Dr Andreas Renck > Hogan Lovells (Alicante) SL & Cia > Alicante, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells (Alicante) SL & Cia
AVENIDA MAISONNAVE 22
03003 ALICANTE
Spain

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Andreas Renck has been advising on intellectual property (IP) law, particularly European Union trademark and Community design law, international IP prosecution, and litigation for a number of international clients. Having been involved in thousands of application and opposition proceedings before the European trademark office (EUIPO) in Alicante, his knowledge and skills also span from representing clients in major cases before the General Court and Court of Justice in Luxembourg, to coordinating litigation proceedings in various European countries. Andreas has been coordinating worldwide or regional settlements.

His business centred, proactive, and innovative approach helps turn his clients’ complex issues into opportunities. He advises a wide range of clients including the automotive, pharmaceutical, beverages and information technology.

Andreas focuses on international trademark portfolio filing and defence strategies, with an emphasis on colour, position and sound marks. He further has a strong record in dealing with complex and technically difficult prosecution matters, including obtaining evidence required to prove secondary meaning, including survey evidence.

Andreas is an author of the Kluwer Concise Commentary on EU trade marks and has published various articles on European and international trade mark law. He is also a teacher at the University of Alicante.  

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Education

Bar exam, Hamburg, 1996; Ph.D., University of Hamburg, 1995; LL.M. European Community Law, University of Essex, 1994; University of Hamburg, 1992

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Intellectual property > Patent litigation: solicitors

Hogan Lovells International LLP is an experienced partner in cross-border patent infringement proceedings and particularly handles matters in the life sciences, technology, telecommunications, automotive and consumer goods sectors. The team, which consists of lawyers and patent attorneys, represents clients in opposition and nullity proceedings and enjoys a particularly good reputation for assisting with FRAND disputes, which is not least due to the close cooperation with its competition and antitrust law practices. Miriam Gundt (life sciences) leads the global IPMT practice, while Andreas Renck (trade mark and design) is responsible for the European group and Andreas Bothe (trade mark, competition and copyright) heads the German unit. Another key figure in the team is Andreas von Falck, who is particularly experienced in cross-border patent disputes and is frequently instructed by clients from the pharmaceutical, medical technology and high technology sectors.