Dr Geert Johann Seelig > Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
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50678 COLOGNE
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Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Work Department
IP & Copyright Law
IT Law
Position
Dr Geert Johann Seelig is partner in the Service Line IP/IT. He has more than 20 years’ experience on advising national and international clients in all matters relating to intellectual property covering the development of filing strategies as well as litigation, including cross-border litigation and IP-related issues in the context of acquisitions.
Career
Following his studies in Heidelberg and Freiburg, Germany, he received his doctorate in copyright law in 1996 and was admitted to the bar in 1997. He then worked for four years as in-house counsel for Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH in the trademark and patent department, which he also managed. He joined Luther in 2006 and since then has been providing advice in the area of intellectual property law focusing on trademark rights, competition law, copyright law and patent law.
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Intellectual property > Unfair competition
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH‘s competition practice focuses on the luxury goods and retail sectors as well as the mobility and logistics industries and covers license agreements, advertising law issues, registration procedures and disputes. Geert Johann Seelig and Detlef Mäder, who both have longstanding experience across the entire soft IP spectrum, jointly lead the group.
Germany > Intellectual property > Trade marks
Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH focuses its trade mark advice on a client base predominantly comprised of companies from the mobility and logistics as well as consumer goods sectors and acts in both a litigious and strategic capacity. It further covers interfaces to design, competition and copyright law and is frequently involved in cross-border proceedings and global portfolio management. Geert Johann Seelig, whose expertise spans the entire spectrum of intellectual property protection, including transactional IP support, jointly leads the practice with competition and trade mark lawyer Detlef Mäder.
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Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Real estate and construction > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Industry focus > Energy
- Information technology > IT transactions and outsourcing
- Transport > Maritime and shipping
- Real estate and construction > Project development
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Public sector > Commercial administrative law
- Banking and finance > Fintech
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Banking and finance > Investment funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability
- Public sector > State aid
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Intellectual property > Unfair competition
- White-collar crime > Advice to companies
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency > Restructuring
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Private equity > Venture capital
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Media > Entertainment
- Restructuring and insolvency > Insolvency
- Private clients and non-profits
- Tax
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation