GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Thomas Nägele, Simon Apel, Jonathan Drescher and Alexander Stolz, SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz
SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz has been one of the most reputable German law firms for al - most a century. With more than 120 attorneys, it advises domestic and international clients in all areas of corporate and commercial law. The IP/IT department of SZA is located in Mannhe - im and Frankfurt and currently practises with ten attorneys in all areas of IP and IT, as well as data protection law. With the establishment of its Asia desk, SZA provides consultation for Asian companies regarding investments and
business activities in Europe in all fields pertain - ing to commercial law, especially in relation to the protection of intellectual property, including the registration, defence and judicial and out- of-court enforcement of trademarks, designs, patents and trade secrets. Further, in mutual co-operation with leading local law firms, SZA also provides consultation in the field of indus - trial property rights for European companies re - garding their business in Asia.
Authors
Thomas Nägele is a partner at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, specialising in intellectual property, trademarks and unfair competition, patent litigation, IT, cybersecurity and data
Simon Apel is a counsel at SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, specialising in copyright law, unfair competition law, law of trade secrets, trademark law, IT law and litigation. He is a
protection; he also heads the IP/IT department. He is a lecturer at the University of Heidelberg and a member of numerous professional bodies, such as the executive committee of IZG – Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geistiges Eigentum an der Universität Mannheim e.V. (Interdisciplinary Centre for Intellectual Property at the University of Mannheim). He has contributed to a large number of articles in industry publications.
member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) e.V and sits on its Data and the Law Committee. He has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, particularly in the field of copyright law, unfair competition law, trademark law and trade secrets law; he is co-editor and co-author of a commentary on the German Trade Secret Act.
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