Jürgen has more than 20 years’ experience assisting foreign and local clients to obtain, manage and enforce trade mark rights.
Focus areas range from strategic advisory services and clearance searches, to prosecution, oppositions and dispute resolution. He also advises on copyright and Australian Consumer Law issues as well as IT related matters ranging from cybersquatting to cyber fraud.
Jürgen brings a strong international perspective to the table, which he draws on when advising both his overseas and local clients.
Jürgen is a fellow at the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand and a VPP – German Association of Intellectual Property Experts.
Key deals
Deakin University
Acted for Deakin University in Federal Court proceedings concerning ownership of the Blue Carbon Lab brand and related trade mark rights. Successfully obtained findings that Deakin owned the goodwill associated with the brand, secured cancellation of a registered trade mark and obtained injunctive relief restraining misleading conduct and unauthorised claims to ownership of the brand.
7-Eleven
Accompanied this client in its contentious and non-contentious IP matters in Australia for more than a decade. The 7-Eleven Group of companies oversee a significant number of stores in Australia. Jürgen's team is called upon to enforce 7-Eleven's existing trade mark rights and to otherwise manage and add to its growing portfolio of marks.
SPC Global
SPC Global is a leading Australian food and beverage company that owns and manages a portfolio of well-known brands including SPC, Goulburn Valley, Ardmona, The Original Juice Co and Nature One Dairy. Corrs advises SPC Global on the management and protection of its trade mark portfolio across its food, beverage and nutritional dairy brands in Australia and international markets.
EBOS Group
The EBOS Group is the largest and most diversified Australasian marketer, wholesaler and distributor of healthcare, medical and life sciences products. EBOS is also a leading Australasian animal care products marketer and distributor. Corrs manages and continues to build a multi-faceted global trade mark portfolio for EBOS across multiple sectors from life sciences and supplements to pet food.