Harald Förster
Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Harald Förster
Attorney-at-law
Certified Intellectual Property Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Harald Förster has specialized in intellectual property disputes in the fields of patent law, design law, trademark law and competition law. Another key focus is on prosecuting product piracy by applying for border confiscation measures.
According to Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, Harald Förster has been one of Germany's best lawyers in the field of intellectual property law every year since 2013.
Harald Förster is a lecturer at the university of Bremen in the fields of design law and patent infringement proceedings.
He speaks German and English.
Fields of Practice
- Soft IP litigation
- Patent litigation
- Border seizure proceedings
CV
Studied Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Preliminary Master’s Degree Examination in 1993; studied Jurisprudence at the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University of Frankfurt, taking the First State Examination in Law in 1995; he did the practical phase of his lawyer’s training in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Monroe (Connecticut) and New York, taking the Second State Examination in Law in 1999.
Attorney since 1999, at Eisenführ Speiser (Bremen) since 2000; previously (from 1998 to 1999) a research assistant at Kenyon & Kenyon, New York and Frankfurt, and attorney at Clifford Chance Pünder, Düsseldorf (from 1999 to 2000).
Memberships
- Hanseatic Bar Association Bremen
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
- Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP)
- Licensing Executives Society (LES)
- Member of the Design Committee of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
Publications & Presentations
Kommentar zur Unionsmarkenverordnung
Eisenführ (†), Schennen (Hrsgb.), 7. Auflage 2023, Heymanns Taschenkommentare, Carls Heymanns Verlag
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2021
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2020
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2019
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Marktforschung für den Bekanntheitsschutz
Vortrag/Lecture, APM-Seminar zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz, Juni 2019
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2018
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2017
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2017
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Unionsmarkenverordnung, Kommentar
Eisenführ, Schennen (Hrsg.), 5. Auflage 2017, Heymanns Taschenkommentare, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Kommentierung der Artikel 7 (3), 8 (5) (mit G. Eisenführ)
Recent Case Law in German Trademark Law 2016
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2014
published by Eisenführ Speiser
Marken und Geschmacksmuster im Fokus der Unternehmensstrategie
Perspektive Patentanwalt, e-fellows.wissen