IP, Trademark, Unfair competition & Trade secrets

Christina Tenbrock, bar-certified specialist for intellectual property law, advices and represents clients in various fields of intellectual property law, in particular in trademark law, design law and unfair competition law, including the law on advertising of pharmaceutical and medicinal products.

She has extensive litigation experience in national and crossborder infringement proceedings and regularly conducts opposition and nullity proceedings before the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) as well as the EUIPO.

Outside of court, she advises clients on marketing campaigns and product launches, on border seizure proceedings and on various contractual issues. During her legal clerkship (Referendariat) with the Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf, she worked for various international law firms specializing in intellectual property law, for a global pharmaceutical company and at the German Embassy in London. After her second state examination, she continued her specialization in IP with a master’s degree (LL.M.) at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.

She deepened her expertise in pharmaceutical law in 2014/2015 through a secondment at the German subsidiary of a globally leading, research-oriented British pharmaceutical group.

German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR) Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Association of Intellectual Property Experts (VPP) International Trademark Association (INTA) Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)

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LL.M. in intellectual property law, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2011) Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (Law, 2011) University of Cologne (Law, 2008) Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain (Law, 2004/2005) University of Trier (Law, 2002)