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Thorsten advises on all aspects of intellectual property and competition law. His activities include advice and representation in court in the field of trademark law, copyright law and unfair competition law as well as the protection of trade secrets.
His main areas of practice include supervising advertising campaigns and new products, advising online shops and Internet service providers and dealing with licences and R&D contracts.
Since 2013 | Partner, Taylor Wessing |
2007 – 2013 | Associate, Taylor Wessing |
2005 – 2006 | Legal clerkship, European Commission in Brussels and law firms, Berlin, Hamburg and Uruguay |
2001 – 2004 | Research Assistant, Max–Planck–Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg |
2011 | Qualification as specialist lawyer for Intellectual Property |
2009 | Doctoral degree on a theme of international private law and European law, University of Hamburg |
2007 | Admitted and established as a lawyer, Hamburg |
2006 | Second state examination, Hamburg |
2000 | First state examination, Hamburg |
Kennzeichnung eines Influencer-Beitrags zu E-Books als Werbung, wenn diese kostenlos überlassen wurden, in: GRUR-Prax 2022, 394 (Bespr. Zu OLG Frankfurt a.M., Urt. v. 19.5.2022, 6 U 56/21 – Influencer E-Books) Fremde Marken fürs eigene Marketing nutzen?, in: W&V, 03/2021, together with Katharina H. Reuer Geheimhaltungsanordnung nach GVG gilt nur für in mündlicher Verhandlung Anwesende, in: GRUR-Prax, 06/2021, p. 184, together with Jelena Patzke Angemessene Schutzmaßnahmen i. S. d. Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetzes, in: Der Compliance Berater, 4/2021, p. 136, together with Johannes Simon Herausforderung: Influencer-Marketing, in: GRUR-Prax, 2018, p. 87 Nutzung fremder Marken als Werbelotsen im Internet, in: IPRB 2017, p. 206 - 212, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, together with Katharina H. Reuer Lecturer at the HKBiS der Handelskammer Hamburg Lecturer at the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg |
Gesellschaft für Urheberrecht und Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz (GRUR) Hamburger Anwaltsvereins HAV |
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