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Matthias Berger is a Counsel in the Hamburg
office. He practices in the intellectual property area and
has a vast experience in all relevant aspects of trademark,
unfair competition and
copyrights practice and
prosecution, as well as Internet law. Matthias represents a diverse
German and US clientele for whom he provides a wide range of
services, including trademark clearance, counseling, prosecution,
licensing and related transactions. He also engages in monitoring
and enforcement activities, including trademark, unfair
competition, copyright and anti-cybersquatting litigation before
the German courts, proceedings before the Office for Harmonization
for the Internal Market (OHIM) and the Court of Justice of the
European Union (ECJ), German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA),
German Federal Patent Court (BPatG), domain name disputes before
the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and ADR Court for .eu
domains and, in addition, EU customs confiscation proceedings in
relation to counterfeit and gray market goods.
Before joining Field Fisher Waterhouse,
Matthias was a Counsel with a leading German IP law boutique in
Hamburg where he, inter alia, co-managed a huge international
trademark portfolio for a leading retail company, advised clients
in trademark, copyright and unfair competition law and, litigated
respective matters before courts, trademark offices and domain name
dispute resolution bodies.
Matthias completed his studies in German law
at the University of Leipzig in 1999. After he qualified as an
attorney at law, he graduated from Golden Gate University (GGU) in
San Francisco, USA, where he obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.)
degree, with honors, in United States Legal Studies with
specialization in intellectual property law, in 2002.
Matthias is an active member of the American
Bar Association (ABA), International Trademark Association (INTA),
German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
(GRUR), San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association
(SFIPLA), German- American Lawyers' Association (DAJV/GALA) and The
American Club of Hamburg. Currently, he is the Chair of the
International Trademark Treaties, Laws & Practices Committee of
the ABA’s Intellectual Property Law Section and also member of its
Membership Board.
Since 2009, he is also a Tutor at the WIPO
Worldwide Academy where Matthias counsels students from around the
world during the yearly “Advanced Course on Trademarks, Industrial
Designs and Geographical Indications”.
Matthias advises his clients in German and
English.
