{"id":1138,"date":"2025-09-23T17:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/?page_id=1138"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:47:05","slug":"dr-stefan-zenker-ll-m-london","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/attorneys\/dr-stefan-zenker-ll-m-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Stefan Zenker LL.M. (London)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Business Card]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

Qualification and position<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • German Attorney-at-Law, admission to the bar in 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Non-Equity-Partner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Specialisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Protective rights: trademarks, utility models and patents<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Unfair competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Copyright law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Litigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Strategic advice and IP portfolio management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Licences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • IP in corporate transactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Border seizure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
      \n

      Languages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      German, English<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      \n

      Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Study at the University of Leipzig<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Study at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Study at the London School of Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Study at the University of Augsburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Legal clerkship in Munich and Brussels<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Master’s degree in Intellectual Property & Information Law at King’s College London<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Doctoral studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as a scholarship holder of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Teaching assignments (completed) at the University of Augsburg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Berlin School of Economics and Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Worked at the national and international law firms Milbank in Munich and Harte-Bavendamm in Hamburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Since 2017 worked as in-house counsel and principal expert for trademark and competition law in the corporate legal department of a mobility and logistics company<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Founded the law firm Zenker IP in Hamburg, later Berlin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
        \n

        Memberships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Alumni of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Alumni of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
          \n

          Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • Antitrust law and abuse of rights, dissertation 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Hasselblatt (ed.), Community Design Regulation (Art. 27, 29-31), 1st edition 2015 and 2nd edition 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Hasselblatt (ed.), EU Trade Mark Regulation (Art. 74a-74k), 2nd ed. 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on German Federal Court of Justice, I ZR 84\/16: Misleading advertising in the absence of a contractual partner’s postal address, GWR 2018, 178<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on Higher District Court Cologne, 6 U 152\/16 (with Sarah Vanessa Schneider): No claim for injunctive relief under competition law in the event of a breach of the disclosure obligation, GWR 2017, 304<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on ECJ, T-159\/15: EUIPO must take previous decision-making practice into account, GRUR-Prax 2016, 474<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on ECJ, T-123\/14: Likelihood of confusion between \u2018AquaPerfect\u2019 and \u2018waterPerfect\u2019, GRUR-Prax 2016, 124<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on German Federal Court of Justice, I ZR 237\/14: Protection of company name even without official permission, GWR 2016, 430<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on German Federal Court of Justice, KZR 92\/13: Admissibility of demarcation agreements under antitrust law, GWR 2016, 325<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on District Court Munich I, 33 O 5017\/15 (with Oliver Kreutz): Ad blocker \u2018AdBlock Plus\u2019 does not constitute anti-competitive obstruction, GWR 2016, 235<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on Higher District Frankfurt a.M., 6 U 244\/14: On the liability of internet portal operators for critical blog posts, GWR 2016, 185<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Commentary on District Court Hamburg, 416 HKO 159\/14: Ad blocker \u2018AdBlock Plus\u2019 does not constitute anti-competitive obstruction, GWR 2016, 81<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on German Federal Court of Justice, I ZR 173\/14: Insolvency resistance of trademark licences within a group, GWR 2016, 60<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on German Federal Court of Justice, I ZR 13\/14: On the admissibility of the Tagesschau app, GWR 2015, 499<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on District Court Hamburg, 308 O 143\/14: Abusive \u2018torpedo lawsuit\u2019 does not preclude subsequent action for performance in Germany, GWR 2015, 477<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on ECJ, T-655\/13: No change to the trademark category in the application procedure, GRUR-Prax 2015, 104<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on ECJ, T-229\/12: \u2018Accessories\u2019 as a product category in class 18 too vague, GRUR-Prax 2014, 477<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on Higher District Court Stuttgart, 12 U 193\/13: Use of a foreign honorary title without indication of origin, GRUR-Prax 2014, 337<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on German Federal Court of Justice, I ZR 173\/12: No concrete competitive relationship with competitors of a sponsored company, GRUR-Prax 2014, 164<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Comment on ECJ, T-245\/12: No change in the type of trademark against the recognisable will of the trademark owner, GRUR-Prax. 2014, 80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
            \n

            Lecturing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • G\u00f6ttingen Forum for IP and Competition Law 2025 at Georg August University of G\u00f6ttingen, Germany: \u2018Green Claims and Greenwashing \u2013 Sustainability-related Advertising in the Light of Fair Trading Law\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Conference \u2018Competition, Sustainability & Law\u2019 of the Competition Centre 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany: \u2018Green Claims between Transport Transition and (Over)Regulation\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • German Lawyers’ Day 2023 in Wiesbaden, Germany: \u2018That’s Green \u2013 Environmental Corporate Communications in Light of Competition Law\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Intellectual Property & Media Working Group (AGEM) of the German Bar Association (DAV), Current Union Trademark \u2013 one-day intensive course 2018 in Hamburg, Germany: \u2018Infringement proceedings and cancellation proceedings\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Intellectual Property & Media Working Group (AGEM) of the German Bar Association (DAV), one-day intensive course on Community trademarks 2015 in Cologne, Germany: \u2018The cancellation of Community trademarks \u2013 cancellation proceedings\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              [Business Card] Qualification and position Specialisation Languages German, English Biography Memberships Publications Lecturing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1384,"parent":323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1138","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1138\/revisions\/1390"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rwzh.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}