Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Intellectual Property & Media
In today's business world, intellectual property (IP) rights are of crucial importance and a key factor for companies' success. At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in content creation. As a trusted partner with legal expertise and industry knowledge, we pave the way for companies and public institutions that want to protect their intellectual property and create future-oriented content. Comprehensive. Reliable. With foresight.
Frank Fischer
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media Germany, Specialist lawyer for copyright and media law
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Our Philosophy
Trademark law protects the identity of your company – its products, its reputation, its uniqueness. A strong brand creates trust and recognition among your customers. This leads to long-term customer loyalty. Design law secures the aesthetic design of products. Competition law ensures fair market conditions and protects companies from unfair business practices. Copyright and media law protects creative works and content – it promotes innovation and enables your company to operate in a fair environment. Press and freedom of expression law protects the (company) personality rights and regulates the limits of word and image reporting. At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) opens up new avenues in content creation. It changes processes, creates new potentials – and confronts companies with new legal questions, especially those relating to IP law.
As specialist lawyers in intellectual property law and copyright and media law, we support you in judicial, extrajudicial and academic work – with our many years of expertise in all sub-areas. We offer both creative advice and litigation. Thanks to our expert knowledge and our continuous engagement with the latest changes in legislation – also due to our professional academic activities – we are always up to date. In this way, we create legal certainty and clarity – and solutions that last.
Our Services
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In intellectual property law, we provide comprehensive advice on trademark and design law. Trademarks are of enormous economic value. The development and maintenance of a strong brand is therefore not a side issue, but a strategic path to success. We support registrations, examine property rights, manage property rights portfolios and enforce your claims out of court and in court – nationally and internationally.
Our focus areas
- Registration of industrial property rights and support for property rights portfolio review of IP rights as part of due diligence and company transactions, including employee invention rights
- Formulation of IP guarantees, as well as contract drafting for all IP rights, in particular license, purchase and transfer agreements
- Drafting of IP clauses for employment, managing director or company agreements
- Combating product piracy through strategic action against manufacturers and distributors at home and abroad
- Drafting and review of research and development transfer, legal advice on technology transfer
Dr. Susanne Grimm
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Copyright and Media Law
Entrepreneurial success is largely based on intellectual property. Copyright protects intellectual creations and secures authors the economic and non-material exploitation of their works. Media law guarantees freedom of opinion and information, regulates the media landscape and ensures a balance between personal rights, public interest and economic interests. We advise on all copyright and media law issues and represent the interests of our clients in and out of court – especially in the publishing, art, music, film, theater, sports and event industries.
Our focus areas
- Drafting of license agreements of all kinds
- Advice and representation on film and TV – contracts (production and distribution), music use and event and performance contracts
- Advice on public media law in connection with the preparation of applications for obtaining broadcasting licenses or frequency allocation
- Advice on questions of the Interstate Media Treaty
- Advice on media advertising law, in particular on advertising labeling and separation of advertising and programming
Frank Fischer
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media Germany, Specialist lawyer for copyright and media law
Dr. Susanne Grimm
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Competition Law and Protection of Trade Secrets
Competition law serves to ensure fair competition, prevent market distortions and protect competitors and consumers from unfair business practices. At the same time, the protection of trade secrets serves to protect confidential information from unauthorized use or disclosure in order to secure the economic performance and competitive advantage of companies. We support our clients in protecting and enforcing their rights and advise them on compliance with legal requirements – strategically, proactively and with legal precision.
Our focus areas
- Advice and representation on competition law issues such as advertising appearances and advertising statements of all kinds or anti-competitive behavior by competitors, comparative advertising, regulatory disputes that also constitute a violation of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG)
- Advice and representation on regulatory and competition law issues from the areas of ESG and sustainability advertising/green claims
- Design and review of advertising appearances
- Advice in the eCommerce sector
- Drafting of non-disclosure agreements/NDAs
Dr. Susanne Grimm
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Internet Law, Social Media & AI
We advise on legal issues relating to the Internet, social media and artificial intelligence. Whether copyright law, competition law, protection of trade secrets or liability for AI-generated content – we examine risks, design legally compliant solutions and represent your interests vis-à-vis authorities and in disputes. Our advice combines digital innovation with legal precision.
Our focus areas
- Advice in connection with online media with questions on social media, image rights, influencer marketing, sweepstakes
- Advice in connection with legal risks and handling of and with generative AI
- Design of advertising appearances and eCommerce
- Implementation of individual (employee) training courses on the legally compliant use of AI
Dr. Susanne Grimm
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media, Specialist lawyer for intellectual property law
Press Law & Freedom of Expression Law
We advise and represent companies, personalities and media in press law and freedom of expression law. Whether reporting, counter-statement or injunction – we examine content, protect your reputation and enforce your rights. Our expertise combines legal precision with a deep understanding of media dynamics.
Our focus areas
- Internal corporate communications and behavior towards the media
- Preparation for dealing with media inquiries
- Personal rights and corporate personality rights in word and image reporting
- Advice in connection with media’s claims for information against authorities and their judicial enforcement
- Defense against counter-statement claims
- Press organization law
Frank Fischer
Associate Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Head of Practice Group IP & Media Germany, Specialist lawyer for copyright and media law
