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.
- Trademark law
- Competition law
- Copyright law
- E-commerce
- Domaine law
- Commercial contract law
- 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
- Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (Vereinigung für
gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht/GRUR) - Member of the German Bar Association Spain (DAV Spain)
- Member of ECTA (European Communities Trademark Association), Brussels
- „EINSTEIN KAFFEE“ für Tee und Kakao wegen Täuschungsgefahr nicht schutzfähig“, GRUR-Prax 2025 S. 390
- „Verwechslungsgefahr zwischen den Wortmarken "KINGSBURY" und "FINSBURY", GRUR-Prax 2024, S. 759
- „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
- GEMA v. OpenAI: Munich Regional Court I prohibits ChatGPT from publishing song lyrics by Grönemeyer & Co – Blog post by Magnus Brau and Dr. Markus Spitz
- BGH tightens data protection: Order data for medicines on the internet requires consent - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau
- Judgement on ‘Dark Patterns’: Cancellation button on ‘Sky’ unlawful - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau
- News from the BGH - Be careful with copyright naming rights for photo publications - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau
- EU-US Data Privacy Framework: EU puts US data transfer on a new footing
- Munich Regional Court focuses on Focus - judgement on ‘dark patterns’: cookie banners inadmissible - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau
- ECJ confirms Art. 17 of the Copyright Directive - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau and research associate Johannes Damm
- Legislator strengthens consumer rights in contracts for digital content - Important innovations for companies in the digital B2B and B2C environment - Blog post by Mark Oliver Kühn, Markus Spitz and Magnus Brau
- New liability regime for platform operators comes into force - blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau and research associate Johannes Damm
- The Secrecy Protection Act - an initial interim assessment - Blog post by lawyer Magnus Brau and Eler von Bockelmann