Bardehle Pagenberg

Head of trademarks

Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Partner

»I’ve been practicing IP for more than 25 years. I take great pleasure in working with practitioners from every continent, helping protect and enforce their valuable brands.«

Claus Eckhartt’s practice focuses on the prosecution and enforcement of trademarks, 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 two decades, 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 and defending IP rights before the European Union Intellectual Property Office, national German courts, the German Patent and Trademark Office, and the General Court in Luxembourg.

He frequently speaks at conferences and seminars and regularly produces publications on topics within his areas of practice.

2001 - today Partner of the firm

2009–2014 Co-managing partner of the firm

1996–2001 Associate at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Munich

1994–1996 Associate at patent and law firm Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser

1993–1994 Associate at patent and law firm Kuhnen, Wacker & Partner

1992 Four months of training at law firm De Smedt Dassesse Akin Gump & Feld International, Brussels 

1990–1992 Assistant at law firm Freiherr von Thielmann, Munich

German, English, French

Claus Eckhartt is an active member of MARQUES, INTA (currently on the Trademark Reporter Committee), PTMG and GRUR. He is also on the advisory board of Intellectual Property Magazine.

1993 Second State Examination (bar admission exam); Admitted as attorney-at-law

1984–1990 Studied Law at the University of Munich 1990 First State Examination (degree-level qualification)