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Dr Christian Tenkhoff

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Work Department

Trademarks, Advertising, Design, Litigation, Unfair Competition, IP/IT

Position

Partner

Christian advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious issues of trade mark and unfair competition law.

A particular focus of his practice involves coordinating complex disputes, often related to unconventional marks (e.g. for the shape and colour of goods) and questions of consumer perception across different countries. He is also responsible for the trade mark portfolios of several renowned companies and frequently acts in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the GPTO and the German Federal Patent Court as well as the EUIPO, the Boards of Appeal and the European Courts.

Christian regularly deals with IP rights in connection with Web3, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Blockchain Technology and the Metaverse. He is part of the editorial team of the TW Metaverse Newsletter.

Career

• Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing
• 2014 – 2019 Associate, Taylor Wessing

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Memberships

• INTA Trade Mark Office Practices Committee (2022/2023 term)
• MARQUES Class 46 Blog
• GRUR

Education

• 2018 Sc., behavioural economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
• 2014 M. focusing on trade mark and unfair competition law, University College London (UCL)
• 2013 Admitted as a lawyer, Hamm
• 2013 Second state examination, Dusseldorf
• 2012 Doctoral degree on a topic in the field of unfair competition law, University of Cologne
• 2009 First state examination, Cologne