Our experts in the IP/IT Law practice group advise in the areas of unfair competition, data protection, e-commerce, trademarks, software licensing, contract drafting, and distribution systems. Special emphasis is placed on advising and representing clients dealing with complex issues where these areas of law intersect with Competition and Antitrust Law.

Advising on data protection issues is our daily business. We represent clients in numerous proceedings before the data protection authorities, and support companies in implementing processes that comply with data protection law.

Our fields of expertise:
Intellectual property
• Copyrights, trademarks, designs, and patents
• IP due diligence
• Management of IP rights (monitoring and administration)
• Product piracy
• License agreements
• Protecting “Know-how”
• Media law
• Personality protection (damage to credit and defamation of character)
Information Technology
• Data protection
• Cloud computing
• Outsourcing and service level agreements
• Whistleblowing systems, hotlines, and ombudsmen
• E-commerce (online shops, use of cookies, legal notices, “about” or “Impressum” sections on websites, and newsletters)
• Domain law
• Software license agreements
• License audits and software asset management
Competition Law
• Unfair competition (Federal Act Against Unfair Competition, “UWG”)
• Distribution systems (independent dealer, commercial agent, and franchise agreements)
• Contract drafting (contract forms, general terms and conditions, B2B and B2C)
• Consumer protection
• Advertising, online marketing, and targeting (particularly in the area of social media)
• Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)