Main practice areas
  • Counseling in selecting, obtaining, monitoring and maintaining trademark rights in Germany and abroad
  • 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 official opposition proceedings before GPTO and EUIPO
  • Coordinating the assertion and defense of trademarks belonging to internationally operating clients as part of the management of global trademark portfolios
  • Representation in out-of-court warning procedures arising from the violation of intellectual property rights and copyright, and infringements of competition law
  • Defense and enforcement of intellectual property rights in infringement proceedings in Germany and abroad
  • Representation in competition, copyright, and design matters
Professional career
1995 Partner
1990 Joined the law firm
1990 Qualified as an attorney at law
  Clerkship at the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Frankfurt am Main
  Studied law at Philipps University in Marburg/Hessen
Languages
  • German, English