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Dr. Christian Tenkhoff
Dr. Christian Tenkhoff

Dr. Christian Tenkhoff

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Christian helps clients secure their brands globally. His practice covers all aspects of trade mark law, including brand clearance, prosecution and enforcement. 

Christian manages the trade mark portfolios for some of the world’s leading brands in technology, media, life sciences, luxury and retail. With more than a decade of experience in litigation, he frequently handles high-stakes disputes – especially those involving unconventional marks, trade dress and consumer surveys. His most recent cases include C-832/21 VOGUE, T-175/22 BREZTRI and T-591/22 Polaroid. 

Christian is Local Manager of Taylor Wessing's Munich office.

 

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Technology, media & communications
Life sciences & healthcare
Consumer & retail
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology
Fashion & luxury
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CV

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2019 (Senior) Associate, Taylor Wessing
2018 M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2014 LL.M., University College London (UCL)
2013 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamm
2013 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2012 Doctoral degree, University of Cologne
2009 First state examination, Cologne

Career

Since 2024 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 – 2019 (Senior) Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2018 M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2014 LL.M., University College London (UCL)
2013 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamm
2013 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
2012 Doctoral degree, University of Cologne
2009 First state examination, Cologne

Publications

Brands in the Metaverse: The Concept of ‘Interdimensional Confusion’ Between the Physical and the Virtual Space under EU Trade Mark (co-author), GRUR Int. 2023, 643-649

German trade marks law (co-author), in: Munich Handbook on Intellectual Property Law, ed. Gordian N. Hasselblatt, C.H. Beck, 6th edition 2022

Anything but ordinary: Where insights from behavioural economics meet the "average consumer" in EU trade mark law, MarkenR 2018, 281-288

Memberships & Associations

INTA (Emerging Issues Committee, Task Force Leader)

GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)

Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Juristas (Spanish-German Lawyers’ Association)

Additional languages

English Spanish

Awards

JUVE Handbook 2024/2025

Featured

Frequently recommended lawyer for trademark and design law

JUVE Handbook 2024/2025

Frequently recommended lawyer for competition law

JUVE Awards 2023

Law firm of the year for IP Law

Managing IP Award 2024

Trademark Firm of the Year, Germany

Outstanding Firm

Honoured for the “Europe Impact Case of the Year

Recommended Lawyer for trade marks

Often recommended for trademark and competition law

Recommended as "key lawyer" for brands & advertising

“very competent trade mark lawyer, service- and solution-oriented, good understanding of the client's products, markets and needs", client

Rising star

"excellent“, "very well versed in the field”, “strong enthusiasm for trade mark law”

"very versed in processes", "high flyer", competitor

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Virtual goods, real trade marks: the CJEU's first take on distinctiveness

11 February 2025

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Are virtual and real-world products similar? It depends!

18 September 2024
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Competition, EU & trade

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12 August 2024

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