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Intellectual property lawyers

Business success is driven by ideas and innovation. Our intellectual property lawyers help both SMEs and international corporations from every sector to optimise their intellectual property rights and enforce them effectively. 

Day in, day out, more than 70 specialised CMS lawyers work on transforming creative potential into measurable enterprise value through property rights and licences. Their expertise ranges from patent and utility patent law to design law and trademark law. They also advise on copyright law, competition law (Unfair Competition Act – UWG) and border seizure. 

Our intellectual property lawyers additionally focus on ensuring that advertising campaigns are legally watertight and press materials are defensible. They also provide representation both in and out of court in all matters relating to intellectual property, including in other European countries via the international CMS organisation. 

Our experts have many years of experience in practice, teaching and research and are members of various professional associations and expert committees.  

Do you have any questions or need assistance? The contact details of our intellectual property lawyers are listed below. Please do not hesitate to get in touch.

To find out more about our expertise in intellectual property (IP), please click here.

 
Maximilian Vonthien
Dr. Maximilian Vonthien, LL.M. (Columbia)
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Maximilian Vonthien advises clients on the protection of their intellectual property with a focus on digital business. He provides advice to his clients primarily in the field of copyright law. Maximilian...
Maren Wibke Weigl
Maren Wibke Weigl, LL.M. (The University of Hongkong)
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Hong Kong
Maren Wibke Weigl represents clients in contentious proceedings, with a focus on arbitration proceedings. She acts as party representative or secretary of the tribunal in international arbitration proceedings...
Tina-Katharina Wulff
Tina-Katharina Wulff, LL.M. (La Trobe University)
Senior Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Tina-Katharina Wulff specialises in product liability law, advising and representing companies both in and out of court in product liability cases. She also assists clients with all relevant contract...
Julia Bald
Julia Bald, LL.M. (Trinity College Dublin)
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Julia Bald specialises in advising German and international medium-sized as well as larger, listed companies on IT law and intellectual property law, with a focus on IT contracts and software copyright...
Lisa Dietrich
Lisa Dietrich, LL.M.
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Duesseldorf
With a focus on patent law and know-how protection, Lisa Dietrich advises German and international medium-sized companies and corporations on the defence and enforcement of their intellectual property...
David Dworzynski
David Dworzynski
Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
David Dworzynski advises on trademark and competition law (German Unfair Competition Act), including related regulatory issues. He has special consumer and durable goods as well as healthcare industry...
Nina Engelbergs
Nina Engelbergs
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Nina Engelbergs specializes in competition law (German Unfair Competition Act/UWG) with a focus on advertising in the healthcare sector. She advises on all product and marketing-related issues and represents...
Philipp Etzkorn
Dr. Philipp Etzkorn, LL.B.
Associate
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Philipp Etzkorn advises clients on complex IT and outsourcing projects, drafting software development and software licence agreements as well as data usage and data licence agreements. He also focusses...
Elisabeth Friebe
Elisabeth Friebe
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Leipzig
With special expertise in the e-commerce and online platforms sector, Elisabeth Friebe advises clients on IT, data protection, trademark and competition law (Unfair Competition Act/UWG), representing...
Lara Grünberg
Lara Grünberg
Associate
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Lara Grünberg specialises in media and copyright law, with a focus on ensuring the legal compliance of innovative digital business models. She also advises on the acquisition and exploitation of rights...