Dipl.-Ing. Michael Horak, LL.M.
Lawyer · Consultant engineer
Specialist in industrial property law
Specialist lawyer for copyright and media law
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Biography
Born 1967 in Stuttgart; Studied law and electrical engineering in Stuttgart, Erlangen and Hanover, Dipl.-Ing. Electrical engineering 1994 (focuses on technical information technology/communications); Study work -Analysis and modelling of integrated circuits for image processing-; Thesis of the diploma 的Construction techniques for integrated systems participation in patent law firms from 1995 to 1998; First Legal State Examination in 1996; work in international law firms, including Freshfields (Hamburg), Gleiss Lutz (Stuttgart) and Clifford Chance (London) 1997/1998; Second Legal State Examination 1998; Qualification: "European Management and Employment Law" at the University of Leicester (England), LL.M 1999 (Master of Laws); Author: among others "Environmental Protection and Competition" (in EUDUR, Prof. Rengeling, ed.) 1998/2003.
Registered in the list of consulting engineers of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers since 2000.
Generally sworn interpreter/translator for courts and notaries of the district Hannover (English).
Lawyer since 1998 in various law firms. (founding) partner of the law firm horak . Lawyers since 2003.
Approved by the Celle Bar Association. Authorized to represent all German courts (official, Land and Oberlandesgerichten) with the exception of the BGH in civil matters.
Representatives before the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court, the European Harmonization Office as well as the International Office (WIPO), domain name arbitration courts and numerous other offices and courts.
Specialist lawyer in industrial property since its introduction in 07/ 2006.
Chairman of the pre-examination committee for the specialist lawyer for industrial property rights of the Braunschweig Bar Association, the Oldenburg Bar Association and the Celle Bar Association since the introduction of the specialist lawyer for industrial property protection in 2006.
Specialist lawyer for copyright and media law 2012.
University lecturer at high educational institutions, such as one university and two industrial property law colleges (including the patent law for engineers), and IT law.
Numerous specialist publications in trade journals of industrial property rights, copyright and media law, IT law, competition and antitrust law.
Language skills
German
English
French
Japanese
Memberships
Member of the International Bar Association; German-British Association of Lawyers, German-American Lawyers' Association; American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA); Information Technology Working Group of the DAV; Industrial legal protection and copyright (GRUR); German Society for Law and Computer Science (DGRI e.V.); Association of German Electrical Engineers (VDE); Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP e.V), Marques , International Trademark Association (INTA), European Community Trademark Association (ECTA), Licensing Executives Society (LES).
Since 01.07.2006 Member and Chairman of the Technical Committee for Intellectual Property Rights of the Bars Celle, Braunschweig and Oldenburg.
Legal practice
- Industrial property rights (Patents, brands, copyrights; Domains etc.):
- Patent law
- Trademark law
- Domain Law, Domain Name Right
- Utility model law
- Design law
- License right
- Computer law (with computer law, software law, Data protection law)
- Energy law (in particular energy law and antitrust law)
- Internet law/ Online law
- Telecommunications law
- Law of technical standards
- Building law, Engineering law, Architects' Law
- Copyright (copyrights, rights of exploitation, rights of use and rights of performance) and Media law
- Music law
- Publishing law
- Contractual rights
- Photo right
- Film law
- Event law
- European law
- Pharmaceuticals and food law
- Taxation and Economic criminal law (referring to the aforementioned jurisdictions)