BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Team
Claus Eckhartt

Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Partner
Location Munich
Languages: German, English, French+49 89 928 05-245
eckhartt@bardehle.deClaus Eckhartt’s practice focuses on the prosecution and enforcement oftrademarks, designs and copyright, as well as on unfair competition and related
domain name issues. He also specializes in the field of anti-counterfeiting,parallel imports, and the licensing and merchandising of brands.
As head of the firm’s trademark department, Claus Eckhartt has, for almost twodecades, been managing the IP portfolios of SMEs as well as multinational
corporations and advising them on this matter in a diverse range of industries,including pharmaceutical, consumer health care, household goods, IT, hotel
services, banking, food & beverage, fashion and clothing, as well as enforcing anddefending IP rights before the European Union Intellectual Property Office,national German courts, the German Patent and Trademark Office, and the General
Court in Luxembourg.
Claus Eckhartt is an active member of MARQUES, INTA (currently on theTrademark Reporter Committee), PTMG and GRUR. He is also on the advisoryboard of Intellectual Property Magazine. He frequently speaks at conferences andseminars and regularly produces publications on topics within his areas ofpractice.

Legal Areas
Trademarks

Copyright

Domain Names

Unfair Competition Law

Designs

Industries

Chemistry, Pharma & Life Sciences

FashionSportsFood

Recommended in

He acts in opposition as well as cancellation proceedings, colour mark infringements andworldwide trade mark prosecution.
Chambers Global, 2024

Claus is a trusted legal adviser with a keen understanding of his clients’ businesses, so hislegal advice is always commercially focused. Claus is very responsive, well reasoned andconcise, which is incredibly helpful in allowing clients to understand the legal issues, therisks involved and what options are available.
WTR 1000, 2023

Eckhartt is fair, measured and competent.
Chambers Global and Europe, 2023

In a word, Claus is excellent. His legal advice is concise, well reasoned and always considers
clients’ business objectives. He thinks outside the box; often comes up with creative
suggestions; and is thorough, measured and balanced.
WTR 1000, 2022

Claus Eckhartt has an impressive client list that consists of multinational beverage
corporations, musical instrument manufacturers and cosmetics companies.
Chambers Global and Europe, 2022

Clients hail him as ›an experienced, calm and balanced practitioner whose advice is always
well thought through and sensible‹.
WTR 1000, 2021

Smart and practical, he is a very experienced practitioner able to work equally easily inGermany and across Europe.
WTR 1000, 2020

Claus Eckhartt is a pre-eminent name in the German trademarks arena where he enjoys astellar reputation for his leading work on trademark design and brand protection, as well asrelated competition issues.
Who's Who Legal Trademarks 2020

Claus Eckhartt is an ›excellent lawyer‹ in the international trademarks arena, and is warmly
endorsed by commentators for his portfolio management expertise.
Who's Who Legal Trademarks 2019

Memberships
Claus Eckhartt is an active member of MARQUES, INTA, PTMG andGRUR. He is also on the advisory board of Intellectual Property
Magazine.

Curriculum Vitae

2009 - 2014

Co-managing partner of the firm

2001 - today

Partner at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG in Munich, Germany

1996 - 2001

Attorney-at-Law at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich, Germany

1994 - 1996

Attorney-at-Law at the patent and law firm Grünecker, Kinkeldey,
Stockmair & Schwanhäusser, Munich, Germany

1993 - 1994

Attorney-at-Law at the patent and law firm Kuhnen, Wacker & Partner,
Freising, Germany

1993

Second State Law Examination (bar admission exam)Licensed topractice as an attorney-at-law

1992

Training period at the law firm De Smedt Dassesse Akin Gump & FeldInternational, Brussels, Belgium

1990 - 1992

Trainee with the law firm Freiherr von Thielmann, Munich, Germany1990

First State Law Examination (degree-level qualification)

1984 - 1990

Law Degree at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany