Lorenz · Seidler · Gossel

Prof. Dr. Reinhard E. Ingerl, LL.M. (Harvard)

Rechtsanwalt

Education:

  • 1979-1984 University of Munich Law School

  • 1981 University of Geneva Law School

  • 1983/84 First State Examination in Law

  • 1984/85 Harvard Law School, Master of Laws (LL.M.)

  • 1987/88 Second State Examination in Law

  • 1988 Doctor of Law, summa cum laude, University of Munich

Scholarships and Awards:

  • Scholarship recipient of the Stiftung Maximilianeum

  • Scholarship recipient of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

  • 1988 Faculty Award of the University of Munich

Professional Training:

  • 1984 Assistant in a law firm in Munich

  • 1985-1988 Compulsory legal training at Courts and Administrative Agencies in Munich

  • 1985 Summer Associate with McKinsey & Company, Inc.

  • 1987 Internship with Deutsche Bank AG

Professional Experience:

  • 1988 Admission to the Bar of the District Courts of Munich I and II

  • 1988-1989 Munich Reinsurance Company, Finance Department

  • 1989 joined the law firm Lorenz · Seidler · Gossel

  • since 1992 Partner at Lorenz · Seidler · Gossel

  • 1992-1999 Lecturer for Trademark, Patent, Copyright, Software and Unfair Competition Law at the University of Jena Law School

  • 1993 Admission to the Bar of the Munich Court of Appeals and Bavarian Supreme Court

  • 1993-1999 Lecturer for the German Institute of Auditors

  • since 1999 Honorary Professor for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Jena Law School

Selected Publications:

  • "The Community Trademark" 1996

  • "Trademark Act", Third Edition 2010

  • further publications on unfair competition, trademarks and civil procedure.

Memberships:

German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright; European-Communities Trademark Association (ECTA); International Trademark Association (INTA); American Bar Association (ABA); International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI).

Foreign Languages:

English; French; Spanish.