Magnus Brau

Certified specialist for industrial property rights

Magnus Brau is a lawyer who specialises in intellectual property and international trademark law. He advises clients when it comes to acquiring, defending, and implementing commercial property rights including distinctive signs (trademarks) and designs. Magnus Brau furthermore offers advice concerning the legally secure implementation of new digital business models taking into account data protection legislation and assists with the drawing-up of the required legal texts and contracts. In addition, he counsels companies in English and Spanish concerning questions involving transnational contract law and is a member of the Spanish and Latin American Desk of RITTERSHAUS. His clients include medium-sized companies as well as start-ups.

Practice areas

Trademark law
Competition law
Copyright law
E-commerce
Domaine law
Commercial contract law

Vita

2006 - 2011 Studies of Law at Freiburg/Germany
2011 - 2013 Legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Kiel, Schleswig (Germany) and Barcelona (Spain)
2014 Admitted to the German Bar
2014 - 2020 Lawyer at the law firm of Büsing, Müffelmann & Theye in Munich/Germany
Since 2020 working as a lawyer for RITTERSHAUS

Other activities and memberships

Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Vereinigung für
gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht/GRUR)
Member of the Hispano-German Lawyers’ Association
Member of the German Bar Association Spain (DAV Spain)
Member of ECTA (European Communities Trademark Association), Brussels

Publications

„Zeichnerische Darstellung einer Tankstelle als Marke nicht eintragungsfähig", GRUR-Prax 2023, S. 712
„Der Novembermann“ – Wann liegt eine einheitliche Angelegenheit bei Parallelabmahnungen vor?, GRUR-Prax 2022, S. 501
„Wort-/Bildmarke DOUBLE COFFEE und Zeichen double coffee berlin sind verwechslungsfähig", GRUR-Prax 2022, S. 231
„Markenverletzung durch eneglischsprachige Ankündigung einer neuen Funktion in global agierendem Mikroblogging-Dienst", GRUR-Prax 2021, S. 739
„Update zum Inlandsbezug bei Kennzeichenverletzungen im Internet“, IPRB 12/2021, 296 - 299
„Der einmalige Verkauf an einen Abnehmer kann für ernsthafte Benutzung ausreichen“, Besprechung des Urteils des EuG vom 13.10.2021 in der Sache „Frutaria.“, in GRUR-Prax 2021, 666
„Neue Geheimnisschutzgesetze in Deutschland und Spanien – Was Unternehmen jetzt wissen müssen“, in INFORMACIONES II/2019, S. 75-81 (als Koautor)
„Alles Gruber oder was? – Zum Schutz des Haus- und Hofnamens nach § 12 BGB“, in IPRB 2016, 285 - 288

Selected mandates

My dream

To cross the Alps once - from East to West.