Dr. Oliver Spuhler

Attorney at Law Business Lawyer (Business Law Degree at the University of Bayreuth) Managing Partner

Education

Studies of law with additional training in economics at the Universities of Bayreuth, Aberdeen, St. Andrews and Dundee. Doctoral thesis at the University of Bayreuth on the subject: “The system of the International and Supranational Protection of Trademarks and of Geographical Indications of Origin”. Internship with the legal department of Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf. Mandatory legal internship with Dusseldorf District Court. Optional stage with the German – Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sydney.

Memberships

GRUR; VPP; AIPLA; DACH; DAV; MAV

Professional activities

All fields of intellectual property protection, in particular:

Infringement disputes regarding trademarks and other signs, Industrial designs, copyrights, unfair competition, patents and utility models
Employee invention law
Drafting of contracts, in particular licensing and software agreements
Antitrust law
IT/Internet law

Publications

Co-author of the Munich Lawyer’s Handbook Intellectual Property Protection, publishers C. H. Beck

Co-author of the Heidelberg Commentary on Trademark Law, publishers C. F. Müller

Various special publications and conferences