Harald Förster

Harald Förster

Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Representative before the UPC

Harald Förster

Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Representative before the UPC

Harald Förster has specialized in intellectual property disputes in the fields of patent law, design law, trademark law and competition law. Another key focus is on prosecuting product piracy by applying for border confiscation measures.

According to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Harald Förster has been one of Germany's best lawyers in the field of intellectual property law every year since 2013.

Harald Förster is a lecturer at the university of Bremen in the fields of design law and patent infringement proceedings.

He speaks German and English.

Fields of Practice

  • Soft IP litigation
  • Patent litigation
  • Border seizure proceedings

CV

Studied Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Preliminary Master’s Degree Examination in 1993; studied Jurisprudence at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University of Frankfurt, taking the First State Examination in Law in 1995; he did the practical phase of his lawyer’s training in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Monroe (Connecticut) and New York, taking the Second State Examination in Law in 1999.

Attorney since 1999, at Eisenführ Speiser (Bremen) since 2000; previously (from 1998 to 1999) a research assistant at Kenyon & Kenyon, New York and Frankfurt, and attorney at Clifford Chance Pünder, Düsseldorf (from 1999 to 2000).

Memberships

  • Hanseatic Bar Association Bremen
  • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
  • Licensing Executives Society (LES)
  • Member of the Design Committee of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)

Publications & Presentations

Kommentar zur Unionsmarkenverordnung

Eisenführ (†), Schennen (Hrsgb.), 7. Auflage 2023, Heymanns Taschenkommentare, Carls Heymanns Verlag

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2021

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2020

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2019

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Marktforschung für den Bekanntheitsschutz

Vortrag/Lecture, APM-Seminar zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Juni 2019

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2018

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2017

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2017

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Unionsmarkenverordnung, Kommentar

Eisenführ, Schennen (Hrsg.), 5. Auflage 2017, Heymanns Taschenkommentare, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Kommentierung der Artikel 7 (3), 8 (5) (mit G. Eisenführ)

Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2016

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2014

published by Eisenführ Speiser

Download

Marken und Geschmacksmuster im Fokus der Unternehmensstrategie

Perspektive Patentanwalt, e-fellows.wissen

This website uses cookies

This website uses cookies to provide and analyse our services. By continuing to use the site, you consent to this use. In our privacy policy you will learn more about the use of your data and your rights.