Dr. Christian Rassmann

Education:

• 1988 - 1993 University of Munich Law School
• 1993 First State Examination in Law
• 1995 Second State Examination in Law
• 1997 Doctor of Law, University of Munich, with the work “The Reform of Trademark Law in Germany, Switzerland and Austria”

Scholarships:

• Scholarship recipient of the Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich.

Professional Training:

• 1993–1995 Compulsory legal training at Courts and Administrative Agencies in Munich
• 1994 Summer Associate at Meyer, Painter & Fock, California, USA
• 1995–1997 Scientific assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright and Competition Law in Munich

Professional Experience:

• 1996 Admission to the Bar of the District Courts of Munich I and II
• 1997 joined the law firm Lorenz Seidler Gossel
• since 2002 Partner at Lorenz Seidler Gossel

Publications:

• “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in the USA” (RIW 1996, 817)
• “Danger of Confusion and Scope of Protection in the New Trademark Act“ (GRUR 1997, 580)
• “The Reform of Trademark Law in Germany, Switzerland and Austria“ (VVF 1998, Munich)
• “The Protection of the Need for Keeping a Trademark free for the Trade of Section 23 of the Trademark Act“ (GRUR, 1999, 385)
• Book review “Strategies against Trademark Abuse (1st edition)“ in Mitt. 2010, 402
• “Intellectual Property Rights“ in Stopper/Lentze (Hrsg.) Handbook Football Law, Berlin 2012

Memberships:

• German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyright; International Trademark Association (INTA)

Foreign Languages:

• English
• French