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Julia Hugendubel
Senior Associate

Dr. Julia Hugendubel, LL.M. (FGV Rio de Janeiro)

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  • German
  • English
  • Portuguese
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Julia Hugendubel advises and represents German and international clients in IT and IP law. She specialises in new technologies, with a focus on blockchain and crypto projects. As an expert she focuses on challenges arising from the increasing digitalisation and handles IT-specific legal issues as well as matters at the intersection of trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law.

In 2015, Julia Hugendubel initially joined CMS as a trainee lawyer and has been working as an attorney at CMS since 2018.

Publications

  • Tokenization of Intellectual Property for IP Rights Management (Januar 2022) IPKat
  • Blockchain Technology and Intellectual Property – A Basic Introduction; Int.J.Cryp.Curr.Res. 1(1) (2021) 5-25, DOI: doi.org/10.51483/IJCCR.1.1.2021.5-25
  • Der EU Action Plan - IP und Blockchain (September 2021); https://www.cmshs-bloggt.de/rechtsthemen/eu-action-plan-ip/der-eu-action-plan-ip-und-blockchain/
  • Blockchain-basiertes (Micro-)Licensing von IP-Rechten, CMS UPDATE GEWERBLICHER RECHTSSCHUTZ & KARTELLRECHT 04/2021, zusammen mit Adrian Zarm
  • Blockchain-Anwendungen als Anti-Counterfeit-Maßnahme, IPRB 2021, 42-47, zusammen mit Adrian Zarm
  • Impact of the proposed EU Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets for IP applications, publication date: January 26, 2021 (IPKat)
  • Blockchain Standard for IP Offices: The WIPO Blockchain Projects, publication date: December 7, 2020 (IPKat)
  • „Gekaufte“ Kundenbewertungen - Wettbewerbsrechtliche Analyse der Auswirkungen auf die Gesamtbewertung, IPRB 2020, 135-139, zusammen mit Adrian Zarm
  • Spirituosen, alkoholische Mischgetränke und destillierte Getränke ohne Alkohol, IP-Rechtsberater 2020, 40-45, zusammen mit Adrian Zarm
  • Revision der Anforderungen an die Positionsmarke, IPRB 2019, 207-212, zusammen mit Adrian Zarm
  • „Tätertypologien in der Wirtschaftskriminologie. Instrument sozialer Kontrolle“, in: Schriften zum Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Peter Lang Verlag, Mai 2016
  • „Vom Recht auf Vergütung“, in: Wendepunkt, Nr. 31, des Verbands für Film- und Fernsehdramaturgie e.V., mit RAin Anne Ohlen, Feb. 2015
  • „Wichtige Grundsätze beim Datenschutz in der Jugendsozialarbeit – ein Überblick“, in: jugendsozialarbeit aktuell, Nr. 131, LAG KJS NRW, Feb. 2015

Memberships & Roles

  • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • German-Brazilian Lawyers’ Association
  • Women in eDiscovery (Frankfurt chapter)
  • Copyright and media law working group of Cologne Bar Association
  • Author’s committee of IP-Rechtsberater (IPRB)

Lectures list

  • Could a correct application of IPR online be improved through IPR data management and the use of new technologies such as Blockchain? (Dezember 2021) Präsentation vor dem EU-Parlament
  • Blockchain-Technologie – Anwendungsfelder im Urheber- und Medienrecht (September 2021) - Kölner AnwaltVerein e.V.
  • Regulatory licensing requirements for crypto projects in Europe and Germany (September 2021) – International Blockchain Stampede
  • Bigger than Bitcoin: Decoding blockchain applications for intellectual property“ (Juni 2021) im Rahmen des AIJA Academy Programs (Moderatorin und Speaker), AIJA Academy
  • Blockchain and Intellectual Property (27 January 2021) webinar
  • Protection of product shape: which way to go? (AIJA IP/TMT Commission's day on 3 November 2020)

Education

  • 2021: DLT Talent at Frankfurt School Blockchain Center
  • 2020 - 2021: LL.M. in Innovation & Technology (LL.M.), FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2017: Second state examination in law
  • 2014 - 2017: Trainee lawyer at Cologne Higher Regional Court including placements at CMS in Cologne (Prof. Dr. Hasselblatt) and in Seattle, USA
  • 2012 - 2015: Research assistant at an IP boutique in Cologne whilst working on her PhD thesis
  • 2012 - 2015: PhD under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hans Theile, LL.M.
  • 2012: First state examination in law
  • Law studies at the University of Konstanz