Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner - Attorneys and Certified Specialists

Team

Dr. Markus Wekwerth

Attorney
Certified Expert for Intellectual Property

Christopher A. Wolf, MBA

Attorney . Partner
Certified Expert for Intellectual Property
Certified Expert for Copyright and Media Law

Clemens Pfitzer

Attorney . Partner
Certified Expert for Intellectual Property Law
Certified Expert for IT Law

Helene Klassen-Rock

Attorney . Senior Associate
Certified Expert for Intellectual Property Law

Roxana E. Balmes, LL.M.

Abogada (Panama)

Prof. Dr. Nicolai Schädel, LL.M.

of Counsel

Philipp Zander

Attorney . Senior Associate
Certified Expert for IT Law

Fields of Law

Competition Law/Advertising Law

Trademark Law

Copyright Law and Publishing Law

IT Law

Design Law

E-commerce

Data Protection Law

Utility Model and Patent Law

Know-How Protection and Trade Secrets

Life Science

Press and Media Law

Entertainment and Sports Law

Services

Tracking violations against the competition law

Trademark opposition

Trademark law consulting

Tradmark application

Defending trademark warning notices

Trademark monitoring

Trademark discovery search / Quick check

Trademark similarity searches

Trademark infringement litigation

Consulting for cosmetics law

Consulting for advertising

Consulting for data protection law

Software consulting

Consulting for e-commerce

Consulting for design law

Consulting for copyright law

Tracking copyright violations

Tracking design law violations

Tracking infringements of personality rights

Domain law consultation

Website/Internet presence consulting

Defending against spam/unwanted advertising

Consulting for online advertising

Defending drug advertising law warning notices

Defending design law warning notices

Design cancellation Germany

Defending copyright law warning notices

Defending personality right warning notices

Defending patent warning notices

Tracking patent infringement

Defending competition law warning notices

General Terms of Business/contract text for e-commerce

Software escrow consulting

Social media consulting

Consulting for Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Consulting for software licensing agreements

Review of online shops

Registering cosmetics for EU import

Tracking music copyright violations

Tracking textual copyright violations

Defending moral right warning notices

Tracking moral right violations

Tracking film copyright violations

Tracking photo copyright violations

Consulting for foodstuffs law

Tracking violations against the drug advertising law

Consulting for film distribution, worldwide distribution, film exploitation, and licenses

Consulting for director contracts

Consulting for film worker contracts

Consulting for translator contracts

Consulting for art law

Consulting for music groups, bands, and solo artists

Consulting for art publishing rights

Consulting for film production and film financing

Consulting for computer games

Consulting for WEEE registration

Consulting regarding story rights

Consulting for music publishing rights

Consulting regarding film rights

Consulting regarding music rights

Defending utility model warning notices

Tracking utility model violations

EU Design removal

International design removal

Event law consulting

Consulting for publishing law

Defending photograph-based warning notices

Defending film-based warning notices

Defending music-based warning notices

Consulting for software creation

Consulting for social media guidelines

Consulting for E-commerce subject to information requirements

Consulting for online trade platforms

Amazon consulting

eBay consulting

Design
application

News

EGC:

No use of the trademark for deposit

In Germany, the deposit mark is emblazoned on all non-refillable bottles and beverage cans. Why this trademark is nevertheless not used in a way that preserves rights and how it could have been done better is clarified by the...

Jägermeister defeated by Selva Negra in trademark dispute

In a David vs. Goliath case, herbal liqueur giant Mast Jägermeister is defeated by newcomer Selva Negra, which we represent, in a dispute over its logo. The Hamburg Regional Court ruled that Selva Negra does not infringe the...

1-star rating inadmissible?

A 1-star rating without text may also be inadmissible if there was contact but this was not a recognizable basis for the rating. This was the decision of the Cologne Higher Regional Court in a legal dispute between two...

WTR 1000, 2023: 1 x silver and 3 x bronze for KPW

Kurz Pfitzer Wolf is awarded bronze again in the 2023 edition of WTR 1000, the global ranking of trademark experts by World Trademark Review. As individuals, Clemens Pfitzer was awarded silver and Christopher Wolf and Dr....

Infringement of an EU certification mark

What are the standards for assessing whether a certification mark has been infringed? How do these differ from the standards of other types of trademarks? There is virtually no case law on the certification marks in the EU. As...

Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner awarded again in WTR1000

In the 2021 edition of the WTR 1000 of the Wolrd Trademark Review, Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB is again recommended as one of the leading trademark law firms in Germany. Clemens Pfitzer and Christopher Wolf...

EUIPO:

SME funding for trademark and design applications

The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a 20 million Euro grant scheme created to help European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access their intellectual property rights. You too can take advantage of the...

Recommended again by WTR 1000 in 2020

In the 2020 edition of the WTR 1000 of the Wolrd Trademark Review, Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner is again recommended as one of the leading trademark law firms in Germany. Clemens Pfitzer is also personally recommended as one...

Trees instead of Cards for Christmas

The whole team of Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & partner wishes you and your family a merry Christmas and a successful, healthy and happy year 2020....

Brextra: Impact of Brexit on trade marks and designs

The Brexit gets Brextra time, at least until 12.04.2019. Nobody knows yet whether then there will be a deal or not. In the meantime it is time to look at the current state of the effects on trade marks and designs....

WTR 1000: Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner and Clemens Pfitzer recommended

Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner is amongst the leading international trademark law firms and Clemens Pfitzer among the leading trademark practitioners in the 2019 edition of the WTR 1000 published by the magazine World Trademark...

Clemens Pfitzer recommended as trademark expert in WTR 1000

The leading national and international trademark practitioners from around the globe have once again been exclusively revealed by the magazine World Trademark Review with the publication of the 2018 edition of the WTR 1000....

EuGH:

Game Over for soy milk, vegan cheese and tofu butter

Is it allowed to label purely plant-based products with designiations such as milk, cheese, butter, cream or yoghurt? Are terms like soy milk, plant cheese or tofu butter inadmissible? The European Court of Justice gave an...

With the best wishes!

Our partner Hanns-Martin Kurz leaves Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner with effect from 31.10.2016 at his own request for health reasons. Hanns-Martin Kurz is not only a brilliant attorney, but was also one of the founding...

Let’s make your trademark great (again)

We at Kurz Pfitzer Wolf & Partner make an effort to make your trademark great (again). We want to determine the future of your trademark for years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get...

German law in IP

Intellectual Property is a quite international field of law. Usually IP rights owners have IP rights in several nations or territories. With a series of articles, we want to give insights on the German law for IP owners and...