Sebastian Fischoeder, LL.M. (Trinity College Dublin)

Salary Partner

Sebastian is a passionate brand lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in trade mark, design, unfair competition and copyright law. He protects and defends all features of his client’s brands – in a broad sense – and their market position.

His practice stretches from short-notice, pragmatic advice over strategic brand advice, contractual negotiations and preliminary court actions to complex high-profile litigation. Sebastian Fischoeder gained particular expertise for unconventional trade marks, such as colour marks, shape marks or slogans, and in the field of legal consumer surveys. A further focus of his practice is design law.

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Carrière

Since 2019	Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
2002 – 2019	Senior Counsel, Bird & Bird LLP, Düsseldorf
2002	Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland

Formation

2001 – 2002	Trinity College Dublin
2001	Second legal state examination, Bavaria
1999	First legal state examination, Bavaria

1993 – 1998

Legal studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and University of Passau

Voir plus Moins

Publications

Licht und Schatten bei den jüngsten Entscheidungen des BGH zu Farbmarken. Anmerkung zu BGH „Goldhase III“ und „NJW-Orange“, erschienen in: GRUR (Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht), März 22

MARQUES’ Comments on the EU Commission’s Legal Review on Industrial Design Protection in Europe, position paper to the EU Commission (Co-Author), July 2018

Form and Colour (In German), IP Competence, Vol. 15, July 2016 (supplement to ÖBl.)

Parts on Design Law in Stöckel/Lüken (Editors), Handbook Trade Mark Mark and Design Law (in German), 3rd edition 2013, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin (4th edition in progress)

Consequences of Bad Faith Cease and Desist Letters under Unfair Competition and Copyright Law (in German), Comment on Bundesgerichtshof, judgment of 31 Ma 2012 – I ZR 106/10, K&R 2013, 192

Generic Use of Trade Marks in the Media – Claims of the Trade Mark Proprietor, GRUR 2004, 185-191 (together with Felix Hauck)

Groupes & Associations

MARQUES (Amicus Curiae Team, 2016-2021 Co-Chair Designs Team)
GRUR

Langues étrangères

English

Expertise

Secteurs Droit de la consommation Institutions financières et assurance Logistique et transport

Experience

World Trade Mark Review 2020	Sebastian Fischoeder is one of the practice’s rising stars. “Extremely knowledgeable, he can steer clients safely through highly complex lines of argument. Sebastian is becoming one of the country’s very top lawyers.”
World Trade Mark Review 2019	Based in Düsseldorf, the "extremely knowledgeable" Fischoeder is an "excellent lawyer" who effectively pursues highly complex lines of arguments.
World Trade Mark Review 2018	Leading Trademark Professional: The "extremely knowledgeable" Sebastian Fischoeder has become a beacon for brand owners wanting to secure their non-traditional marks: "‘he steers clients safely through highly complex disputes".

Prix et distinctions

Managing IP Award 2022	Notable practitioner
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020- 2022	Leading individual: Litigation
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020, 2021, 2022	Leading individual: Intellectual property law
World Trademark Review WTR1000 Germany	Leading Individual – Bronze for Trademarks
World Trademark Review WTR1000 Germany	"He is a litigator and counsellor with unique insight on non-conventional trademarks such as colour marks, shape marks andslogans."
Managing Intellectual Property - IP Stars 2019	Rising star
Managing Intellectual Property 2018	Rising IP Star - Fischoeder is singled out for his expertise in non-conventional trade marks