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Lawyers for design law

Design adds value to products and makes them distinctive. Our design lawyers stand ready to vigorously defend your design against any imitators, thereby safeguarding a key pillar of your business success. 

The range of services provided by our specialist lawyers covers the entire spectrum of design law. They advise industrial companies, designers, creative professionals, agencies and other clients on crafting a property rights strategy, filing and registering designs, as well as managing portfolios.

Our design lawyers also assist companies in contract negotiations, delimitation agreements and border seizure cases. They are additionally available for enforcing design rights both in and out of court. They represent the interests of their clients before the competent official bodies and courts, and can provide support for infringement, nullity and injunction proceedings within Germany and beyond.

The focus throughout is always on enterprise value and commercial requirements. Our design law specialists establish the specific need for protection, weighing up the costs and benefits as well as the risks and opportunities. 

Do you have any questions or need assistance from a design lawyer? Our experts will be happy to provide you with information. The relevant contact details are listed below.

More information on our design law services can be found here.

 
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...
Dirk Smielick
Dr. Dirk Smielick
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (Certified lawyer for intellectual property law)
Germany, Cologne
Dirk Smielick's advises clients on research and development projects that are undertaken both with other companies and universities. His many years of expertise in this area include advising on the initiation...
Nina Stolzenburg
Dr. Nina Stolzenburg
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Nina Stolzenburg focuses on advising companies on trademark, design and copyright as well as on unfair competition matters, including the German Heilmittelwerberecht, which regulates advertising in the...
Claudia Böhmer
Claudia Böhmer, LL.M. (University of East Anglia)
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (Certified lawyer for intellectual property law)
Germany, Cologne
Claudia Böhmer specialises in enforcing trademark and design rights in and out of court. She is also experienced in the legal review of advertising campaigns, advising and representing companies, among...
Thomas Fröhlich
Thomas Fröhlich
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Thomas Fröhlich specialises in advising and representing clients in IP law, with expertise in patent and utility model, trade secret, competition, trademark as well as employee invention law. His practice...
Petra Goldenbaum
Petra Goldenbaum
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin | Fachanwältin für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (Certified lawyer for intellectual property law)
Germany, Hamburg
Petra Goldenbaum is an experienced trademark lawyer and litigator who advises her clients on trademark strategies and all aspects of trademark law, with a focus on trademark prosecution. This includes...
Hans-Clemens Köhne
Dr. Hans-Clemens Köhne
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Cologne
Hans-Clemens Köhne started his legal career in 1998. Since then he advises and represents manufacturing and trading companies, with a focus on procurement and distribution agreements, structuring distribution...
Katja Middelhoff
Dr. Katja Middelhoff
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Katja specializes in the areas of trademark, design, copyright, and unfair competition law. She advises and represents her national and international clients in both non-contentious and contentious matters...
Philine-Luise Pulst
Dr. Philine-Luise Pulst, LL.M. (University of Cape Town)
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Philine-Luise Pulst advises companies on trademark, design and copyright as well as on unfair competition matters. She is specialised in IP enforcement issues, especially focussing on anti-counterfeiting...