Dr. jur.
Constantin Brecht
LL.B.
Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Dr. jur.
Constantin Brecht
LL.B.
Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Constantin Brecht advises national and international clients in the areas of trademark, design, competition and copyright law. His focus is on the development and implementation of international strategies for the development and defence of IP portfolios. He also advises on the prosecution of trademark and design infringements, competition law infringements as well as on the contractual protection of IP rights, including in connection with the secrecy of know-how.
According to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Constantin Brecht ranks as one of Germany’s best lawyers in 2022 in the field of Intellectual Property Law. He is also praised as "precise and fast" in the JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2023 in the area of trade mark and competition law and recommended in World Trademark Review 1000.
Constantin Brecht speaks German and English.
Fields of Practice
- Soft IP Litigation
- Trademark law
- Design law
- Competition law
- Copyright law
CV
Studied Law at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, with focus on European Law since 2001, First State Exam 2006, research assistant at Lovells LLP from 2006 to 2007, Doctorate at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel awarded in 2008, legal clerkship in Hamburg, Second State Exam 2010.
Joined Eisenführ Speiser in 2017, previously as an attorney at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH from 2010 to 2017.
Memberships
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- European Community Trademark Association (ECTA)
Publications & Presentations
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2020
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Kommentar zur Unionsmarkenverordnung
Eisenführ (†), Schennen (Hrsgb.), 6. Auflage 2020, Heymanns Taschenkommentare, Carls Heymanns Verlag
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2019
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2018
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2017
published by Eisenführ Speiser