HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte, founded in 2008, is a full service soft IP firm specializing in trademarks, copyright, media and entertainment as well as unfair competition law, together with related litigation and alternative dispute resolution, contracts and transactions throughout Germany and on EU level. While IP law, in particular strategic trademark portfolio management and global trademark administration, forms the core of the firm’s practice, the firm is equally recognised for its sophisticated handling of complex unfair competition matters.

HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte regularly handles complex cross-border disputes and is involved into high stakes international litigation. Additionally, the lawyers represent their client in proceedings before the German and European Trade Mark Office, the WIPO, the German Federal Patent Court and the European Courts.

HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte five partners, one of counsel, one counsel, six associates, one professional support lawyer and 4 paralegals. Most partners have backgrounds in large international law firms and combine their experience in IP-related commercial matters, transactions and strategic advice with a strong portfolio management and litigation practice advising and representing clients from various industry sectors, such as food and beverages, consumer goods, fashion, luxury, financial institutions, publishing and media/entertainment, games, toys, automotive, logistics, eCommerce, IT and pharmaceuticals. The firm’s practice is evenly balanced between contentious and non-contentious matters. 

HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte maintain close relationships with IP-focused firms (best-in-class) worldwide, enabling the firm to coordinate and manage cross-border matters efficiently and seamlessly. Besides, this allows the firm to act as central coordination hub for international trademark portfolio management, instructing best-in class local counsel across more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide, based on specific matter requirements – always ensuring maximum flexibility and expertise without the constraints of a fixed network or local subsidiaries. As authors of a broad range of publications in the field of intellectual property, unfair competition, and IT law, as lecturers and as frequent conference speakers the lawyers of HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte actively contribute to legal developments at both the national and European levels. 

Lawyers at HARTE-BAVENDAMM Rechtsanwälte are members of INTA, MARQUES, ECTA, GRUR, and other organizations; they serve on committees within these organizations, many in leadership roles, and regularly speak at their events.