Dr. Thorsten Troge

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.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Brands & advertising

Multi-service

Advertising & unfair competition

Sectors

Consumer & retail

CV

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

Career

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

Education

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

Publications

Geheimhaltungsanordnung nicht durch Geheimnisträger anfechtbar, in: GRUR-Prax 2023, 689

Does AI enhance the risk of dark patterns and how does EU Law regulate them? in: ZdiW 2023, 207

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