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Lawyers for border seizure

Our border seizure lawyers help you to combat counterfeit goods and illegal parallel imports. Acting on your behalf, they submit online applications to the customs authorities (Central Unit for Intellectual Property) to stop deliveries of goods that infringe your intellectual property rights. 

In many cases, the products are then withdrawn from the market and destroyed. This strategy allows our specialists to enforce your trademark, patent, copyright, utility patent, registered design and plant variety protection rights. 

After filing the application, our border seizure lawyers continue to advise you throughout the entire procedure. When the customs authority reports a seizure, our lawyers consult with you to establish whether your rights have been infringed. If this is the case, they request the recipient to grant approval for destruction of the goods (which our lawyers then also organise).

The contact details of our border seizure lawyers are listed below. Please feel free to get in touch at any time. More information on our expertise in border seizure can be found by fol-lowing this link.

 
Alexander Bossel
Dr. Alexander von Bossel, LL.M. (The University of Edinburgh)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Cologne
Alexander von Bossel specialises in IP/IT litigation with a focus on representing international and German companies, many of whom DAX-listed, in unfair competition and trademark law cases. Another core...
Winfried Bullinger
Prof. Dr. Winfried Bullinger
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Winfried Bullinger is one of Germany’s leading copyright lawyers. He advises his clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, including media law and know-how protection and also represents...
Markus Deck
Markus Deck, M.C.J. (University of Texas, Austin)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Head of Intellectual Property, CMS Germany
Germany, Duesseldorf
Markus Deck is an intellectual property expert with more than 30 years of experience and a particular focus on technology-related projects. He specialises in patent law and represents clients in litigation...
Gordian N Hasselblatt
Prof. Dr. Gordian N Hasselblatt, LL.M. (McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento/CA)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Cologne
Gordian Hasselblatt is a partner in the Cologne office of CMS Hasche Sigle. He has many years of experience and comprehensive expertise in intellectual property law focussing particularly on international...
Thomas Hirse
Dr. Thomas Hirse
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Duesseldorf
Thomas Hirse has extensive experience in patent and utility model law, including all related antitrust law aspects and questions related to employee inventions. In addition, he is specialized on trade...
Philipp Lotze
Philipp Lotze
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Germany, Frankfurt
Philipp Lotze specialises in advising IT companies on outsourcing agreements as well as on contracts regulating the development and use of software. He also advises IT and media companies on protecting...
Stefan Lüft
Stefan Lüft
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Munich
Stefan Lüft is an intellectual property expert, advising German and international companies on patents, copyright, trademarks, design, know-how protection and unfair competition, including licensing...
Carsten Menebröcker
Dr. Carsten Menebröcker, LL.M. (NYU)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Co-Head of the CMS Intellectual Property Group
Germany, Cologne
Carsten Menebröcker specialises in enforcing intellectual property rights in and out of court, including cross-border litigation. He is an expert for trademark and competition law as well as design rights...
Jens Wagner
Dr. Jens Wagner
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Chair of the CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Group
Germany, Hamburg
Jens Wagner is the Global Chair of the CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Group, and was previously Co-Head of the group for eight years. With long-standing experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical...
Jörn Witt
Dr. Jörn Witt, LL.M. (University of London)
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Jörn Witt focuses on the lifesciences and agrosciences sector and advises pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, agroscience companies as well as companies in related regulated industries...