Main areas of practice:
- Intellectual Property licensing and litigation
- Copyright, film & entertainment law
- Designs, Patents and Trademarks, Unfair Competition
- Expert opinions on German and international copyright law
Dorothee Thum is specialized in intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on copyright and design law. She advises on the protection and licensing of IP rights and is experienced in representing clients as counsel in national and cross-border IP litigation before German courts. In addition, she has conducted various studies and rendered expert opinions in matters of German and international copyright law.
Education:
Studies of law at the universities of Bonn and Munich. Full scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. 1995-2002 member of the research staff, Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competion and Tax Law, Munich. 1996 admitted to the Munich Bar. 1997 founding partner of DTS Munich.
Publications (selection):
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Chapter "Germany", in: Copyright Throughout the World, (von Lewinski (ed.), Thomson/West, 2010).
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Co-author of Praxiskommentar zum Urheberrecht, in particular protection of photographs and databases (Wandtke/Bullinger (eds.), C.H. Beck, München, 3rd ed. 2009).
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"Who decides on the Colours of Films on the Internet?" (IIC Studies, Vol. 24, 2005, Intellectual Property and Private International Law – Heading for the Future, Drexl/Kur (eds.), p. 265-287).
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"Internationalprivatrechtliche Aspekte der Verwertung urheberrechtlich geschützter Werke im Internet – Zugleich Bericht über eine WIPO-Expertensitzung in Genf", in: GRUR Int. 2002, S. 9-28.
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"Territorial Trademark Rights in the Global Village - International Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Substantive Law for Trademark Disputes on the Internet“, (co-author Torsten Bettinger) in: International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law (IIC) 2000, p. 162-182 (Part I), p. 285-308 (Part II).
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