Prof Dr Markus Ruttig > CBH Rechtsanwälte > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Prof Dr Markus Ruttig

+49 221 95 190-86 m.ruttig@cbh.de

Work Department

IP, Media & IT

Position

Attorney at Law | Partner

Specialist attorney for intellectual property law

Career

Prof Dr Markus Ruttig studied law at the universities of Bonn, Edinburgh, Freiburg i. Br. and Passau (doctorate). After being admitted to the bar in 2001, he initially worked for four years in a regional law firm in Berlin in the field of media law before moving to CBH in Cologne in 2004.

Prof Dr Markus Ruttig is a specialist in intellectual property law and specialises in competition and media law. In addition to copyright law and press law, gambling law is a focal point of his work.

Prof Dr Markus Ruttig is a lecturer at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.
The commentary on gambling law published by C. H. Beck-Verlag is co-edited and edited by Prof Dr Markus Ruttig. Prof Dr Markus Ruttig has also published extensively on gambling law and copyright law.

Since 2014/2015, the JUVE Handbook has continuously identified Prof Dr Markus Ruttig as a frequently recommended attorney in trademark and competition law as well as media law (“proven expert in gambling law”, competitor).

Since 2014/2015, the JUVE handbook has continuously listed Prof. Dr. Markus Ruttig as a frequently recommended lawyer in trademark and competition law as well as media law (“proven expert in gambling law”, competitors). The JUVE Handbook 2015/2016 identifies Prof. Dr. Markus Ruttig as a frequently recommended lawyer in the areas of trademark and competition law (“excellent and practical” in IP, client), media law and press law (“Competitors praise Prof. Dr. Markus Ruttig as ‘cautious, but quick and sharp when necessary”). In the current JUVE Handbook 2020/2021, clients also praise Prof. Dr. Markus Ruttig as “very competent in competition and gambling law”, emphasize his “unerring litigation” and sum up: “Theory and practice at the highest level”; the success story of the gambling law practice around Prof. Dr. Markus Ruttig describes JUVE as the figurehead of CBH.