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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.

 
Roland Wiring
Dr. Roland Wiring
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Medizinrecht (Certified lawyer for medical law) | Co-Head of the CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Group
Germany, Hamburg
Roland Wiring is Co-Head of the CMS Life Sciences & Healthcare Group. In this position, he jointly leads an international team of more than 480 lawyers, patent attorneys, scientists and academics’ across...
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...
Thorsten Hemme
Thorsten Hemme
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Cologne
Digital business expert Thorsten Hemme mainly advises on the full range of IT agreements as well on cooperation, agency and marketing agreements in the digital sector. His practice also includes the acquisition...
Nantje Johnston
Dr. Nantje Johnston, LL.M. (LSE)
Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Hamburg
Nantje Johnston is a competition law expert, primarily advising on structuring and maintaining selective distribution systems: She prepares agreements, advises on refusing applicants and supports clients...
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...
Antonia Bielefeld
Antonia Bielefeld, LL.M. (Dresden/London)
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
Germany, Cologne
Antonia Witschel is an IP lawyer in the Cologne office of CMS Hasche Sigle. She advises and represents national and international clients in all areas of Unfair Competition, Pharma, Food, Cosmetics and...
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...
Huy Do Chi
Dr. Huy Do Chi
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Huy Do Chi advises national and international clients on all aspects of IT and data protection law as well as on copyright, media and unfair competition law. He specializes in online platforms, digital...
Tobias Duhe
Tobias Duhe
Counsel
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Tobias Duhe advises clients on all legal and strategic issues of distribution and procurement with a particular focus on German and EU competition law. He has extensive experience in both drafting contracts...