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Dr. Thomas NägeleDr. Thomas Nägele

Dr. Thomas Nägele

Year of birth: 1969
Bar Admission: 1997

Certified Expert Attorney for Intellectual Property Law

FIELDS OF COMPETENCE

Education

Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg (Dr. jur.)

ADDRESS

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwalts AG

Otto-Beck-Straße 11

D-68165 Mannheim

PHONE
+49 621 4257 222
FAX
+49 621 4257 286
E-MAIL
Thomas.Naegele(at)sza.de

MANDATES

  • Gruner+Jahr in the acquisition of a further 50% interest in Financial Times Deutschland
  • Oerlikon Group on the sale of its Blu-ray business to Singulus Technologies AG
  • MLP AG in the acquisition of TPC
  • Abbott GmbH & Co. KG in licensing litigation
  • Alstria Office REIT AG in litigation concerning corporate names
  • Autec AG in intellectual property matters
  • Areva NP GmbH in patent litigation concerning technology for the decontamination of nuclear power plants 
  • Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG, publishing house and owner of the famous trademarks "DUDEN" and "BROCKHAUS", in various trademark and copyright disputes
  • Deutscher Verband der Spielwaren-Industrie e.V. in intellectual property matters
  • Fuchs Petrolub AG in intellectual property and press law matters
  • GEFA Leasing GmbH in a dispute concerning copyrights and software use before the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof)
  • Gehr Kunststoffwerke GmbH & Co. KG in intellectual property matters
  • INA Schaeffler KG in connection with the acquisition of a patent and trademark portfolio 
  • IWKA AG on the acquisition of a robotics business 
  • Robert Krick Verlag GmbH & Co. KG in intellectual property matters
  • Lasco Umformtechnik in litigation concerning forming machinery
  • mtm laboratories AG in intellectual propetry matters
  • mtm laboratories AG in a dispute concerning a research & development agreement 
  • Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG in litigation concerning the imitation of model trains
  • Mayne Pharma plc on licensing projects in connection with the possible acquisition of pharmacological products licenses
  • MLP AG on the acquisition of approx. 56,6% of the shares in Feri Finance AG concerning intellectual property rights, IT, competition issues and cooperation agreements
  • Morphosys AG on the acquisition of a patent portfolio 
  • Pohl family on intellectual property matters and various transactions
  • ROLEX S.A.  in trademark disputes
  • Rudolf Ohlinger GmbH & Co. KG in intellectual property matters 
  • Sander family on intellectual property matters and various transactions
  • Sanofi-Aventis on the divestment of Exubera to Pfizer Inc. 
  • SCS Pro GmbH in utility model litigation
  • Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG, manufacturer of luggage and backpacks under the famous trademarks "SCOUT" and "4YOU", in numerous matters concerning trademark-, copyright- and competition law
  • Südzucker AG on intellectual property matters in connection with the IPO of CropEnergies AG
  • Tenneco Inc. in a dispute concerning production machinery
  • Time Sports International SA in patent litigation concerning the construction of a bicycle helmet

PUBLICATIONS

  • Intellectual Property Protection in Germany and the EU in Asian Legal Business, Issue September 2011
  • Schutzumfang des Geschmacksmusters, Der IP Rechts-Berater, August 2011
  • "Rechtsfragen des Cloud Computing", ZUM 2010, p. 281 et. seq.
  • "Zwangslizenzen im Patentrecht - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des kartellrechtlichen Zwangslizenzeinwands im Patentverletzungsprozess", WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 9/2009, p. 1062 (with Sven Jacobs)
  • "Das Verhältnis des Schutzes geschäftlicher Bezeichnungen nach § 15 MarkenG zum Namensschutz nach § 12 BGB", GRUR 2007, p. 1007
  • "Gesetzentwurf der Bundesregierung zur Verbesserung der Durchsetzung von Rechten des geistigen Eigentums", co-author Christina Nitsche, WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 9/2007, p. 1047 et. seq.
  • "Die Bewertung von Gewerblichen Schutzrechten und Urheberrechten für Zwecke der Schadensberechnung im Verletzungsfall", co-author Dr. Jutta Menninger, WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 8/2007, p. 912 et. seq. 
  • Commentary on Sec. 28, 30, 43, 51, 52, 93, 94 and the special area agriculture on Art. 81 EG in "Frankfurter Kommentar Kartellrecht", Köln 
  • "Der aktuelle Stand der geplanten europäischen Gesetzgebung zur Patentierbarkeit computerimplementierter Erfindungen", Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, 2004, p. 1001 et. seq. 
  • "Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichthofes zu Internet-Domains", WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 2/2002, S. 138 et. seq. 
  • "Die Benutzung fremder Marken im Rahmen von Werbevergleichen", MarkenR Issue 6/1999, p. 145 et. seq. 
  • "Die Rechtsposition des Modellherstellers gegenüber über dem Hersteller des Vorbildes in Deutschland", WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 10/1998, p. 937 et. seq. 
  • "zwilling.de"-notes on the decision of the Landgericht Mannheim WRP 1998, p. 920 and Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe, WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 9/1998, p. 900 ff.", WRP 1998, p. 841 et. seq. 
  • "Die rechtsverletzende Benutzung im Markenrecht", Baden-Baden, 1998 
  • "Das konkrete Wettbewerbsverhältnis - Entwicklung und Ausblick", WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 10/1996, p. 997 et. seq. 
  • "Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage bei 'alten' Unterwerfungsverträgen in Folge des UWG-ÄndG 1994", WRP - Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis, 12/95, p. 1023 et. seq.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Lecturer at the University of Heidelberg
  • Member of the executive committee of IZG - Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Geistiges Eigentum (Interdisciplinary Center for Intellectual Property) an der Universität Mannheim  e.V.
  • Member of the examination committee of the Bar Associations of Karlsruhe, Tübingen and Freiburg for the title "Certified Expert Attorney for Intellectual Property Law"
  • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
  • European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLA)
  • Study Group Antitrust Law
  • Institute for Energy Law (Institut für Energierecht e.V.)
  • German American Lawyers' Association
  • German Canadian Lawyers' Association
  • German Bar Association

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English

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