Main practice areas
  • Asserting and defending intellectual property rights in infringement proceedings before German courts
  • Coordinating the assertion and defense of trademarks belonging to internationally operating clients as part of the management of global trademark portfolios
  • Representation in trademark application proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office (GPTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
  • Representation in opposition proceedings before GPTO and EUIPO
  • Representation in competition and copyright matters
  • Representation in out-of-court warning procedures arising from the violation of intellectual property rights and copyright, and infringements of competition law
Professional career
2007 Specialist lawyer for the protection of intellectual property rights
2002 Partner
1997 Registered as an attorney at law and joined the law firm
1994 to 1997 Clerkship at the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Hamm (Westphalia) and European Patent Office in Munich
1988 to 1993 Studied law at the University of Münster in Westphalia
Memberships
  • GRUR
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Friends of Braunschweig Business Juniors
Languages

German, English