Henrik Steffen Becker is a lawyer specialising in the field of intellectual property rights. He has years of experience above all in competition law as well as in the field of non-technical property rights (trademarks). Here Henrik Steffen Becker advises internationally active companies from the food, drinks and tobacco industry as well as the healthcare, power supply, telecommunication and IT sectors. His work includes the setting up and administering of German, European and international trademark portfolios. In this field he represents clients in application, opposition and cancellation procedures at the German Patent and Trademark Office as well as the European Intellectual Property Office in the Internal Market. Henrik Steffen Becker also assists clients with the judicial and extrajudicial enforcement of and defence against claims. Furthermore, he supports and advises clients to ensure that their marketing measures and advertising campaigns comply with all legal regulations. Besides press law and freedom of speech regulations, Henrik Steffen Becker also offers legal advice on licensing rights, copyright law and telecommunications law.
- Intellectual property rights, especially competition law and trademark law
- Press law and freedom of speech regulations
- License contract law
- Copyright law
- Telecommunications law
- Litigation
- 1993 - 1997 Law studies in Mainz
- 2001 Admitted to the German bar
- 2008 Certified Specialist for Industrial Property Rights
- 2001 - 2011 Lawyer at law firm Danckelmann and Kerst, Frankfurt/Main
- Since January 2012 Lawyer at RITTERSHAUS
- 2019 Partner of RITTERSHAUS law firm
- Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht - GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
- Member of the Marketingclub Frankfurt/Main e. V.
- Green Claims – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen, Kapitel 9 in Uta-Micaela Dürig und Heidrun Haug (Herausgeberinnen): Wirkungsvolle Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation, So kommunizieren Unternehmen für eine nachhaltige Zukunft – Grundlagen, Praxisbeispiele und Erfolgsfaktoren, zusammen mit Dr. Anno Haberer und Dr. Andreas Torka; Springer Gabler 2024; ISBN 978-3-658-45226-1, ISBN 978-3-658-45227-8 (eBook)
- "Eine Suche zum Vergessen“, NJW-aktuell 25/2023, S. 19
- "Steht Ihr Flug noch zum Einsteigen bereit?“ – Anmerkungen zum fliegenden Gerichtsstand im UWG-Prozess (gemeinsam mit Dr. Martin Schmidhuber), Zeitschrift für das Recht der digitalen Wirtschaft (ZdiW) 2022, 144 ff.
- Ab der 25. Edition Autor der im Verlag C.H. Beck erschienenen Formularsammlung „Beck´sche Online-Formulare Medizinrecht“ (Herausgeber Clausen / Krafczyk), Kapitel „Arztbewertungsportale“, 2020
- "AGB: Die Abmahnfalle für Betriebe", Veröffentlichung vom 19.12.2013 im Online-Portal der DeutschenHandwerksZeitung - die Wirtschaftszeitung für den Mittelstand
- "Wer wirbt, darf seine Rechtsform nicht verschweigen", Artikel im Ressort Recht und Steuern der FAZ vom 06.11.2013 Nr. 258, S. 19
- Der beliebteste Anbieter I und II - gemeinsame Anmerkung zu den Entscheidungen des OLG Hamburg vom 11.11.2009, 5 U 57/09 bzw. 5 U 214/08 (MMR 2010, 331 ff.)
- Verkehrsverständnis bei bundesweitem Werbemedium - gleichzeitig Anmerkung zu der Entscheidung des LG Hamburg vom 11.03.2011, 406 O 166/10 (MMR 2011, 389 f.)
- Anruf in Abwesenheit!? Der Ping-Anruf - Ein "Klassiker" neu aufgelegt (WRP 2011, 808 ff.)
- “Anmerkung zum BGH-Urteil vom 4. April 2017, VI ZR 123/16 - Haftung von Portalbetreibern für Äußerungen Dritter (MMR 2017, 526 ff.)”.
- The matter of climate neutrality - completely new aspects from Karlsruhe?
- What about your good reputation as an employer? - Blog post by lawyer Dr Annette Sättele and lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker
- The ‘self-created’ organic logo - comments by Henrik Steffen Becker on the ruling of the Munich Higher Regional Court of 9 December 2021 in case no.: 6 U 1973/21
- Reputation Protection in Social Media | Digital - Lecture by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker at the Marketing Club Frankfurt e. V.
- News on test findings - Test results in advertising - Comment by attorney Henrik Steffen Becker on the judgement of the Federal Court of Justice of 15 April 2021, case reference: I ZR 134/20 - Test seal on product image
- ‘Years of experience’ - Company age and tradition in advertising - Comment on the judgement of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt/Main of 25 March 2021, Ref.: 6 U 212/19 by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker
- No ‘perfect teeth’ after all! - Comments on the judgement of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt of 27 February 2020 in case no.: 6 U 219/19 by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker
- Covid-19 - Effects of the pandemic on interim legal protection - An article by Henrik Steffen Becker
- Valuation ‘against your will’?! - Comment by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker on two judgments of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne of 14 November 2019, file number 15 U 89/19 and 15 U 126/19 respectively
- Beware of ‘legal opinions’ in the context of business activities! BGH, judgement of 27 April 2019 on file number I ZR 93/17 - ‘Premium savings contracts’ - Blog post by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker
- Advertising with ‘foreign feathers’ - Blog post by lawyer Henrik Steffen Becker on the judgement of the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt of 14 June 2018 on file number 6 U 23/17