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Dr. Michael Samer
Michael is a specialist lawyer for intellectual property law and a specialist lawyer for copyright and media law. With over 30 years of experience, he is an experienced expert for all intellectual property rights. Michael’s main focus is on patent law.
Patent litigation representing German and foreign companies in various technical fields (telecommunications, electronics, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering, medical technology, pharmaceuticals and chemicals) - including standard essential patents - is his specialty as well as litigation relating to trademark, design and copyright infringements (including software infringements) and licensing and competition law. Michael’s litigation experience ranges from district courts and higher regional courts to federal patent courts, federal courts of justice and the European courts.
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Career
| Since 2021 | Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing |
| 1990 – 2021 | Partner, Taylor Wessing |
| 1987 – 1990 | Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 1983 – 1986 | Legal clerkship, Hamburg (with postings at the Federal Cartel Office in Berlin and the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi) |
Education
| 1989 | Doctoral degree on a theme of controlling agreements and profit transfer agreements, University of Freiburg |
| 1987 | Admitted as a lawyer, Düsseldorf |
| 1986 | Second state examination, Hamburg |
| 1983 – 1986 | Legal clerkship, Hamburg |
| 1982 | First state examination, Freiburg |
| 1976 – 1982 | Degree studies in law and in economics, universities of Freiburg/Breisgau and Geneva (Switzerland) |
Publications
Die Ansprüche auf Rückruf und auf endgültiges Entfernen aus den Vertriebswegen, in: "Festschrift für Gernot Schulze", 2017 Urkundenvorlage im Patentrecht, in: „Festschrift 80 Jahre Patentgerichtsbarkeit in Düsseldorf“, Hrsg. Dr. Thomas Kühnen, 2016 Götting Meyer Vormbrock (Hrsg.), Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Wettbewerbsrecht, Praxishandbuch Nomos 1. Auflage 2011, § 10 "Das Recht aus dem Patent" und § 13 "Rechtsfolgen von Patentverletzungen" |
Memberships & Associations
| Deutsche Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) einschließlich des GRUR-Fachausschusses für Urheber- und Verlagsrecht Internationale Vereinigung für Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (AIPPI) European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) |
Additional languages
| English |
| French |
| Italian |
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