Maximilian Schmitz
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Maximilian Schmitz is an intellectual property and litigation lawyer based in Munich.
He advises national and international companies in accordance with intellectual property rights as well as trade secret law, competition law and drug advertising law. In addition, he also represents clients in commercial law matters. His work includes contentious as well as non-contentious proceedings.
Maximilian is specialized in the field of pharmaceutical industry, medical technology and bioscience.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Law - Ludwigs Maximilians University, Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München); and the University of Augsburg
- Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in intellectual property - Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf
- Rechtsanwalt
- Fachanwalt für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz
- Ranked for: Litigation Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany (2023)
- Ranked for: Litigation Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany (2024)
- Rechtschutzbedürfnis im Nichtigkeitsverfahren, GRUR-Prax, 2022, 609.
- Erleichterter einstweiliger Rechtsschutz in Patentsachen (Co-Autor), GRUR-Prax, 2022, 314.
- German Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and Copyrights (GRUR e.V.).
- Munich Bar Association
- English
- French
- German
Insights
Unitary patent and Unified Patent Court: Europe’s new patent system
Publication | Issue November 2022
ECJ rules on German preliminary injunction proceedings
Publication | May 25, 2022
Global patents comparative law guide: Sufficiency of disclosure
Publication | April 2022