Dr. Michael Nieder is a founding member of KLAKA and has extensive experience with infringement proceedings in the fields of patent law, trademark law and unfair competition law. Furthermore, Dr. Michael Nieder is specialised in providing legal advice in the field of food and drug law.

1972:    Admission to the bar

1961 - 1966:    Studies at the universities of Goettingen and Frankfurt

1967 – 1969:    Research assistant at the Institute for Procedural Law at the University of Munich

1969 – 1972:    Assistant to the general counsel of the Carl Zeiss Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Company

1970:    Doctor of Law

1972:    Joined the law firm Dr. Carl Schramm – Rainer Klaka – Walter Zwipf – Dr. Peter Schade, Munich

1979:    Founding member of KLAKA

Languages:    German, English

Memberships:

Expert committees for patent and utility model law, food and drug law. Chairman of the research group of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR).

Committee for the protection of intellectual property of the German Federal Bar Association

Board of trustees of the research group German Anti-Counterfeiting Association (APM).