Christian Osterrieth
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Prof. Dr. Christian Osterrieth Lawyer (1984) |
Steinstraße 20 40212 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 211 550 220 |
Practice
Christian Osterrieth has worked as an attorney since 1984. Since 1986 he has practiced exclusively in the field of national, European and international intellectual property law (technology law, trademark law and unfair competition law) and specializes in patent and trademark litigation as well as licensing.
Christian represents major and global clients in many technology-driven industries, including electronics, computer hardware and software, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. His work is particularly focused on the development and implementation of litigation strategies in multi-national patent litigation.
He is the author and co-author of various books and articles on intellectual property law and is a frequent speaker at international conferences relating to patent law, trademark law and licensing. He is also involved in the training of specialized lawyers in intellectual property Law. In addition, Christian is also honorary professor for patent law at the University of Constance, a lecturer at the University of Düsseldorf, and guest professor at the Universities of Strasbourg (CEIPI), France and Haifa, Israel.
From 2002 to 2004 he was President of the LES Licensing Executives Society in Germany and has acted as Vice-President of LES International (LESI) since 2012. He is a member of the patent committee of GRUR, the German Intellectual Property Association, chairman of the IP Committee of the German Bar Association and a member of the patent committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
