Lecturers

Copyright and Data Law

• Prof. Dr. Anne Lauber-Rönsberg, TU Dresden (Lecture Copyright Law & Seminar Current Issues in Copyright Law)

• Dr. Sven Hetmank, TU Dresden (Seminar Current Issues in Data Law)

• Berhan Sarilar, Academic Assistant, TU Dresden (Case studies Urheberrecht)

Industrial Property Law

• JProf. Dr. Katharina Kaesling, TU Dresden (Lecture Patent Law & Trademark & Design Law)
• Annegret Wolf, Academic Assistant, TU Dresden (Case studies Patent Law & Trademark & Design Law)
• Jana Lutter, Academic Assistant, TU Dresden (Übung Markenrecht)

Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz (German IP Law)

• Dr. Martin Marx, Richter am OLG Dresden (Besonderheiten des deutschen Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes und Wettbewerbsrechts)
• Dr. Sven Hetmank, TU Dresden (Übung Patentrecht)
• Jana Lutter, Academic Assistant, TU Dresden (Übung Markenrecht)
• Prof. Dr. Anne Lauber-Rönsberg, TU Dresden (Lecture Urheberrecht & Seminar Urheber- und Datenschutzrecht)

Guest lectures

During our course of study in Dresden we offer a regular forum of practioniers who give an insight to their practical work in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

Industrial Property - general

• Attorney Prof. Dr. Sönke Ahrens,  Hamburg
• Dr. Alfredo Barona, LL.M. (Dresden/Exeter), Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart
• Attorney Tobias Fürniß, Ph.D. (UIBE), Schlatter Law Firm, Heidelberg 
• Patent Attorney Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar, Böhmert & Böhmert Law Firm, München
• Attorney Dr. Ingo Gehring, LL.M., Siemens, München
• Helena Kowalewska Jahromi, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Berlin
• Attorney Dr. Matthias Meyer, Kanzlei Bird&Bird, Düsseldorf
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Hans-Eric Rasmussen-Bonne, Weitnauer Law Firm, Berlin
• Judge Dr. Hubertus Schacht, M.A., Landgericht München
• Attorney Dr. Marco Stief, LL.M. (Chicago) , Maiwald Law Firm
• Attorney Dr. Daniel Schöneich, Battke Grünberg Law Firm, Dresden
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wündisch, LL.M. (Dresden/Exeter), Noerr Law Firm, Dresden

Copyright Law and Media Law

• Attorney Tara Aaron-Stelluto, Aaron Sanders Law, Nashville, U.S.A
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Bernhard von Becker, C.H. Beck, München
• Attorney Dr. Wolfgang Bomba, Vogel Heerma Waitz, Berlin
• Pawan Kumar Dutt, TalTech University Tallinn
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Hanno Fierdag, Scheuermann Westerhoff Strittmatter Law Firm, Berlin (German Track only)
• Attorney Dr. Anette Gärtner, LL.M., Kanzlei Eversheds Sutherland, Frankfurt a.M.
• Dr. James Griffin,  University of Exeter
• Dr. Georgia Jenkins, University of Kent, Canterbury
• Jure Kralj, LL.M., ICMP Bruxelles
• Peter Mezei, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University Szeged (Seminar Current Issues in Copyright Law)
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Christian Schertz, Schertz Bergmann Law Firm, Berlin
• Attorney Kerstin Schmitt, Von Have Fey Law Firm, Berlin

Data Protection Law

• Attorney Tara Aaron-Stelluto, Aaron Sanders Law, Nashville, U.S.A
• Dr. Tilman M. Dralle, LL.M. (Nottingham), United Internet, Karlsruhe
• Attorney Dr. Diana Ettig, LL.M., Spirit Legal, Frankfurt a.M. 
• Dr. Johanns Gilch, LL.M., Lawpilots, Berlin
• Attorney Mike Rasch, Linnemann-RA und DATAREA GmbH (German Track only)
• Prof. Dr. Guido Westkamp, LL.M. Queen Mary University of London
• Attorney Dr. Kai Westerwelle, Bird & Bird Law Firm, San Francisco

Trade Mark Law and Design Law

• AttorneyDavid A. Copland, Copland Legal, Dresden
• Attorney Judith Hesse, LL.M. (Dresden/Exeter), SemperIP, Munich
• Dr. Martin Marx,  Judge, OLG Dresden
• Attorney Dr. Rembert Niebel, LL.M. (Columbia), SKW Schwarz Law Firm, Frankfurt am Main
• Attorney Prof. Dr. Axel Nordemann, Nordemann Law Firm, Potsdam
• Dr. hab. Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska,  Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Dr. Luxmi Rajanayagam, London (Design Law)
• Attorney Julie Schmitt, LL.M. (Dresden/Straßburg),  Umami Law S.L.P., Alicante, Spanien

Competition Law

• Rechtsanwalt Dr. Hauke Hansen, FPS Rechtsanwälte und Notare, Frankfurt am Main
• Katja Heintschel von Heinegg,  Central Association of the German Advertising Industry, Berlin                                                                                     
• Attorney Ilan L. Selz LL.M. (Minnesota), Schürmann Rosenthal Dreyer Law Firm, Berlin
• Attorney Dr. Jeannette Viniol, LL.M., jbviniol Law Firm, Berlin
• Attorney Dr. Jörg Witting. Bird&Bird Law Firm, Düsseldorf

Patent Law

• Attorney Dr. Anette Gärtner, LL.M., Eversheds Sutherland, Frankfurt a.M.
• Attorney  Mike Gruber, LL.M. IP (The George Washington University), Carpmaels & Ransford
• Dr. Ulrich Himmelmann, Judge at the Federal Patent Court, retired, Munich (German Track only)
• Attorney Dr. Niels Hölder, LL.M. (Dresden/Exeter), Carpmaels & Ransford, Law Firm, München
• U.S. Patent Attorney Brian Jones, Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB, Dresden
• Alfred Keukenschrijver, Judge at the Federal Court of Justice, retired, Karlsruhe (German Track only)      
• Attorney  Dr. Annika Lückemann, LL.M., Bird & Bird Hamburg                      
• Dr. hab. Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Dr. Clemens Plassmann, Hogan Lovells LLP
• Attorney Benjeman von Rueden,   Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB
• Daniel X. Thomas, former director at the European Patent Office and senior consultant at BDPE – Patent and Law Attorneys, Munich
• Siragusa, Mario, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Rome
• Prof. Toshiko Takenaka Ph.D., CASRIP University of Washington, Seattle, Keio University
• Kerstin Weber, Janssen-Cilag GmbH

European Law

• Mario Tepe, LL.M., Attorney at Law, Vogel Heerma Waitz Law Firm; Berlin

We have been supported in the past:

• Achim Bender, Vors. Richter am Bundespatentgericht, a.D., München
• Marianne Grabrucker, Vors. Richterin am BPatG, a.D., München
• Dr. Ulrich Himmelmann, Judge at the Federal Patent Court, retired, Munich
• Attorney  Heike Röder-Hitschke, Maiwald, Munich
• AttorneySusann Jahn, Noerr LLP, Dresden
• Dr. Helmut Kaiser, Judge (retired), OLG Dresden
• Dr. Phillipp Ostendorff, LL.M. (Dresden/Straßburg), Berlin
• Luc Peeperkorn,  European Commission
• Dr. Dieter Stauder,  CEIPI Strassbourg