References

The Federal Supreme Court submits questions concerning the design protection of parts of complex products to the European Court of Justice (C-472/21) and as a result finds in favor of my client.

In this fundamental decision, the Federal Supreme Court overturns the judgment of the court of appeals and finds in favor of the media company represented by me. According to the judgement, the publication of the diaries of a banker involved in a financial scandal is legal. The court also significantly limits the relevance of a criminal statute that prohibits the publication of documents contained in court files.

This is another patent nullity action in the field of telecommunication patents. The Federal Supreme Court upholds my client’s patent for the most part. In the same case, the Supreme Court provides important clarification on the value in controversy in such matters.

The Federal Supreme Court clarifies the requirements for the laches defense in trademark law.

The Supreme Court deals with passing-off in the context of consumer products. It follows my argument, that the Court of Appeals had not correctly determined the standing to sue of the plaintiff.

The Federal Supreme Court clarifies the requirements for granting copyright protection for works of applied art and upholds the decision of the Court of Appeals finding in favor of my client.

In a leading case the Federal Supreme Court upholds the jurisdiction of the German insolvency courts despite a competing insolvency application in a third country. The administrator represented by me can thereby prevent the application of a foreign law that would be unfavorable to the creditors.

In this groundbreaking order the Federal Supreme Court decides that arbitral awards are subject to unlimited judicial control as far as they are based on antitrust law. The arbitral award that had been unfavorable to my client is therefore mostly vacated.

The Federal Supreme Court decides important questions of the liability of shareholders in insolvent corporations and confirms the judgement by the court of appeal that had sustained the complaint of the insolvency administrator represented by me.