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Academic Qualifications:
| - First State Exam in Law – Universities of Frankfurt and Konstanz, Germany
- Second State Exam in Law – Board of Examiners for Justice, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Legal re-qualification in Australia – University of Melbourne
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Experience:
| Jürgen is a registered Australian trade marks attorney and lawyer. He immigrated to Australia from Germany and joined the Griffith Hack team in 2002. He had also briefly worked at Griffith Hack in 2001, conducting seminars to introduce the Madrid Protocol system to the firm’s professionals. He is well qualified to advise clients on Australian and German law, and assists both Australian businesses and international corporations in obtaining, maintaining and enforcing their IP rights. In addition, Jürgen regularly speaks at industry functions and writes for various publications. Jürgen is also a key member of Griffith Hack’s Domain Name Disputes Group with significant experience in challenging and maintaining domain name registrations.
Jürgen uses his international law experience to assist clients with protection of their intellectual property both in Australia and overseas. His trade mark practice includes a variety of work, from trade mark registration, prosecution and infringement advice to opposition and non-use proceedings. He also specialises in domain name disputes and advises clients on a broad range of Internet related matters.
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Professional Affiliations:
| - Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys – member
- Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand – member
- Law Institute of Victoria – member
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Specialisations:
| - Trade Mark Registration & Prosecution
- Trade Mark Searching & Opinions on Registrability & Infringement
- Trade Mark Oppositions
- Trade Mark Non-Use & Revocation Actions
- Trade Mark Licensing
- Trade Mark Dispute Resolution
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| - Trade Mark Portfolio Management
- International Trade Mark Protection
- Domain Name Registration & Transactions
- Domain Name Dispute Resolution
- Business Name Registration
- Trade Mark Watching
- Trade Mark Searching & Clearance
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| - Trade Practices Law
- Passing off/ misleading and deceptive conduct
- disputes
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