Specialisation:
National and cross-border patent, utility model and design patent litigation and licensing, competition law (cartel law), law against unfair competition, trademark law, IT law and product labelling law.
Publications:
Technology Pools and Block Exemption (2002); The Distinction between Primary and Secondary Rules in the Works of H. L.A. Hart (1990).
Professional Memberships:
AIPPI, GRUR, LES, German British Jurists' Association, Max Planck Society, International Association of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR).
Career:
University of Munich School of Law (1983-1988, juris doctor 2001); Munich School of Philosophy SJ (BA 1985, MA 1990); first juridical state examination 1988/89; second juridical state examination 1992/93; Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, 1990 - 95; internship at a leading London law firm, 1992; attorney-at-law in private practice and two major Munich IP law firms since 1993. With Hoffmann ยท Eitle since 2001.
Personal:
Leisure interests include skiing, volleyball and tennis, philosophy, literature.
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