Marcus Hartmann

Marcus is a member of the Trademarks and Design Practice Area. He specialises in advising and managing litigation relating to intellectual property law and competition law.

His practice area includes strategic advice on German, European and international trademark and design registrations as well as the implementation of opposition and complaints procedures at a national and international level. His clients include well-known national and international companies predominantly from Italy, Switzerland, the USA and China.

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Career

Since 2002	Partner, Taylor Wessing
1997 – 2002	Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

1997	Established as a lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
1996	Second state examination
1994	First state examination and legal clerkship, Frankfurt am Main

1994	Legal studies, Frankfurt am Main
1991	Legal and Political Science studies, Modena and Bologna, Italy
1988	Legal studies, Mainz

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Memberships & Associations

Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht
Deutsch–Italienische Juristenvereinigung

Additional languages

English

Italian

Expertise

Services and Groups Brands & advertising Advertising & unfair competition Italy group

Sectors Consumer & retail Fashion & luxury

Experience

Formycon

Under the leadership of the Frankfurt-based Taylor-Wessing partners Lars-Gerrit Lüßmann and Michael Sinhart, Formycon AG and ATHOS KG are merging their development activities in the field of so-called biosimilars, the follow-up products of biological medicines (biologics), in a long-term strategic partnership. The centrepiece of this agreement is Formycon AG’s participation in the rights of two biosimilars. The volume of the legally complex transaction (aggregate counter-performance) adds up to approximately 650 million euros.

Hauck & Aufhäuser

A Taylor Wessing team led by Frankfurt-based partners Lars-Gerrit Lüßmann and Ulrich Reers advised Hauck & Aufhäuser Investment Banking and Polish universal bank mBank in their role as exchange trustee and settlement agent on the voluntary public takeover/exchange offer by Frankfurt-listed Vita 34 AG, Leipzig, to the shareholders of Warsaw-listed stem cell bank Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych S.A, Warsaw (PBKM). The transaction is the first cross-border exchange offer for a Polish listed company to date.

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023	Leading individual: Intellectual Property Law
JUVE Handbook 2019 - 2023	Often recommended for trademark and competition law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	Leading individual: Intellectual property law
World Trademark Review WTR1000 Germany	Leading Individual – Bronze for Trademarks
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020	"resourceful and good trademark lawyer", "knowledgeable, collegial", competitor