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)
"Stationäre Einrichtungen im Wettbewerb - Die Steuervergünstigungen für Wohlfahrtsverbände im Bereich des Gesundheits- und Sozialwesens im Licht des EG-Beihilferechts" (Ralf Hafner, 2004)
"Intellectual Property and Clean Technology: The Role of Collaborative IP Mechanisms in Accelerating Innovation and Dissemination of Renewable Energy Technologies" (Marisa Luisa Aranda Sales, 2015)