The Attorneys


 Partners:

  Dr. Michael Nieder
  Dr. Andreas Schulz
  Dr. Wolfgang Straub
  Olaf Giebe
  Ralf-Michael Burkhardt
  Dr. Ralf Hackbarth, LL.M
  Dr. Wolfgang Götz
  Oliver Rauscher

 Associates:

  Dr. Stefan Eck
  Carsten Sauerwald, LL.M.



 Dr. Michael Nieder (Partner)

Dr. Michael Nieder, born Braunschweig, Germany, 1941, admitted to the bar, 1972. Education: Universities of Göttingen and Frankfurt. Assistant lecturer at the Institute for Civil Procedural Law at the University of Munich 1968 to 1969. Jur.D., 1970. Member of the Official Committees for Patent and Utility Model Law and for Food and Drug Law and Chairman of the Work Group on Biotechnology of the German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Author: "Die Patentverletzung - materielles Recht und Verfahren", C.H. Beck 2004 (Patent Infringement - Substantive and Procedural Law); numerous publications in the field of patent law, the law of unfair competition and civil procedural law. Languages: German, English. an>
Dr. Michael Nieder MNieder@klaka.com

 Patent and Utility Model Law, Law of Employee Inventions
 Trademark Law
 Unfair Competition Law
 Food and Drug Law







 Dr. Andreas Schulz (Partner)

Dr. Andreas Schulz, born Hamburg, Germany, 1953, admitted to the bar, 1983. Education: Universities of Munich, Göttingen and Stanford, USA. Jur.D., 1981. Assistant lecturer at the Institute for European and International Commercial Law of the University of Munich from 1979 to 1980. Member: Official Committee for Unfair Competition and Trademark Law of the German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Author of numerous scientific articles in the fields of trademark and unfair competition law, e.g. "Die neuen Verjährungsvorschriften im UWG", WRP 2005, 274 ff (The New Rules on Limitation in the Law against Unfair Competition); commentary on Sec. 11 of the Law against Unfair Competition in Harte/Henning, UWG, C.H. Beck, 2004. Regular lecturer with the Deutsche Anwalt Akademie and the FORUM Institute for Management. Languages: German, English. an>
Dr. Andreas Schulz ASchulz@klaka.com

 Trademark Law
 Copyright Law, Design Patents
 Unfair Competition Law
 Press and Media Law
 Food and Drug Law







 Dr. Wolfgang Straub (Partner)

Dr. Wolfgang Straub, born Pforzheim, Germany, 1954, admitted to the bar, 1984. Education: Universities of Freiburg and Munich. Jur.D., 1986. Assistant lecturer at the Institute for European and International Commercial Law at the University of Munich and Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law from 1981 to 1984. Member: Licensing Executive Society (LES); German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Publications in the field of anti-trust law and unfair competition law, e.g., commentary on Sec. 4 Par. 10 of the Law against Unfair Competition (subject: boycott) in Harte/Henning, UWG, C.H. Beck, 2004. Languages: German, English.
Dr. Wolfgang Straub WStraub@klaka.com

 Unfair Competition Law
 Antitrust and Public Procurement Law, Law of Power Supply
 Company and Commercial, Banking Law, Contractual Law
 Copyright Law, Design Patents







 Olaf Giebe (Partner)

Olaf Giebe, born Hannover, Germany, 1956. Education: University of Göttingen. Admitted to the bar, 1987. Practiced as a lawyer (practice area: patent law) at the District Court Düsseldorf, 1987 to 1990; joined KLAKA in Munich, 1991. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Author, "Gedränge im Vorfeld - Mittelbare Patentverletzung, Verwendungsschutz und unfertiger Gegenstand" in Festschrift für Tilman Schilling, Köln: Heymanns 2007. Publications in the field of patent law and unfair competition law. Languages: German, English. le="border:solid #FFF9C4 1px;height:1px;">
 Patent and Utility Model Law, Law of Employee Inventions
 Copyright Law, Design Patents
 Unfair Competition Law







 Ralf-Michael Burkhardt (Partner)

Ralf-Michael Burkhardt, born in 1952, admitted to the bar since 1983. Education: University of Bonn. Practiced as an associate with an attorney admitted at the Federal Supreme Court (BGH), and four years in Munich as an attorney-at-law as well as an in-house counsel for a large publishing house. Joined KLAKA in 1996. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Languages: German, English.
Ralf-Michael Burkhardt RBurkhardt@klaka.com

 Press and Media Law
 Copyright Law, Design Patents
 Unfair Competition Law
 Food and Drug Law
 Company and Commercial, Banking Law, Contractual Law







 Dr. Ralf Hackbarth (Partner)

Dr. Ralf Hackbarth, LL.M., born Hamburg, Germany, 1961, admitted to the bar, 1994. Joined KLAKA in 1996. Education: Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg. Assistant lecturer at the Universities of Konstanz and Cologne, Guest Lecturer at the University College in London in 1992/1993. Jur.D., 1993 (Fundamental questions of the obligation to use in the law of Community Trademarks, Vol 86 of the Scriptures of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law). LL.M., London, 1993, Subject Grouping: Intellectual Property. Publications in the field of general civil law, industrial property rights, and Internet Law. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR), AIPPI, DGRI. Languages: German, English, French.
Dr. Ralf Hackbarth RHackbarth@klaka.com

 Trademark Law
 Unfair Competition Law
 IT and Internet Law







 Dr. Wolfgang Götz (Partner)

Dr. Wolfgang Götz, born in 1965, admitted to the bar since 1995. Joined KLAKA in 1997. Education: Universities of Munich and Lausanne. Assistant lecturer at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law from 1993 to 1997. Jur. D., 1998. Publications in the field of copyright law. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Languages: German, English, French, Spanish.
Dr. Wolfgang Götz WGoetz@klaka.com

 Patent and Utility Model Law, Law of Employee Inventions
 Copyright Law, Design Patents
 Trademark Law
 Unfair Competition Law
 IT and Internet Law







 Oliver Rauscher (Partner)

Oliver Rauscher, born Erding, Germany, 1972; admitted to the bar 1998. Joined KLAKA in 2000. Education: Ludwigs-Maximilians-University of Munich. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR); International Association Of Young Lawyers (AIJA). Languages: German, English.
Oliver Rauscher ORauscher@klaka.com

 Trademark Law
 Unfair Competition Law







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 Dr. Stefan Eck (Associate)

Dr. Stefan Eck, born Mannheim, Germany, 1973, admitted to the bar, 2003. Education: University of Freiburg. Jur. D., 2004. Publications in the field of internet law. Member: German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (GRUR). Languages: German, English.
Dr. Stefan Eck seck@klaka.com

 Patent and Utility Model Law, Law of Employee Inventions
 Trademark Law
 Unfair Competition Law
 Copyright Law, Design Patents
 IT and Internet Law