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CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. Offices

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.
Dreikönigstrasse 7
PO Box 8022 Zurich
Switzerland
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Dr Dirk Spacek

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+41 44 285 11 11 dirk.spacek@cms-vep.com View profile View profile

Work Department

TMC, Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Dirk Spacek is partner and in charge of the practice groups TMC and IP. He primarily deals with new business models arising in the media-, internet- and technology(IT)-sector, data protection and intellectual property law.

Dirk Spacek mainly advises clients from the media, technology, industry and financial services sectors on technology-related legal matters, in particular IT-contract law, outsourcing, data protection, Internet of Things (IoT), patent research and compatibility cooperations and traditional intellectual property law. Dirk conducts advisory, transactional and contentious work. He specialized early with a dissertation in intellectual property law on the subject of “Protection of TV Formats” (“Schutz von TV-Formaten”) and was admitted to the Swiss bar in 2009. He then gained many years of experience in large, prestigious law firms and as an in-house lawyer during multiple in-house secondments.

As a member of the “Commercial” Practice Area Group, Dirk Spacek also advises clients on commercial law matters, e.g. drafting tailored licence, purchase, service and distribution agreements as well as terms and conditions for computer and internet-based business models and technology joint ventures.

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish

Memberships

  • International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), Co-Chair Interactive Media and Entertainment Law Committee
  • Licensing Executive Society (LES)
  • Institute for Intellectual Property Law (INGRES)
  • German Society for Information Technology Law (DGRI)
  • Swiss ICT-Association.International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL)
  • Swiss and Zurich Bar Association

Education

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) with focus „Corporate Media, Communications & Technology Policy (IP/IT)“ at Columbia University in New York (USA) (2012)
  • Swiss Bar Admission Zürich (2009)
  • PhD/Doctorate in intellectual property and media licensing law, Dr.iur., University of Zurich (2005)
  • J.D. (lic.iur.), University of Zurich (2002)

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > TMT

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Dirk Spacek – CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. provides a full service for all TMT-related matters including IT-procurement and sourcing, IT-based offerings in insurance and finance sectors, and regulation of telecommunications companies. Practice head Dirk Spacek has a primary focus on new business models arising in the media, internet, and technology sectors, as well as data commercialisation and intellectual property law. Alain Raemy has particular expertise in network-based industries and technology matters. Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser advises clients in connection with contentious and non-contentious issues relating to trade marks, copyrights, unfair competition, and advertisement.

Switzerland > Intellectual property

CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd. uses its ‘excellent knowledge of IP and trade mark law’ to support Swiss-based and global clients with international IP transactions and litigations with particular strengths in the IP development and transfer agreements, pharma patent litigation, trade mark protection, and corporate IP transactions. Practice co-head Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser has expertise drafting and enforcement of contracts for the transfer of intellectual property rights, especially license and R&D agreements. Dirk Spacek, who co-heads the team alongside Birkhäuser, handles technical IP matters such as patent law as well as software- and media-copyright matters.

Switzerland > Data privacy and data protection

‘Quick thinker’ Dirk Spacek steers CMS von Erlach Partners Ltd.’s data privacy practice, a team that is proficient in handling global data privacy, protection and information security matters for a diverse range of domestic and international clients. Spacek advises clients on an array of advisory, transactional and contentious work in this field, while Simone Brauchbar Birkhäuser’s expertise comprises a variety of IT and IP issues. Julia Nitschke fields a considerable workload that incorporates arbitration and litigation related matters.

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