
Heinz Goddar with his office at Munich has a technical background as well as a PHD degree in physics, with a focus on polymer physics. He teaches Patent and Licensing Law as an honorary Professor at the University of Bremen, Germany, as a lecturer at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) , Munich, Germany as a visiting Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A., and the Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China, and as a Consultant Professor at Huazho...
Dr Christoph Holzbach has extensive experience in advising and representing nationally and internationally active clients in the field of intellectual property law, trademark, design and licensing law, as well as patent and IT law. He advises international corporations and small and medium-sized companies on the development of brand strategies, the design of advertising measures and websites, the formulation of press releases and the execution and defence of injunction and legal actions both ...
Albrecht Prestel is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Albrecht practices law in Frankfurt/Main, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Albrecht Prestel since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Albrecht Prestel is held by other lawyers.
Monika Wenz is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. Monika practices law in Düsseldorf, Germany Best Lawyers has recognized Monika Wenz since 2009. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Monika Wenz is held by other lawyers.
The primary focus of Dr. Anno Haberer’s work is advising on antitrust law covering both antitrust violation and merger control proceedings as well as on contract wording in line with antitrust legislation. Further important areas of activity are industrial property rights, in particular trademark law as well as legislation on unfair competition, IT and data protection law and employee inventions.
Dr. Wolfram Müller is a German Patent Attorney based in Berlin with Patentanwaltskanzlei W. Müller , advising clients in Intellectual Property Law with a focus on the protection of technical innovations, patents, trademarks , and designs . Science and technology continue to shape technological progress and economic development. Effective protection of innovations requires both technical understanding and legal knowledge in order to accurately assess inventions, prepare patent applic...
Studies in mechanical engineering and process engineering at the RWTH Aachen and the Imperial College London (until 1991) Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) at the ETH Zürich, Laboratory for Technical Chemistry (1991-95) Consultant (1991-95) in the area of process simulation und dynamics Patent attorney (since 1999), partner at Maikowski & Ninnemann (since 2000) LL.M. (European Intellectual Property Law) at the Kurt-Haertel Institute, Fernuni Hagen Since 2002 lecturer und since 2009 honorary...
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Hartwig, born in Göttingen in 1974, studied law in Kiel and Liège from 1994 to 1998 and then completed postgraduate studies in commercial law in Hamburg. After completing her studies, she was a trainee lawyer in Hamburg and New York and a research assistant at the University of Hamburg. She completed her doctorate in 2002. Ms. Hartwig has been working as a lawyer since 2003. She initially worked in a major international law firm and later joined ZENK. She has al...
Carl-Richard Haarmann focuses on infringement proceedings in patent and trade mark law, and on trade mark portfolio management. He studied law in Freiburg, Heidelberg, Leuven, and Münster. He spent part of the period of his studies in Canada and South Africa. His dissertation dealt with particular aspects of contract law. Carl-Richard Haarmann has been practising law at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT since 1997. His work as a partner comprises the management of trade mark portfolios of internat...
Dr. Wolf-Henrik Friedrich advises pharmaceutical companies in the field of healthcare advertising law and the associated areas of pharmaceutical law and medicinal product law. He offers guidance to medium-sized companies from various sectors in intellectual property rights, especially competition law, trademark law and copyright law and also provides legal advice in matters pertaining to corporate law and the merger-control aspects of transactions. In addition, he organises and assists in the...
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