Dirk Pauli

Partner - Accredited specialist for intellectual property law - LL.M. (Chicago)

Office

Mannheim

dirk.pauli@in2.law

Secretariat:

Mrs. Konwiarz

Phone:

+49 621 150399-0

Fax:

+49 621 150399-88

Languages

German, English

Fields of activity

Intellectual property law, in particular trademark and competition law
Media and press law
Distribution law
Drafting contracts, in particular license and R&D contracts
Process management

Dirk Pauli is an absolute expert in all areas of trademark law. He and his team at Insquare Rechtsanwälte work quickly and efficiently, and always keep track of things.

WTR 1000 2024

very clever IP lawyer who puts the idea of efficiency in the foreground

JUVE Commercial Law Firms 2023

Dirk Pauli advises and represents companies of all kinds (from start-ups to international corporations) in all areas of intellectual property law, in particular trademark and competition law.

He develops worldwide property right concepts for his clients, applies for them in cooperation with foreign colleagues and enforces them. Dirk Pauli has extensive litigation experience and represents his clients not only before German civil courts, but also regularly before the German Trademark and Patent Office, the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the General Court of the European Union.

In the area of contract drafting, his focus is on the drafting of research and development contracts, contracts for the exploitation of intellectual property rights and distribution agreements as well as the drafting of contracts with employee inventors.

University of Heidelberg 1997-1999
University of Bonn 1999-2002 (Referendarexamen 2002)
Master's degree at the Chicago-Kent College of Law/USA (LL.M. 2003)
Legal clerkship at the District Court of Mönchengladbach (assessor exam 2005)
Lawyer at Linklaters LLP Cologne 2006-2007
Lawyer at CMS Hasche Sigle 2008-2010
Lawyer & partner in a well-known national commercial law firm 2011-2020
Founding partner of Insquare Rechtsanwälte mbB since 2021

Too specific wording of the application can lead to inconclusiveness (GRUR-Prax 2022, 246)
Prohibition of a change of venue between injunction and main proceedings - consequence of the right to procedural equality of arms (GRUR-Prax 2021, 273)
Revocation of an EU trademark for non-use - Calculation of the period of use when filing a counterclaim (GRUR-Prax 2021, 673)
Dangerous proximity between clothing and non-lethal weapons (GRUR-Prax 2020, p. 333)
Competitive character of a toilet aid - it depends on color and curvature (GRUR-Prax 2020, p. 192)
"Compulsory use" for EU trademarks (GRUR-Prax 2019, p. 78)
Late application for revocation of opposition mark does not exclude suspension of opposition proceedings (GRUR-Prax 2019, p. 348)
Own trademark on bathing slippers does not exclude avoidable deception of origin in case of almost identical imitation (GRUR-Prax 2019, p. 95)
Figurative mark becomes letter mark "K" (GRUR-Prax 10/2018, p. 229)
Know-how protection in the company (W-News of the IHK Heilbronn-Franken, 03-2018, p. 46 f.)
Protection against imitation in post-sale merger? No case of Section 4 No. 3 UWG (GRUR-Prax 03/2018, p. 68)
Serious trademark use with very low turnover (GRUR-Prax 22/2017, p. 507)
Likelihood of confusion with letter marks "D" (GRUR-Prax 20/2017, p. 489)
BGH affirms recall obligation in case of cease and desist order - The end of a long dispute (Legal Tribune Online, 30.01.2017)
Design protection - advantages and risks for SMEs (w.news IHK Heilbronn-Franken May 2015)
Advertising for children's food - Capri-Sun receives "Goldener Windbeutel" (Legal Tribune Online, issue of 24.05.2013)
Email advertising in practice - Is everything illegal? (Neckar-Alb economy, March 2013)
Risk of e-mail advertising (w.news IHK Heilbronn-Franken February 2013)
Commentary on the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (in: Das Deutsche Bundesrecht, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft)
Do not forego trademark protection (Wirtschaft Neckar-Alb, November 2011)
Consent to advertising in competitions - linking permitted, two declarations required, and what about transparency? (WRP 10/2011, P. 1232)
Brands - valuable assets of a company. Do not forego trademark protection (w.news IHK Heilbronn-Franken May 2011)
Consent to telephone advertising via general terms and conditions when entering a competition - a "ray of hope" for advertising companies despite stricter laws (WRP 10/2009, p. 1192)
Direct marketing and the acquisition of customer data: Is organizing a competition a suitable way? (WRP 3/2009, P. 245)
File sharing at the workplace: Is the employer liable? (Update IP 05/08)

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
MARQUES (The Association of European Trade Mark Owners)
Lecturer at the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences for the subject "Competition Law" (2011-2015)
Lecturer at the International School of Management (Stuttgart) for the subject "Trademark and Unfair Competition" (2018-2020)