Dr. Matthias Ringer - Attorney at Law
Education:
- 2004 - 2009 University of Munich Law School
- 2009 First State Examination in Law
- 2011 Second State Examination in Law
- 2013 Postgraduate Research Associate at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
- 2015 Doctor of Law, University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Scholarships and Awards:
- Scholarship recipient of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich
Professional Training:
- 2009 - 2011 Compulsory legal training at Courts and Administrative Agencies in Munich
- 2011 Trainee at the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
Professional Experience:
- 2012 Admission to the Bar
- 2012 joined the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
- since 2021 Lecturer for Patent Law at FOM Munich
- since 2023 Partner at Lorenz Seidler Gossel
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- ”The enforcement of the claim to inspection pursuant to § 19a German Trademark Act in preliminary injunction proceedings” (GRUR 2014, 229 et seq.)
- “Services Directive and the (new) German Act Against Unfair Competition – what remains of § 43b German Federal Lawyers’ Act?” (AnwBl 2017, 155 et seq.)
- “Complaint proceedings at Facebook regarding trademark infringements – “I like”?” (GRUR-Prax 2018, 203 et seq.)
- “Iustitia is blind but likes to read twice: On the new approval procedure for appeals to the ECJ” (GRUR-Prax 2019, 275 et seq.)
- “Aux armes – The Federal Constitutional Court's case-law regarding the equality of arms in preliminary injunction proceedings" (GRUR-Prax 2020, 359 et seq.)
- “One year of new flying jurisdiction in the German Act Against Unfair Competition – summary and outlook” (GRUR-Prax 2021, 732 et seq.)
Memberships:
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- European-Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
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