Dr. Rani Mallick
Partner

Profile

Rani Mallick focuses on trademark and unfair competition law as well as on design and copyright law. She represents and advises clients of different industries in the international fight against parallel imports, imitations and counterfeits. Rani also regularly advices on regulatory and contractual matters.

Rani studied law at the Universities of Hamburg, Strasbourg and Potsdam. She was a scholar of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation). She began her career with the firm Hogan Hartson Raue (later Hogan Lovells), before she joined Lubberger Lehment in 2010. In 2018, she was appointed Associated Partner of the firm and became an equity partner in 2019. Rani is listed as “Next Generation Partner in Trademark Law” by Legal500.

Biography

Teaching Position

• Lecturer in Trademark Law & Copyright at the International School of Management (ISM)

Forums

• GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
• Unfair Competition Team, MARQUES
• Design Committee, ECTA
• Member of the Managing Board, AGEM (German Association of IP and Media Lawyers)

Publications

• The economic value of designs, World Trademark Review Yearbook: A global guide for practitioners 2021/2022 (together with Eva Maierski)
• Authentisch, glaubwürdig, aber nicht privat – Ein Blick auf die aktuellen Entwicklungen im Influencer Marketing, WRP 2018 Heft 11, 1289 – 1294 (together with Dr. David Weller)
• Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Influencer Marketing – Ein Blick aus der Praxis, WRP 2018 Heft 2, 155 – 161 (together with Dr. David Weller)
• Product-Placement in den Massenmedien, 2009 (Diss.)