Harmsen Utescher
Attorney Rainer Kaase, LL.M.

Rainer Kaase, LL.M.

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Practice Areas

German and International Trademark Law, Unfair Competition Law, Patent and Design Law, Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Law, Food and Cosmetics Law, Litigation in all IP matters

Admitted

Attorney-at-law since 1989

Education

Marburg University; University of Geneva, Switzerland; Diplôme de Droit Comparé (Strasbourg 1984); Cambridge University, England, Queens' College (LL.M. 1985)

Languages

German, English, French

Attorney Rainer Kaase, LL.M.

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Memberships

Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (GRUR) [German Association for Intellectual Property and Copyright Law], Member of the Pharmaceutical and Food Law Committee; European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), Committee Member; Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde (BLL) [Association for Food Law and Food Science], Member of the Law Committee; Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG); Bundesverband der Arzneimittelhersteller (BAH) [Federal Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers]; German-British Jurists' Association

Publications

Werbung für kosmetische Mittel [Advertising Cosmetics] (2016) (with J.P. Heidenreich, A. K. Marx, J.-C. Plate, A. Schilz); Fragen & Antworten: Kosmetikrecht [Questions & Answers: Cosmetics Law] (2014) (with J.P. Heidenreich); Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2013 – A Global Guide (World Trademark Review), Chapter “Europe” (with J.P. Heidenreich); (case notes on Pharma und Marke (PuM) [Pharma and Trademark] (www.pharmaundmarke.com); "Comparative Advertising for Generics in Germany and France after L‘Oréal v Bellure", Law Lore & Practice 2012 (PTMG), S. 10. (with L. Benard, O. Benito, R. Möller); Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2012 – A Global Guide (World Trademark Review), Chapter “Germany” (with R. Möller); "Does it matter if the judge laughs?” (Trademarks vs. Freedom of Art), Managing Intellectual Property 11/2010 (with M. Berger); "Glucosamin- and Chondroitinsulfat - always good for surprises“, Hamburg on 11.6.2009, Review of decision rendered by the Upper Regional Cort, ZLR 2009, 637 ff.