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.)
• „EU regulation on standard essential patents ante portas - An essential overview“ (GRUR-Prax 2024, 222 et seq.)

Memberships:

• German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
• European-Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)
• International Trademark Association (INTA)

Foreign language:

• English, French

LEGAL 500:

• 'Best consideration of industry-specific particularities, clear language, very high success rate, fair billing, very pleasant person.

  'Matthias Ringer is diligent and considerate and a pleasure to work with. Matthias understands the details and nuances of complex matters, which is important for asserting the client's interests.' - Legal 500 - 2025