Research

Research Focuses of Prof. Dr. jur. Christoph Ann, LL.M.

  • Protection of Inventions:
    • Community Inventions
    • Inventor Communities
    • Research Groups
    • Inventions of Employees
  • Know-how Protection and Intellectual Property Strategies
  • Protective Right Exploitation (License Agreements)
  • Arbitration
  • Antitrust Law (License Agreements)
  • German and International Commercial and Corporate Law:
    • Distribution Agreements
    • Succession in Companies
    • Administration and Representation in OHG and KG

Research Focuses of the Employees

  • Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ronny Hauck: Civil Law (in particular Property Law, Enrichment Law), Intellectual Property and Copyright, Antitrust Law and Unfair Competition Law
  • Josepha Koch: Patent Law, Plant Variety Protection, Trademark Law
  • Diana Nikolova: Civil Procedure Law, Patent Procedural Law, Civil Law (in particular International Private Law)
  • Ronja Schregle: Trade Secret Protection, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law
  • Alexandra Speer: Intellectual property (in particular Patent and Trademark Law), Copyright
  • Timo van der Linde: Patent Law, Commercial Law, Civil Procedure Law
  • Patrick Zimmermann: Inheritance Law, Business Law, Tax Law

Currently Supervised Dissertations

  • "Patent-/Sortenschutzrecht" (Josepha Koch)
  • "Patentrecht (Künstliche Intelligenz)" (Timo van der Linde)
  • "Der Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen im Zivilprozess und im Schiedsverfahren" (Ronja Schregle)
  • "On the Legality of Gene Patents in South Africa" (Ugreson Maistry)
  • "Neuheit im Patentrecht der USA" (Thomas Buchenau)
  • "License Agreements on Technology Standards and their Implications for Contemporary Intellectual Property Law" (Paola Karam)
  • "3D-Marke - Möglichkeit zur Umgehung des Geschmacksmusterrechts?" (Alexander Thiermann)
  • "Die Neuheitsschonfrist im Patentrecht" (Verena Dormann)
  • "The Fine Balance Between Innovation And Access To Health in Emerging Economies - A Study Of India And Brazil" (Vinita Radhakrishnan)
  • "Die Schiedsfähigkeit von Patenten" (Diana Nikolova)
  • "Der Umfang der Erschöpfung bei System- und Verfahrensansprüchen im Patentrecht" (Christina Kesting)
  • "Nationaler Rechtsschutz gegen Entscheidungen supranationaler Organisationen am Beispiel des EPA" (Patrick Schmidt)
  • "Verfügungen über das Prioritätsrecht an der Erfindung" (Sebastian Kratzer)
  • "Der Entschädigungsanspruch nach § 33 PatG" (Alexandra Speer)

Completed Dissertations