Litigation and advice in IP matters, focusing on trademark law, procuring trademark protection and handling international trademark portfolios; domain registration and administration of worldwide domain name portfolios; trademark and design infringement litigation; unfair practices (competition law), R&D and licensing agreements, patent usurpation, employee inventions and trade secrets.

Peter Munzinger handles trademark portfolios in various sectors, including machine and plant engineering, wood processing, the chemical industry, fashion, food, orthopaedic equipment, electronic games, hotels, and shipbuilding.

Recently, he was lead counsel in a trademark conflict involving an international hotel mark confronted with the bad faith registration of a mark in Germany. Other important litigation cases concerned trademark infringement proceedings for a major German company in the field of industrial machinery and processing equipment, employee inventions, patent usurpation and the protection of the name and personality rights of a world-famous guitarist. Other current tasks are the monitoring of the trademark-related aspects regarding the implementation of a Germany-wide customer retention programme and trademark protection for a US song-writer in the EU.

Peter Munzinger is a frequent speaker at international IP conferences and has published books and articles on the Community Trademark and German trademark issues.

Recommended in:

Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners (MIP) 2012
Who's Who Legal - Germany 2012: „highly regarded", „great choice“ (peer quote)
JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2011/2012
WTR 1000 The definitive guide to trademark legal services 2011: "well-known name in the field"
JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2010/2011
Best Lawyers 2012
Best Lawyers 2011
Best Lawyers 2010
Legal 500 EMEA 2010
The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers 2010 (Who's Who Legal)
Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners 2008 (MIP)