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Dr Christian Meyer
Principal
Attorney-at-Law
Certified Specialist Lawyer for Intellectual Property
Christian Meyer’s expertise extends to all areas of intellectual property protection, with the main focus on the representation of domestic and foreign clients in infringement litigation. He advises and represents companies mainly in national and transnational patent and utility model proceedings as well as in trademark and design infringement cases. He negotiates and drafts contracts on behalf of clients and advises on questions relating to competition law and product piracy.
Since 2018
Attorney-at-law at Maiwald
2013-2018
Attorney-at-law at an IP law firm
2012-2013
Assessor and attorney-at-law in the field of litigation & dispute resolution at a major international law firm
Since 2015
Certified specialist for Intellectual Property Rights
2012
Admitted to the bar
2010-2012
Trainee lawyer in Düsseldorf and Munich
2009-2012
Doctoral degree in the field of competition law from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2003-2008
Studied law at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2001-2003
Apprenticeship as a banker
- Review of chances of success and possible actions in patent, trademark and competition law matters
- Strategic guidance on issues of intellectual property rights enforcement and defence
- Preliminary injunction proceedings and protective briefs
- Out-of-court and judicial litigation, in particular out-of-court and judicial enforcement and defence of intellectual property rights against legal actions
- Coordination of the aforementioned proceedings with parallel proceedings at home and abroad
- Contract negotiations and drafting of contracts
- MIP IP Stars – Rising Star 2021
- Recommended in Legal 500 Deutschland 2018
- FCJ Clarifies Requirements for Enforcement of Time-Barred and Non-Time-Barred Claims
- German court rules against automated dispensing of medicinal products
- Der Schutz junger und alter Verbraucher nach der UGP-Richtlinie – Umsetzung im UWG 2008 und richtlinienkonforme Auslegung, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Dissertation, 2013
- Zoll: Beschlagnahme bei der Verletzung von kennzeichenrechten – Benutzung im geschäftlichen Verkehr i.S.d. § 14 Abs. 2 MarkenG, CIPReport, 01/2011
- Das vereinfachte Vernichtungsverfahren gem. Art. 11 (EG) VO 1383/2003 in der Praxis, CIPReport, 03/2010 (together with Klaus Hoffmeister)
- German court calls for better enforcement of preliminary injunctions in patent infringement case
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