Lectures / publications
Lectures / publications
I hold lectures on current issues of intellectual property law and procedural law on a regular basis. The following is a compilation of my lectures, workshops, training courses and publications. Should you be interested in arranging in-house training or other events, please contact me.
Lectures
- New forms of trademarks – Initial experiences with registering and enforcing sound and scent trademarks, Wessing Forum Markenrecht, Düsseldorf, 2001.
- Legal aspects of software licences. IHK Aachen, 2002
- Protection of trade secrets – Company-internal requirements for protecting trade secrets, Euroforum, Munich, 2003
- Trademark law, Forum Institut für Management, Düsseldorf, 2003
- Current developments in unfair competition law – Outlook on legislative reform of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), Düsseldorf, 2003
- Trademark and design patent law, IHK Wuppertal/Solingen/Remscheid, Wuppertal, 2003
- Trademark law, Forum Institut für Management, 2004
- Das neue UWG, IHK Wuppertal/Solingen/Remscheid (Veranstaltung speziell für Handelsrichter und Mitglieder der Einigungsstelle), Wuppertal, 2004
- The new German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), IHK Wuppertal/Solingen/Remscheid (specifically for commercial judges and members of the mediation board), Wuppertal, 2004
- The new German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), EPS Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH, 2004
- Data privacy: as much as necessary – as little as possible, Role of the data privacy officer in pharmacies, seminars of Asys GmbH, 2005
- Protecting trade secrets – Risks and methods of protection in companies, Bundesverband Mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW), Düsseldorf, 2005
- Current developments in competition law – Outlook on legislative reform of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG); unfair competition procedural law, Eiden-Seminare, 2005
- Direct marketing – An effective approach or just an annoyance? Frankfurt, 2005
- Sanctioning trademark infringements effectively, IHK Wuppertal/Solingen/Remscheid, Solingen, 2005
- Protecting against product piracy, IHK Aachen, Aachen, 2006
- Current developments in the law, Protection of trade secrets for SMEs, IHK Neuss, Neuss, 2006
- Protecting creative works– Logos, slogans, designs, Frankfurt, 2008
- Protecting trade secrets – Risks and methods of protection in companies, Symposium Gefahrenbarometer 2010, Munich, 2009
- The price is right – Using price-based advertising effectively, Taylor Wessing Forum Wettbewerbsrecht, Frankfurt, 2009
- Protecting trade secrets – Security risk for SMEs, IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein, Krefeld, 2009
- Selective distribution – Protection against pirates, Düsseldorf, 2010
- Media training – Legal aspects of using text and images in old and new media, Workshop für den MTP e.V., Düsseldorf, 2010
- Marketing of medical devices, Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda, 2011
- Social media in businesses, legal working group of Markenverband, Frankfurt, 2011
- Social media in businesses, EPS Agentur für Kommunikation, Düsseldorf, 2011
- Podium discussion – Protecting trade secrets and know-how, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Munich, 2011
- Legal aspects of competitive intelligence – facilitator of a panel discussion on the International Competitive Intelligence Conference, Bad Nauheim, 2012
Publications
- Intellectual property rights in distribution agreements, AWR 2004, 73
- E-Book: Civil law aspects, Management distance learning course on commercial crime, 2008 (written in german language, www.euroforum-fachwissen.de)
- Protecting your know-how – Prevention tips from a legal practitioner, Study: Gefahrenbarometer 2010 – Safety risks for German SMEs, Corporate Trust, 2009 (download pdf; 31 pages, 6MB)
- Business and trade secrets – Threats and methods of protection in a climate of crisis, in: Surviving the crisis – Strategies for the successful family business”, Alphazirkel, Munich 2010