Prosecution and enforcement of IP matters in the field of trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law.

Claus Eckhartt focuses on procuring trademark protection and enforcement. His international clients come from fields such as pharmaceuticals, consumer health care, household goods and the food and beverages sector.

Recent major litigation in which he was successfully involved includes a high-profile trademark infringement and invalidation case concerning three-headed rotary shavers as well as a series of comparative advertising cases of restaurant chains involving litigation between the major competitors in this field.

As joint head of the trademark department, Claus Eckhartt is responsible for the management and prosecution of worldwide trademark and design portfolios, including enforcement of associated protection rights and advice in relation to parallel imports of counterfeit goods. Other areas include licensing agreements, merchandising, franchising and joint ventures.

Claus Eckhartt is currently serving on the ACEC committee of INTA and is a member of the editorial board of Trademark World, contributing regularly to this magazine (see publications). Claus Eckhartt is individually recommended in Best Lawyers 2010, the Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners 2008 (MIP magazine) as well as in Legal 500 EMEA 2009 and JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2009/2010.

In September 2009 Claus Eckhartt was elected co-managing partner of the firm. 

1990–1992	Assistant at law firm Freiherr von Thielmann, Munich
1992	Four months of training at law firm De Smedt Dassesse Akin Gump & Feld International, Brussels
1993–1994	Associate at patent and law firm Kuhnen, Wacker & Partner
1994–1996	Associate at patent and law firm Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
1996–2001	Associate at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler in Munich
Since 2001	Partner of the firm
Since 2009	Co-managing partner of the firm

1984–1990	Studied Law at the University of Munich
1990	First State Examination (degree-level qualification)
1993–1994	Second State Examination (bar admission exam), admitted as attorney-at-law

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