Marcus von Welser

PARTNER, Attorney-at-Law, Certified IP Lawyer He focuses on the judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of intellectual property rights. He has many years of litigation experience before numerous regional and higher regional courts, the Federal Patent Court and the Court of the European Union in Luxembourg. He also specializes in drafting and negotiating license agreements, advising on the interface with antitrust law, in the area of open source software and in legal issues related to artificial intelligence. In the field of trademarks and designs, he also advises on the strategic development of IP portfolios. His clients include companies in the automotive, electronics, furniture, clothing, food, pharmaceutical and software industries, as well as platform providers, publishers, agencies, museums, designers, architects and photographers. Dr. Marcus von Welser is a lecturer in copyright law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Applied Sciences Berlin. He regularly gives lectures in Germany and abroad. He is the author and editor of numerous publications, including the "Münchener Anwaltshandbuch zum Urheber- und Medienrecht" (published by C.H. Beck), the "Praxiskommentar zum Urheberrecht" (published by C. H. Beck), a handbook on "Marken- und Produktpiraterie" (published by Wiley-VCH), and the "Medienrecht Praxishandbuch" (published by DeGruyter). Since 2018, the German newspaper Handelsblatt and the US publisher Best Lawyers have recognized him as one of Germany's best lawyers in the field of media and copyright law. · Vossius & Partner