Dr. Kai Schmidt-Hern
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10719 Berlin
Profile
Kai Schmidt-Hern is active in trademark, unfair competition and copyright law with a focus on the media industry, the luxury goods industry and advising start-ups. He continuously litigates in these areas, including landmark proceedings to the highest level, and accompanies IP-related transactions.
Kai Schmidt-Hern is a partner of the firm. He studied law in Freiburg, Geneva and London and began his career with Linklaters in 2002. He joined Lubberger Lehment in 2005 and became a partner in 2008.
Kai Schmidt-Hern is a certified lawyer for copyright and media law (Fachanwalt für Urheber- und Medienrecht). The JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms regularly recommends him in the field of IP.
Biography
Teaching Position
- Mentor for Intellectual Property at Berlin Founders Fund and at HUBRAUM (startup incubator of Deutsche Telekom)
- Teaching assignment at the Humboldt University Berlin for copyright and media law
Publications
- European Intellectual Property Review 6/2020: Interflora in Reverse: Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt von Keyword Advertising
- Alexa – wo bitte geht es hier zum BGH?, WRP 2018, 671 (zusammen mit Dr. Benjamin Koch)
- Unternehmenskennzeichen als „Supermarke“ für den Handel?
GRUR-Prax 2013, 75 - Archive öffnen oder wieder schließen? § 137l UrhG und Art. 14 GG
ZUM 2008, 927 - Der Titel, der Urheber, das Werk und seine Schutzfrist – zum BGH-Urteil ‚Winnetous Rückkehr‘
ZUM 2003, 462 - Die Fortsetzung von urheberrechtlich geschützten Werken (Diss.), Nomos 2001
»One of the best trademark lawyers, especially in litigation.«Juve
»Very good in IP and copyright.«Juve
»Good strategic thinker, who follows a clear line in litigation.«Legal500
Current topics:
30.07.2020
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt on Keyword Advertising
In the June Edition of European Intellectual Property Review, Kai Schmidt-Hern discusses a judgement by the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt on keyword advertising and ...
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Top position for Lubberger Lehment in Brand Eins survey
A survey by the magazine Brand Eins finds: Lubberger Lehment is one ...
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German Federal Patent Court on the registrability of names of well-known persons
In his latest article on the Kluwer Trademark Blog, our colleague Dr. ...
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